Sal Frelick is a World Series champion, giving Lexington another reason to celebrate the hometown player whose name temporarily replaced Worthen Road’s during the Series.

The Lexington High School graduate helped the Milwaukee Brewers win their first championship Wednesday, Oct. 28, with a 4-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays in Game 5 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Fla., according to MLB.com.

Milwaukee finished the postseason 11-2 after winning a major league-best 103 regular-season games. The Brewers swept the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League Championship Series before beating Tampa Bay in five games.

Back in Lexington, support for Frelick stretched beyond the television screen. Worthen Road became Sal Frelick Way for the week, and the Hastings Park gazebo glowed in Brewers blue and gold, Boston 25 News reported.

Fans gathered at Craft Food Halls for Game 1, where shirts featuring the right fielder’s No. 10 were handed out. Former Select Board member Suzie Barry told the station that Frelick remains involved in his hometown and makes a significant annual donation to youth athletics.

Frelick delivered a memorable contribution in Game 2 on Oct. 24. With Milwaukee trailing 4-3 in the sixth inning, he worked a nine-pitch at-bat against Rays left-hander Ian Seymour before hitting a solo home run to center field. The Brewers went on to win 5-4, according to MLB.com’s game coverage.

It was an unlikely swing from a player who had hit four home runs during the regular season.

Frelick, 26, finished the 2026 regular season batting .230 with 40 RBI, according to his MLB player profile. His contributions have long extended to defense: he won the National League’s right-field Gold Glove Award in 2024.

Before reaching Milwaukee, Frelick played football, hockey and baseball at Lexington High, graduating in 2018. Boston College was his only baseball scholarship offer, according to a BC Magazine profile.

Former BC coach Mike Gambino saw professional potential in the multisport athlete. Frelick hit .345 over three college seasons, earned first-team All-ACC honors in 2021 and was selected 15th overall by Milwaukee that year.

He reached the majors in July 2023, collecting three hits and driving in two runs in his debut against Atlanta. Three years later, he was celebrating a championship.

In Wednesday’s clincher, Jacob Misiorowski pitched 5⅔ scoreless innings, and the Brewers held off Tampa Bay to finish the Series.

Milwaukee’s championship parade is scheduled for Friday, Oct. 30, at 10 a.m. Central time. The route begins at North Fourth Street and West Wisconsin Avenue and continues through downtown to the Summerfest grounds.