As Wisconsin is hit with heavy rains and flash flooding, the Milwaukee Brewers went ahead with Sunday's game as scheduled at Milwaukee's American Family Field.
And for the fans who braved the weather, the team made it worth their while, defeating the New York Mets 7-6 off Isaac Collins' walkoff home run. The win gave the red-hot Brewers a series sweep over the Mets, and extended their win streak to nine games.
The team announced Sunday morning that they would be playing as planned, but warned fans about significant road closures into the ballpark. In addition, about half of the parking lots around the venue are closed due to standing water, with the team adding that fans will not be guaranteed parking even if they paid for it in advance.
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Additionally, Sunday's game was set to be a Jacob Misiorowski T-shirt giveaway, with the Brewers planning to give away the shirts to the first 25,000 fans. Though the giveaway still took place, the team said that a second Misiorowski shirt giveaway will be scheduled on another game.
The game was considered a sellout based on ticket sales, and though there were several empty seats, there was still a remarkable turnout for the game. Per the team, 33,700 fans showed up for the game, out of 42,461 total in paid attendance.
The Milwaukee area was hit with excessive rains starting on Saturday, hitting a two-day rainfall record in the area, per the National Weather Service. The area received 7.96 inches between Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning, though though some parts of Milwaukee received as many as 10 inches of rain.
Due to the weather, rainwater started to fall onto American Family Field on Saturday during the Brewers' 7-4 win over the Mets, despite the roof being closed.
After the game, the storm was still going in full force as fans were trying to leave the ballpark. Videos and photos on social media show flooding on the roads and lots around the ballpark well into the night, and on Sunday morning.
Ahead of Sunday's game, Brewers president of business operations Rick Schlesinger told reporters the reasoning behind letting the game go on as scheduled.
"Obviously it's not a simple situation. The fact is the building is in great shape, so we're very fortunate that there was no damage," Schlesinger said, via MLB.com's Adam McCalvy. "After talking internally ... we felt that it was the right thing to do to still play the game. There are ways to get here. Obviously, the fans know that the normal access points are gonna be a little compromised, so they're gonna make alternate routes.
"We decided that, given that this is the last time the Mets are gonna be here this year, in the regular season, given that the ballpark is in fine shape," he continued, "we felt we could play the game under these circumstances. The fans that can come, that's great. Fans that can't, again, they won't be negatively impacted by the fact that they can't use their ticket. We'll make that exchange available to them, and they'll come to another game."
With Sunday's game continuing as planned, the red-hot Brewers completed the sweep after beating New York 3-2 on Friday and 7-4 on Saturday.
In Sunday's game, the Mets held an early lead after posting four runs in the first three innings. But designated hitter William Contreras stepped up, earning two home runs — a solo homer in the 4th and a two-run bomb in the 5th — to launch the Brewers' comeback. Joey Ortiz hit an RBI single in the eighth to tie the game, before Collins walked it off.
Milwaukee's 73-44 record puts them at the top of the league, five whole wins ahead of the nearest competition in both the AL and NL.
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