Brewers bats wake up in 9-3 win over Reds

Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty ImagesWP: Brent Suter (2-0)

LP: Sonny Gray (3-1)

HR: MIL - Christian Yelich (4), Keston Hiura (3); CIN - Jesse Winker (1)

After largely being embarrassed by Cincinnati Reds pitching in the first two games of their weekend series at Miller Park, the Milwaukee Brewers broke out in a big way to avoid a sweep Sunday, beating the Reds, 9-3.

This was expected to be a pitchers’ duel between Brandon Woodruff and Sonny Gray, but both struggled with efficiency in the August heat. Cincinnati got on the board first as Woodruff slogged through a 30-pitch first inning that saw him walk two batters before lefty-swinging Jesse Winker beat the shift with an RBI single to the left…