How Sal Frelick became Brewers' unlikely World Series hero with Game 2 blast: 'He has this edge about him'

Frelick delivered the swing of his life, a tying sixth-inning homer, as Milwaukee completed yet another postseason comeback MILWAUKEE — Ian Seymour kept testing Sal Frelick late Saturday night, almost dismissive of what the Brewers outfielder might be capable of producing. But Frelick has never been one to shrink when his mettle is challenged. His competitive fire only burns hotter. In the bottom of the sixth inning in Game 2 of the World Series, with the Brewers on the brink of erasing a four-run deficit for the second time this postseason, the lefthanded Rays reliever kept feeding Frelick fastballs. All nine pitches of the at-bat, in fact. Alternating between two variations of the pitch for much of it.

"I'm an eight-hole hitter," Frelick said, detailing the number of fastballs he saw. "I'm a lefty. You have to assume a guy like that is coming at you." Frelick kept fighting, just as he had his whole career. He fouled off half of the first eight pitches he saw and ultimately worked the count full. Seymour became predictable, a creature of habit, not doubling up on the same pitch twice to that point. Seymour tested Frelick again, throwing a four-seamer for the second consecutive pitch, this one hanging over the inner third of the plate. Frelick didn't miss it, crushing a solo