The Milwaukee Brewers snapped their losing streak with a narrow 2-1 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays at American Family Field.
The Brewers found their way out of their worst skid in nearly three years, scratching across two runs to account for all their offense. It felt like more than a week since the Brewers had anything go their way; it had been.
Brewers’ Late-Inning Rally
Milwaukee’s bats had generated nothing through seven innings. Starting with David Hamilton’s leadoff infield hit, the Brewers got some luck.
Sal Frelick pounded a ball 61.3 mph directly into the dirt. It bounced in the air perpendicular to home plate and landed right in front of catcher Brandon Valenzuela. On his way back to throw to first, the ball greased its way out of his right hand.
William Contreras followed with a single to drive in the first run of the game for Milwaukee and tie the score. Brice Turang then gave them the lead with a soft grounder, allowing Frelick to scamper home from third.
Blue Jays’ Early Lead
A sacrifice fly off the bat of Jesús Sánchez in the first inning provided the only run up until the Brewers’ rally. Chad Patrick walked Daulton Varsho, followed by Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s single to right, moving Varsho to third. Varsho then scored on Sánchez’s sac fly to left.
Patrick’s Performance
Patrick was not getting much swing-and-miss. A swinging strikeout of Kazuma Okamoto was the only punchout for the right-hander. Patrick pitched into the sixth.
Pat Murphy has been quick to pull the cord on Patrick’s outings, but Patrick now has the breaking pitch, a slurve, but he didn’t rely on it the third time through the order, instead mixing heavy with his fastballs. He put Guerrero away with a pair of cutters for swinging strikes.
A lazy fly to right by Sánchez, on a slurve no less, was the first out recorded by a Brewer.
Uribe Seals the Win
Abner Uribe closed it out in the ninth for the save, taking the place of the struggling Trevor Megill.
On a night where Milwaukee’s bats had generated nothing through seven innings, it was probably going to take a smile from the baseball gods after being shunned frequently across a six-game losing streak.