MILWAUKEE -- The right lat injury that landed longtime Brewers ace Brandon Woodruff on the injured list on Sept. 21 (retroactive to Sept. 18) will keep him sidelined for the National League Division Series against the Cubs, but Woodruff and the club are keeping the door open for a return if Milwaukee is able to play deep into the postseason.

That announcement on the eve of Saturday’s Game 1 ended days of speculation about Woodruff’s bid, unlikely as it was, to make it back for the NLDS, since his stint on the 15-day IL technically expired on Friday.

“The longer you keep going, the better the chance,” said the 32-year-old Woodruff, who returned from nearly two years of rehabbing from right shoulder surgery to go 7-2 with a 3.20 ERA in 12 starts before the lat injury cut short his comeba

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