The Milwaukee Brewers were able to snap their six-game losing streak, their longest slump in three years, with a 2-1 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday, and a big part of their success came from right-hander Chad Patrick and the defense behind him.

Patrick pitched 6 ⅔ innings and struck out two batters while allowing two walks, three hits and one earned run. In the first inning, he demonstrated struggles by allowing a walk, a single and eventually a sacrifice RBI flyout that put the Blue Jays up 1-0. 

The beginning of his outing led to a stern interaction with manager Pat Murphy. Afterward, Patrick was able to hold his own.

“Yeah, it's always good to go deep like that in games and obviously still be in the game," Patrick told the media. "And for us to find a way to scratch a couple runs there in the eighth, it's a good feeling for us. We definitely needed that win, so being able to do that and salvage some of the pen, it's cool.”

Wednesday’s contest marked Patrick’s fourth start of the season, and it was the longest of his early outings. The duration of the outing meant that Patrick had to see Toronto’s batting order multiple times.

“Yeah, I mean when those decisions come, they come,” Patrick said about Murphy’s decision to keep him in the game. “But at the end of the day, my job is to go out there and compete and get out as efficiently as I can when the ball is taken out of my hands.”

When it comes to seeing a hitter for the third time, Patrick doesn’t let it affect his mindset.

“I don't, I don't think about it,” Patrick said. “I just think about it as, you know, it's the third time I've seen the guy and he's, you know, probably done some studying on the iPads in the dugout and his approach might be a little different, but you gotta have the same mentality and just go out there and compete.”

When it came to facing the Blue Jays’ aggressive lineup, Patrick wanted to focus on throwing strikes.

“Yeah, I think any time I face a lineup that’s pretty aggressive, I feel like I'm like a strike thrower,” Patrick said. “Anytime I'm facing a team, I think that's the message over there.”

Patrick also does not place emphasis on complicating his pitches; he focuses on what is necessary.

“I think everything's coming together,” he said. “You know, I'm not gonna do anything sexy out there. It's, ‘here you go, hit it, swing and miss, you know, do what you do,’ but my job is to get weak contact and as soon as the misses come, in they go.”

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