MILWAUKEE — Brewers reliever Josh Hader received a warm ovation from fans in his first appearance on the mound since his years-old racist and homophobic tweets surfaced during the All-Star Game.

The left-hander jogged in from the bullpen after the Brewers scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth to take a 4-2 lead over the Dodgers. He took a few warmup tosses before being introduced by the public address announcer.

Most of the more than 36,000 fans attending in attendance were applauding after he was introduced, with many fans standing at Miller Park.

Hader struck out pinch-hitter Logan Forsythe for the first out in the seventh. He allowed a two-out double to Matt Kemp before getting out of the inning when cleanup hitter Max Muncy lined out to first. In all, he went two innings, allowing one hit and striking out four, in the Brewers’ 4-2 win.

Among the tweets a teenage Hader sent: “White power” and “I hate gay people,” in addition to using the N-word several times.

“I was 17 years old and, as a child, I was immature and I obviously said some things that were inexcusable,” Hader said in his apology.