MILWAUKEE – The physics of the thing were a little hard to figure. Sal Frelick, the leadoff man of the moment for an injury-depleted Brewers lineup and a slumping team, beat a baseball into the ground right in front of home plate in the eighth inning when it seemed like Milwaukee might be headed for more heartbreak.
It bounced high in the air while Blue Jays catcher Brandon Valenzuela waited for it to come down.
Then the baseball just… died.
Like it got stuck in the mud.
Valenzuela fumbled the ball for an error and the Brewers had the break they needed in what became a 2-1 win at American Family Field, snapping Milwaukee’s six-game losing streak.
They didn’t exactly mash their way to victory, but they didn’t need to. Chad Patrick became the first Brewers starter to get outs beyond the seventh inning and DL Hall, Aaron Ashby and Abner Uribe avoided the sort of relief slip-ups that befell the Brewers during their losing streak, before a flurry of small ball erased Toronto’s 1-0 lead in the bottom of the eighth.
David Hamilton led off with an infield single just out of the reach of Blue Jays reliever Tyler Rogers, Frelick followed with his dead ball trick. William Contreras snuck a bouncing single through the right side of the infield to tie the game. Brice Turang hit a soft groundout to second base for a 2-1 lead.
And that was it. The Brewers, with Uribe’s first save of 2026, found their way back to the win column.