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Rays Win Game 4, Extend World Series Life
· Confirmed
In Short: Williamson's hit was the first walk-off winner for a team facing elimination in the World Series since David Freese's famous Game 6 walk-off hit for the Cardinals in 2011.
In a dramatic 12-inning contest on Wednesday, the Tampa Bay Rays managed to extend their World Series run with a 4-3 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers, preventing a potential sweep.
The game remained scoreless for several innings until the top of the fifth when David Hamilton hit a solo home run to tie the game for the Brewers.
Junior Caminero scored on an error in the bottom of the fourth, giving the Rays the lead again.
Cooper Pratt's RBI double in the fourth inning had briefly evened the score for the Brewers.
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.
Neither team could find a run in the 10th or 11th innings, but Pratt delivered the biggest swing of his life in the top of the 12th with a solo home run, putting the Brewers ahead.
However, Ben Williamson's RBI single in the bottom of the 12th inning secured the win for the Rays.
Williamson's hit was the first walk-off winner for a team facing elimination in the World Series since David Freese's famous Game 6 walk-off hit for the Cardinals in 2011.
Sal Frelick, Christian Yelich, and Brice Turang are all batting.364 this series, making a strong case for a potential World Series Most Valuable Player Award.
Five Brewers players are hitting over.300 for the series, showcasing the team's offensive depth and postseason confidence.
Milwaukee's relievers have allowed three earned runs in 21 World Series innings, a 1.29 ERA, while the Rays are hitting.195 and fanning in nearly a quarter of their plate appearances.
The Rays' comeback in Game 4 is a testament to their resilience, as they now face an uphill climb to win the series, with only five teams in history having come back from a 3-0 deficit to win.
What this adds
The Brewers' pitching staff held the Rays to just four baserunners (three hits and one walk) in Game 4.
Williamson's walk-off single was the first for a team facing elimination in the World Series since 2011.
Contreras has gotten seven ABS challenges correct across the World Series, on top of his 1.141 OPS.
The Rays' Cam Booser, who entered the night having surrendered zero runs over six innings pitched this postseason, gave up four consecutive hits and was pulled.
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.
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.
What's confirmed
- The Tampa Bay Rays will live to see another game in the World Series.
- The Milwaukee Brewers’ first World Series appearance in 44 years will not end in a sweep.
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.
- 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.
- "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.
- Moreover, 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. 4B: The number of baserunners (three hits and one walk) the Brewers' pitching staff held the Rays to. 5: Peralta surrendered a combined two runs across his first three starts and four appearances altogether this postseason (16 ⅔ innings).
- 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.
- Sal Frelick, David Hamilton and Jackson Chourio also contributed run-scoring hits as the Brewers continued to pile on runs.
- 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.
- The Brewers broke through in the third on RBI singles by Christian Yelich and William Contreras to take a 2-0 lead.
Sources
- Bleacher Reportlink
- Civic Medialink
- Fox Newslink
- MLB.comlink
- NGSC Sportslink
- RG.orglink
- Rollingoutlink
- Sbnationlink
- The Guardianlink
- WMTV 15 NEWSlink
- Defectorlink
- theScorelink
- WarpBeat — background on Rays Win Game 4 to Extend World Series link
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- MLB — video link