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Rays Extend World Series Life with Game 4 Win
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In Short: In a thrilling 12-inning battle, the Tampa Bay Rays managed to extend their World Series run with a 4-3 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday, preventing a potential sweep.
In a thrilling 12-inning battle, the Tampa Bay Rays managed to extend their World Series run with a 4-3 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday, preventing a potential sweep. The game featured a dramatic comeback by the Rays, who had been trailing 3-0 in the series.
The Brewers had taken a commanding lead in the series with a 10-1 win in Game 3, where they scored eight runs in a single inning with two outs, a feat no team had accomplished in World Series history. However, in Game 4, the Rays showed resilience, tying the game in the fifth inning when David Hamilton hit a solo homer.
The Brewers responded with an RBI double from Cooper Pratt in the fourth inning, but the Rays quickly regained the lead in the bottom of the fourth when Junior Caminero scored on an error. The game remained tied until the 12th inning, when Ben Williamson delivered a walk-off RBI single, securing the win for the Rays.
Aaron Ashby came onto the mound for the Brewers in the bottom of the ninth and retired the side in order, sending the game into extra innings. In the top of the 12th, Pratt gave the Brewers the lead with a solo home run, but the Rays' comeback was not over. Williamson's hit was the first walk-off winner for a team facing elimination in the World Series since the Cardinals' David Freese in 2011's Game 6.
The Brewers had been the better team throughout the series, with standout performances from Sal Frelick, Christian Yelich, and Brice Turang, all batting over.364. Five Brewers players are hitting over.300 for the series, putting them in contention for the World Series Most Valuable Player Award.
Milwaukee's pitching staff held the Rays to just four baserunners in Game 3, with Freddy Peralta surrendering a combined two runs across his first three starts and four appearances this postseason. The Brewers also benefited from correct challenges by William Contreras, who has gotten seven ABS challenges correct across the World Series.
Despite the Rays' comeback, the Brewers remain in a strong position, needing just one more win to clinch their first World Series title since the franchise's inception in 1982. The series will now shift back to American Family Field, where the Brewers will have home-field advantage for the remainder of the series.
What this adds
Sal Frelick, Christian Yelich, and Brice Turang are all batting.364 this series, putting them in contention for the World Series Most Valuable Player Award.
Plenty of Brewers will be making their case for a potential World Series Most Valuable Player Award as five players are hitting over.300 for Milwaukee.
Chourio became the youngest player (22 years and 229 days old) to have four hits in a World Series game since Joe Garagiola had four hits against the Boston Red Sox in Game 4 of the 1946 World Series.
A minor beauty of the modern game is giving new ways for a team to fundamentally shine: Contreras has gotten seven ABS challenges correct across the World Series, on top of his 1.141 OPS.
Background
In the 12th inning of Game 4 of the World Series on Wednesday, October 28, Ben Williamson's RBI single extended the Tampa Bay Rays' season, preventing a potential sweep by the Cleveland Guardians.
Kevin Deaton, a Milwaukee Brewers fan, is attending the World Series after redeeming a 'Timeless Ticket' he purchased in 2015.
What's confirmed
- The Tampa Bay Rays will live to see another game in the World Series.
What's still developing
- No Brewers starter had made it out of the sixth inning in the postseason, but in Game 3 Robert Gasser did so facing the minimum number of hitters; the Fox broadcast noted that he was the first lefty to do so since Sandy Koufax in 1965.
- By contrast, the Brewers' performance in their 10-1 Game 3 victory was the sort of thing you'd expect from a team that won 103 games in the regular season.
- "getting the best out of the guys you've got."
- The play looked well worth a challenge, but with two outs, I still decided that it would be a good time to take a shower.
- 1A: Brewers manager Pat Murphy challenged an inning-ending force-out in the fifth.
- Rather than depending on a single superstar to carry the offense, the Brewers have consistently found different players to deliver in crucial moments.
- It was a statement about the Brewers’ offensive depth, postseason confidence and refusal to surrender an opportunity.
- Milwaukee overwhelmed the Tampa Bay Rays, 10-1, on Monday night, moving within one win of its first championship.
- The Tampa Bay Rays were hoping a change of scenery would jumpstart their struggling offense, however it was the Milwaukee Brewers that made a statement.
- Rays manager Kevin Cash would go to his bullpen for lefty Cam Booser and that is where things completely unraveled.
- However, the play was overturned after the Brewers challenged and replay showed that Yelich beat the throw to second.
- Those two games will potentially take place at American Family Field.
Sources
- Bleacher Reportlink
- Civic Medialink
- Fox Newslink
- MLB.comlink
- NGSC Sportslink
- Rollingoutlink
- Sbnationlink
- The Guardianlink
- WMTV 15 NEWSlink
- theScorelink
- Defectorlink
- WarpBeat — background on Rays Win Game 4 to Extend World Series link
- WarpBeat — background on Brewers Fan Redeems 2015 'Timeless Ticket' for 2026 World Series link