MILWAUKEE -- The Phillies brought their brooms to Miller Park on Sunday, but thanks to a stellar outing from Brandon Woodruff, they got about as much use as the Phillies' bats.

Woodruff struck out a career-high 10 batters and allowed just one hit -- a solo home run by Andrew Knapp -- over eight innings, as the Phillies had their three-game winning streak snapped in a 9-1 loss to the Brewers.

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"He is the story of the game," Phillies manager Gabe Kapler said of Woodruff. "He was excellent today. He was superb."

Woodruff blanked the Phillies over six innings with just one hit on May 14 at Citizens Bank Park. He walked five batters in that contest, but was on point Sunday, when he didn't allow a single baserunner through five innings.

Knapp broke up the bid for perfection with his first homer of the season to lead off the sixth. It was barely a blip on the radar for Woodruff, who retired each of the next nine batters, including five via strikeout.

“Thank goodness for Knappy," right fielder Bryce Harper said. "A lot of us thought [Woodruff] had stuff to be perfect today. I thought he went out there and did a good job. Sometimes it’s going to be like that.”

Zach Eflin lasted just 3 2/3 innings, thanks in part to a stomach bug that caught him off-guard Sunday morning. The right-hander gave up three runs on six hits, including a pair of home runs, while striking out four.

It was still a 3-0 game when Vince Velasquez came on to work the fifth, but a leadoff home run by Christian Yelich sparked a four-run rally that, when paired with Woodruff's arm, put the game out of reach quickly.

"I don't think there was much that we could have done differently to win today's baseball game," Kapler said. "He was just excellent."

Though the Phillies missed out on a chance for their third sweep of the season -- and first of the Brewers since 2012 -- they still head home and into Monday's off-day having won four of seven games against the National League Central's top two teams on this road trip.

They split a four-game series against the first-place Cubs at Wrigley Field to start the week, then won the first two meetings against the Brewers.

The road trip comes amid a 20-game stretch against some of the best teams in the NL overall. That stretch started off on a sour note, with the Phillies losing three of four to the Brewers at home. Phiiladelphia followed that with a three-game sweep of the Rockies before heading out for this swing through the Midwest.

“I think we just showed the rest of baseball that we're one of the best teams and we deserve to be in that category,” right-hander Jake Arrieta said after his eight-inning gem against Milwaukee on Saturday. “We showed it in Chicago. We probably could’ve won another one of the games there, but to split a series with them at Wrigley and get the first two at [Miller Park] against one of the best teams in baseball -- one of the best offenses in baseball -- speaks volumes about the group we have.”

Memorial Day has long been viewed as an important milepost along the way of a grueling 162-game season. The Phillies will enter the holiday this year sitting atop the NL East.

"We knew [this stretch] was going to be a major challenge," Kapler said. "So to go into the last game of this series with a chance to sweep against an excellent team -- and be assured of a winning road trip -- I think that is powerful. I think it's meaningful. Equally as meaningful as where we are on Memorial Day, is how we handled this road trip.”