Milwaukee Brewers pinch hitter Jake Bauers (9) celebrates with shortstop Willy Adames (27) after scoring a solo home run against the New York Mets in the seventh inning during Game 3 of the wild-card round for the 2024 MLB Playoffs at American Family Field. Benny Sieu-Imagn Images

Watch: Brewers break scoreless tie with monster back-to-back HRs

By Adam Gretz | Last updated Oct 3, 2024 9:16 PM ET

The Milwaukee Brewers and New York Mets found themselves locked in a pitcher's duel in Game 3 of their National League wild-card series on Thursday night, going into the bottom of the seventh inning without a single run crossing the plate.

It did not take long for the Brewers to change that.

Pinch-hitter Jake Bauers opened up the bottom of the seventh inning by hitting a monster home run off Mets relief pitcher Jose Butto.

JAKE BAUERS!

SCORELESS NO MORE! #POSTSEASON pic.twitter.com/0IOt32TlGb
— MLB (@MLB) October 4, 2024

On the very next pitch, Sal Frelick hit another massive home run deep into the right field stands.

Have a look:

SAL FRELICK GOES BACK-TO-BACK!!! #POSTSEASON pic.twitter.com/OqZMZYmRZ5
— MLB (@MLB) October 4, 2024

Prior to that at-bat, Frelick had hit just five home runs in 666 regular season at-bats over 202 career games. This season he hit only two home runs in 475 at-bats, and had not hit one since May 15. Power is simply not a part of his game.

On that at-bat, it was. He picked the perfect time of year to show it.

Mets starter Jose Quintana was brilliant over six innings, allowing no runs and only five base runners while striking out six batters. The Mets pulled him at 94 pitches.

Adam Gretz

Adam Gretz is a freelance writer based in Pittsburgh. He covers the NHL, NFL, MLB and NBA. Baseball is his favorite sport -- he is nearly halfway through his goal of seeing a game in every MLB ballpark. Catch him on Twitter @AGretz

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