Brewers outfielder Sal Frelick homers in Game 2 as Milwaukee leads World Series 2-0
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The gist
Brewers right fielder Sal Frelick hit a game-tying homer in Game 2, beating the Rays 5-4.
The 26-year-old from Lexington, Mass., is playing in his first World Series.
Background
Sal Frelick is a 26-year-old right fielder for the Milwaukee Brewers, from Lexington, Massachusetts, who starred at Boston College and was drafted 15th overall in 2021. The Brewers reached the 2026 World Series against the Tampa Bay Rays, their first appearance since 1982, after earlier October exits including Wild Card Series losses to the Diamondbacks in 2023 and the Mets in 2024. Frelick's hometown has rallied around him, renaming Worthen Road Sal Frelick Way for the week and lighting the Hastings Park gazebo in Brewers blue and gold.
How it unfolded
- 2021The Brewers selected Frelick 15th overall in the MLB draft after he won ACC Defensive Player of the Year and became the first Boston College player to win an ABCA/Rawlings Gold Glove.
- 2023Frelick reached the majors, two years after being drafted.
- 2024In the Wild Card Series against the Mets, Frelick homered to make it 2-0 before Pete Alonso's ball went over his head and Milwaukee's season ended.
- Oct 23, 2026Frelick made his World Series debut in Game 1 against the Rays at American Family Field and singled in the win.
- Oct 24, 2026In Game 2 in Milwaukee, Frelick went 2-for-4, singled in the fourth to help score a run and hit a game-tying home run off reliever Ian Seymour in the sixth; the Brewers won 5-4 for a 2-0 series lead.
Who’s saying what
- Public
- Matt Leppek of Craft Food Halls said Frelick is "a legend" and that no matter the outcome he will make everyone proud.
- Support
- Former Lexington Select Board member Suzie Barry said reaching the World Series is what every kid dreams of from Little League on.
- Expert
- Boston University master lecturer Andy Andres called Frelick a terrific contact hitter, good defender and speedy outfielder, and said it is remarkable a New England product is a major league batter.
- Party
- Blue Sox teammate Josue Feliciano told Frelick he has "major league hands" and said "Brewer baseball is Sal baseball" — just do anything the team needs to win.