Del Castillo hits 3-run homer to lift Diamondbacks past Brewers 4-3

PHOENIX (AP) — Adrian Del Castillo hit a three-run home run in the first inning and the Arizona Diamondbacks held on to beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-3 on Saturday night.

Merrill Kelly (6-8) went five innings to win for the first time in seven starts. He allowed eight hits, walked two and struck out six. He gave up two runs in the fifth on Christian Yelich’s sixth home run of the season.

Paul Sewald gave up Jackson Chourio's 13th homer in the ninth but finished for his 20th save in 21 chances.

Brewers starter Brandon Woodruff left the game in the fourth inning, accompanied by a trainer, after striking out Del Castillo on a 3-2 pitch.

After the game, Brewers manager Pat Murphy said that Woodruff would probably be placed back on the injured list. The right-hander was making his third start since returning from the injured list with right shoulder inflammation.

Woodruff said after the game that it was similar to his earlier shoulder issue, and that it wasn’t a good idea to prolong his outing.

“First inning was fine, then it was kind of a slow progression of discomfort," Woodruff said.

“It’s kind of the life of my shoulder. You hope that it will hold on until the end of the year and then you reassess and make some adjustments. But it’s kind of popped up on me here.”

Woodruff has been limited to 32 starts since 2023, including missing the entire '24 campaign.

“It gets a little frustrating dealing with this. It kind of comes in waves,” he said.

His highest velocity pitch in the fourth inning was 87 mph. He gave up two hits, three runs and a walk in 3 2/3 innings, striking out six.

Arizona moved back to .500 (45-45) despite being outhit 12-4. The Brewers had won their last six games on the road.

After Del Castillo’s home run, Woodruff and relievers Craig Yoho and Jared Koenig retired the next 19 Diamondbacks batters until pinch-hitter Lourdes Gurriel Jr. singled leading off the eighth. Ildemaro Vargas followed with a double off Koenig to score pinch runner Jorge Barrosa to make it 4-2.

Woodruff walked Corbin Carroll with two outs in the first, Gabriel Moreno followed with a single to center and Del Castillo hit his fifth homer of the season into the right-field seats.

Woodruff (2-2) hadn’t allowed a run in his previous two starts since returning to the Milwaukee rotation. His season ERA is 2.98.

Milwaukee RHP Brandon Sproat (3-4, 5.2 ERA) vs. Arizona LHP and first-time All-Star Eduardo Rodríguez (7-2, 2.21) in Sunday’s series finale.

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Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Merrill Kelly works against the Milwaukee Brewers during the first inning of an baseball game Saturday, July 4, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Darryl Webb)

Milwaukee Brewers' Jackson Chourio (11) scores a run in front of Arizona Diamondbacks catcher Gabriel Moreno on a ball hit by Brice Turang in the eleventh inning of a baseball game, Friday, July 3, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

Arizona Diamondbacks first baseman Ildemaro Vargas, left, waits to tag out Milwaukee Brewers Christian Yelich (22) during the first inning of a baseball game Saturday, July 4, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Darryl Webb)

Milwaukee Brewers' Brice Turang, left, greets Christian Yelich, right, after Yelich's two-run home run in the fifth inning during their game against the Arizona Diamondbacks, Saturday, July 4, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Darryl Webb)

Arizona Diamondbacks' Adrian del Castillo, center, celebrates with teammates after hitting a three-run home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers, Saturday, July 4, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Darryl Webb)

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A performer at the funeral for Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called for the death of U.S. President Donald Trump before a crowd of hundreds of thousands of people Sunday in the capital, Tehran.

The comment represents the first, direct call for Trump's death by an emcee at the funeral, which has seen posters and graffiti calling for the killing of Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. That's been a hard-line demand even as Tehran negotiates with the U.S. over a permanent end to the war that's disrupted global energy supplies.

Mohammad Rasouli, a poet, drew calls of “Death to America!” and “Death to Israel!”

Speaking to the crowd over loudspeakers at the funeral, Rasouli asked, referring to Trump: “Why is the most bastard man in the world still alive?”

The question drew cheers from the crowd, and again when Rasouli said that “the world is no longer a good place for” Trump.

Ayatollah Jafar Sobhani, a 97-year-old Shiite cleric, later led a prayer Sunday at Tehran’s Grand Mosalla for Khamenei and his late family members. On hand were Khamenei's sons Masoud, Meysam and Mostafa, as well as Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian, Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf and Revolutionary Guard head Gen. Ahmad Vahidi. Also there was Esmail Qaani, who leads the Guard's expeditionary Quds Force.

But not attending was Iran's new supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, another of Khamenei's sons. He's believed to be in hiding after reportedly being wounded in the airstrike that killed his father. Israel has threatened to kill him as well.

A far-larger crowd for the funeral than the day before attended the ceremony Sunday. Mourners dressed in black walked to the site, carrying banners and flags honoring Khamenei and also calling for Trump's killing as the American president gave a speech in Washington for the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States.

“We’ve had tremendous success,” Trump said, speaking of the American military. “You look at Venezuela, you look at Iran. We wiped it out, wiped out their military.”

U.S. federal authorities have been tracking Iranian threats against Trump and other administration officials for years. That stems from Trump ordering the 2020 killing of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who had led the Quds Force. Iran repeatedly has denied plotting to kill Trump, though hard-line propaganda footage long has suggested Trump was in Tehran's crosshairs.

Trump meanwhile promised to destroy Iran's very civilization during the war among a variety of other threats.

The funeral for Khamenei, who ruled Iran for decades before he was killed at age 86 in a Feb. 28 airstrike in the opening moments of the Iran war, could provide a boost for the country’s theocracy and its new supreme leader.

That is important as Iran tries to leverage its hold on the Strait of Hormuz in negotiations with the U.S. over a permanent end to the war and as concern lingers that Israel could attack again.

The funeral was delayed as the war raged, and talks are on hold until it is over.

Gambrell reported from Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

A man carries a child holding a red Shiite religious flag outside the Imam Khomeini Mosalla Grand Mosque during the funeral ceremonies for slain Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and members of his family in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, July 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Mourners write messages on a wall, including one in English that reads "We will kill Trump," during the funeral ceremonies for slain Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and members of his family at the Imam Khomeini Mosalla Grand Mosque in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, July 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Mourners walk through the grounds of the Imam Khomeini Mosalla Grand Mosque during the funeral ceremonies for slain Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and members of his family in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, July 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

A mourner holds a portrait of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as he walks past a wall bearing messages, including one in English that reads "We will kill Trump," during the funeral ceremonies for Khamenei and members of his family at the Imam Khomeini Mosalla Grand Mosque in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, July 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Mourners gather beneath a portrait of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during the funeral ceremonies for Khamenei and members of his family at the Imam Khomeini Mosalla Grand Mosque in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, July 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)