Remember Frelick's crazy catch at Yankee Stadium? So does Wiemer -- with a mark to prove it
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MILWAUKEE – Nationals outfielder Joey Wiemer returned to American Family Field this weekend with a fun fact.
Brewers fans will remember a crazy play at Yankee Stadium in September 2023, when Wiemer and Sal Frelick collided on the warning track in right-center field and Frelick came away with an insane catch that kept the Brewers’ bid for a no-hitter alive for a 10th full inning.
Alas, they lost the no-hitter in the 11th inning and eventually lost the game in the 13th, but that catch remains one of the most vivid Brewers highlights in recent years.
It also left a mark.
Wiemer showed off a scar on his left elbow from the play, which he says was caused by the scoreboard on the outfield wall at that spot. Wiemer also took an elbow to the chin from Frelick.
“I definitely got the worst of that one,” Wiemer said.
He returned to Milwaukee with his fourth team since the Brewers traded Wiemer to the Reds in the Frankie Montas deal in July 2024. He actually helped out the Brewers at the start of this season as part of a record-tying run in which Wiemer became the second player in the Live Ball Era (since 1920) to reach base 10 consecutive times to start the season. (Toronto's Carlos Delgado was the other, in 2002.)
How did that help the Brewers? The Nationals’ first series was at Wrigley Field, and Wiemer went 6-for-6 with two homers against the Cubs in a pair of Washington wins.