Baseball fans have seen wild moments before — but nothing, absolutely nothing, like what Sal Frelick just pulled off. In a matter of seconds, the Brewers outfielder turned what looked like a guaranteed Dodgers grand slam into one of the most mind-bending double plays in MLB history.
And the best part? Even Frelick himself stood there afterward, eyes wide, hands on his head — as if he couldn’t believe what his own body had just done.
It was Monday night, Game 1 of the NLCS. The Milwaukee Brewers hosting the powerhouse Los Angeles Dodgers, both teams chasing a ticket to the World Series. Top of the fourth inning — tension thick, bases loaded, one out. Max Muncy steps to the plate, ready to break the game open.
Then it happened.
With a 1–0 count, Muncy unleashed a monster swing that sent the ball screaming toward deep center. Every Dodger in the dugout leapt up. It looked gone. A grand slam waiting to happen.
But Sal Frelick had other plans.
In a full sprint, the Brewers center fielder launched himself into the air, glove extended, body slamming into the wall. The ball hit the padding, popped out of his glove — th landed back i
Before anyone could process what just happened, Frelick spun and fired the ball toward shortstop Joey Ortiz. Ortiz whipped it home, where William Contreras tagged the plate just in time to get Teoscar Hernández out. Chaos. Shouting. Confusion.