MILWAUKEE -- For a good, long stretch it seemed like everything went right for the Brewers. Now, they’re fighting for everything.

You didn’t think this would be easy, did you?

It certainly wasn’t easy on Monday, when Brandon Woodruff cruised into the sixth inning with a 6-0 lead only to depart two outs later with the Brewers hanging on by one run. They hung on the rest of the way, navigating the final 10 outs without closer Trevor Megill to beat the D-backs, 7-5 , in the opener of a four-game series at American Family Field.

Woodruff was sharp as could be through the first five innings, retiring 14 in a row after allowing the only hit on a catchable first-inning popup that dropped between shortstop Andruw Monasterio and left fielder Isaac Collins. At the same time, the Brewers wer

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