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Offense has not been the easiest thing to come by lately for the Milwaukee Brewers, and they had an abundance of it in a 13-2 statement win on Tuesday over the Arizona Diamondbacks to open their three-game series.

‘Runs are Runs’

Without Christian Yelich, Jackson Chourio, and Andrew Vaughn, the Brewers dealt with a home run drought that lasted seven games, their longest in over a decade. On Tuesday, Sal Frelick put an end to it.

Frelick got the festivities in the batter’s box started by crushing a solo home run to right field to get the Brewers on the board. Milwaukee would log 14 more hits during the evening, and none of them would clear any of the outfield walls, but Frelick made it clear that it doesn’t matter with a direct message:

“I mean, whether we score runs like we did in the sixth inning or hit three homers in the inning, like, runs are runs,” Frelick told the media after the game. “And you're not always going to be able to hit the long ball.

“So, just making sure we're not giving up the other side of it,” he added. "It's always good when you see one go over."

When it came to getting runs, the Brewers’ hitters contributed on a wide scale. Seven batters notched at least one RBI, and five of them had multiple RBI’s.

Chad Patrick’s Scare

Right-hander Chad Patrick got the starting nod for the Brewers in the first game of the series. Early in his outing, he suffered a brief scare.

As Patrick was warming up to return to the mound for the second inning, he dealt with an episode that warranted a visit from head athletic trainer Brad Epstein. However, he remained in the game.