Lexington Native Sal Frelick Wins World Series With Brewers
The Boston College product started every game of the five-game series as Milwaukee claimed the city's first baseball title since 1957.
By Kevin Duarte
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Sal Frelick, who grew up in Lexington, Mass., won the World Series with the Milwaukee Brewers on October 28, when the team beat the Tampa Bay Rays, 4-1, in St. Petersburg, Fla., to take the series in five games, the Boston Globe reported.
It is the first baseball championship for Milwaukee since the 1957 Braves, a franchise that moved to Atlanta after the 1965 season. The Brewers, who arrived in 1970 when the Seattle Pilots relocated, had reached the World Series only once before, losing to St. Louis in 1982.
Frelick started each game of the series and sat for just one inning. Over 10 postseason games he posted a .694 OPS with four runs batted in and six runs scored. He debuted during the 2023 season.
Frelick played quarterback before focusing on baseball, attended Boston College on a football scholarship and was selected in the first round of the 2021 draft. "From the time they drafted me, I knew this was possible," he said, according to the Globe.
Starter Jacob Misiorowski threw 5⅔ scoreless innings before exiting with a cramp in his right calf. Closer Trevor Megill gave up a run-scoring double in the ninth before the final out. The crowd at Tropicana Field numbered 40,489.
This story was first reported by The Boston Globe.
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