Brewers one win from first title after record eight-run fifth breaks Game 3 open
A 10-1 Game 3 win put Milwaukee up 3-0 on Tampa Bay. Game 4 is Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET, and no team has ever come back from 3-0 in the World Series.
- Milwaukee beat Tampa Bay 10-1 in Game 3 and leads the World Series 3-0, one win from the first championship in franchise history. m:…6339
- The Brewers scored eight runs with two outs in the fifth inning, the most two-out runs in any World Series inning. m:…3860
- Robert Gasser threw six scoreless innings of one-hit ball in Game 3 and has allowed one run over 15 postseason innings. m:…7603
- Game 4 is scheduled for Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET, with Griffin Jax starting for Tampa Bay; Milwaukee had not announced a starter. m:…6731
- Sportsbooks list Milwaukee as the favorite for the October 28 game, with moneylines from -135 to -148 against Tampa Bay at +116 to +123. m:…8395
The inning that broke Game 3
The Milwaukee Brewers beat the Tampa Bay Rays 10-1 in Game 3 of the World Series, taking a 3-0 lead and moving one win from the first championship in franchise history. The Brewers have won eight consecutive postseason games, and manager Pat Murphy noted the significant fan support from Milwaukee at the away game in St. Petersburg. m:…6339 m:…7603
The game turned in the fifth inning, when Milwaukee scored eight runs, all with two outs. The eight two-out runs are the most in any World Series inning, and the Brewers recorded seven consecutive hits with two outs in the inning. The Rays lost the game 10-1, and no team has ever come back from a 3-0 deficit in the World Series. m:…3860
The inning unraveled for Tampa Bay in pieces. A 106 mph liner from Brice Turang deflected off shortstop Taylor Walls' glove, Junior Caminero chose to throw to second base instead of first base during the sequence, and reliever Cam Booser allowed four runs on four hits to four batters in 12 pitches. Rays manager Kevin Cash described the fifth-inning collapse as deflating. m:…3860
Milwaukee scored double-digit runs without hitting a home run, and eight of the nine batters in the starting lineup registered hits. Jackson Chourio recorded four hits in Game 3, making him the youngest player to have a four-hit game in the World Series in 80 years and the second-youngest player in World Series history with four hits and a stolen base in a game, behind Ty Cobb. Chourio also registered his ninth career multihit postseason game and is 8-for-14 in the World Series. m:…6339 m:…3517 m:…6731
Gasser's night
Robert Gasser threw six scoreless innings of one-hit ball in Game 3, facing the minimum through six innings. He is the first starter to face the minimum through six innings since Curt Schilling in 2001, and Bruce Kison was the only other rookie to throw six scoreless innings in a World Series game, in 1971. Gasser threw 75 pitches in Game 3. m:…7603
The outing extended a postseason run in which Gasser has allowed one run over a combined 15 innings against the Padres, Dodgers and Rays, including four innings of one-run ball in NLDS Game 4 and five scoreless innings in NLCS Game 3. In the regular season he went 5-5 with a 3.87 ERA in 21 games, after being acquired from the Padres in a 2022 trade for Josh Hader. He is 27 years old. m:…7603 m:…3517
The Brewers won 103 regular-season games and 10 postseason games, and have not lost a game since October 6. Catcher William Contreras successfully challenged four ball-strike calls in Game 3 and is the first catcher to throw out three runners stealing in the first three games of a World Series since 1993. Brandon Woodruff made his first appearance in nearly four months in Game 3, and Freddy Peralta was charged with five runs. m:…3517 m:…6339 m:…6731
What Game 4 holds
Game 4 is scheduled for Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET. Griffin Jax will start Game 4 for the Tampa Bay Rays, while the Brewers had not announced a starting pitcher. Jax had a 1.88 ERA in 24 innings over his last six outings, and the Rays have scored only one run in their last 17 innings. m:…6731
History leaves Tampa Bay little room. Teams with a 3-0 lead in best-of-seven postseason series have won 42 of 43 times, no team has reached Game 6 after trailing 3-0 in the World Series, and only the 2004 Red Sox have come back from a 3-0 deficit to win a best-of-seven series. The Brewers are one of five current franchises that has never won the World Series. m:…6731
Longoria is set to throw out the ceremonial first pitch before Game 4. He signed a ceremonial one-day contract and retired as a Ray in the summer of 2026, and the Rays inducted him into the Rays Hall of Fame and retired his No. 3 jersey in July 2026. The Rays are trailing the Brewers 3-0 in the World Series. m:…8130
Sportsbooks list the Milwaukee Brewers as the favorite against the Tampa Bay Rays in the October 28 game. FanDuel lists Milwaukee at -136 and Tampa Bay at +116, DraftKings lists Milwaukee at -142 and Tampa Bay at +118, BetMGM lists Milwaukee at -145 and Tampa Bay at +118, and BetRivers lists Milwaukee at -148 and Tampa Bay at +123. The consensus total for the game is 7.055. m:…8395
What Game 3 suggests is that Tampa Bay's problem is not one bad inning but a lineup that has gone quiet, with one run in its last 17 innings. Milwaukee, by contrast, has won with depth: eight of nine starters with hits, a rookie starter facing the minimum, and a record inning built on two-out hits rather than home runs. That is the gap Game 4 has to close. m:…6731 m:…3517 m:…7603
What is still unresolved
- Milwaukee had not announced a starting pitcher for Game 4 at the time of the Game 4 preview.
- Whether Tampa Bay's offense recovers after scoring one run in its last 17 innings.
- Whether the October 28 odds hold if Game 4 extends the series.
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