The Milwaukee Brewers are one win away from their first World Series title after routing the Tampa Bay Rays 10-1 in Game 3 on Monday night, taking a commanding 3-0 series lead. An eight-run fifth inning blew the game open at Tropicana Field, and no team in history has ever come back from a 3-0 deficit in the World Series.
The Brewers blew Game 3 open with an eight-run fifth and now need just one more win (Credits: ESPN)
Brewers vs Rays Game 3: eight-run fifth, Jackson Chourio stars
Jackson Chourio and Brice Turang sparked the decisive rally. After a replay review overturned a call at second base — Christian Yelich, initially called out to end the inning, was ruled safe — Milwaukee turned a 2-0 game into a 10-0 laugher, with seven consecutive batters getting a hit in a postseason game, a first in MLB history. Chourio went 4-for-5 with an RBI double to cap the inning, and William Contreras added three hits as Milwaukee racked up 16 hits in total.
On the mound, rookie left-hander Robert Gasser was superb, pitching one-hit ball and facing the minimum through six innings. He allowed a line-drive single to Yandy DÃaz to lead off the first, then retired 14 straight before a walk to start the sixth, becoming the first left-hander to face the minimum 18 batters through six innings of a World Series game since Sandy Koufax did it for the Dodgers in 1965.
Brewers one win from first World Series title: Game 4 on Tuesday
The Brewers, now 10-1 this postseason, have won eight straight postseason games and four in a row on the road. Game 4 is Tuesday night at Tropicana Field, where Milwaukee can complete a sweep and end a championship drought that stretches back to the franchise’s founding. Tampa Bay, meanwhile, faces a mountain no team has ever climbed — only four teams down 3-0 have even won a Game 4, and none has ever forced a Game 6.
For Milwaukee, the equation is gloriously simple: one more win, and the wait is over.
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