Sal Frelick Powers Brewers Score in 13-2 Win Over Diamondbacks
The brewers score jumped fast Tuesday night, and Milwaukee never let Arizona back into it. Sal Frelick’s second-inning solo homer put the Brewers ahead for good in a 13-2 win over the Diamondbacks at American Family Field.
The shot ended Milwaukee’s seven-game homer drought, its longest since August 1999, and it came after the Brewers had gone six straight games without leaving the yard before Frelick connected. Tyler Black added three RBIs, giving Milwaukee the kind of production that had been missing during the skid.
Frelick Opens the Scoring
Frelick’s homer came in the second inning and gave Milwaukee the first lead of the night. The Brewers had been waiting since April 18 for their next long ball, when Brice Turang hit a two-run shot off Miami’s Sandy Alcantara.
That wait stretched across seven games. Milwaukee had not gone this long without a home run since 1999, when the club set a franchise record by going 13 straight games without one in August.
Milwaukee Breaks It Open
The game turned into a rout in the sixth. Milwaukee sent its first eight batters to reach base on seven singles and a walk, then piled up eight runs off reliever Andrew Hoffmann. His earned run average jumped from 2.38 to 8.49.
William Contreras singled home two runs in the inning. Jake Bauers added another two-run single, and David Hamilton followed with a two-run double as the Brewers kept stretching the margin.
Vargas Stays Hot
Arizona did get production from Ildemaro Vargas, who singled in the eighth inning and extended his hitting streak to 21 games this season. Including his last three games from 2025, the run reaches 24 games, matching the fourth-longest single-season hitting streak in Diamondbacks history.
James McCann had driven in Arizona’s only runs earlier, singling home two in the fifth inning. Chad Patrick still managed to work through five innings after walking the bases loaded in that frame, and Jake Woodford closed it out with the last three innings for his first save. The result left Milwaukee with the clean offensive answer it needed, while Arizona’s streak chase stayed alive on one hit in the eighth.
