Milwaukee is one win away from a championship it has never won, and on Monday night in St. Petersburg it played like a team that knows it. The Brewers flattened the Rays 10–1 in Game 3 and now lead the World Series three games to none.
For a while it was a normal ballgame. Milwaukee led 2–0 after three innings. Then the fifth inning happened, and things fell apart for Tampa Bay fast. The Brewers scored eight runs, all with two outs. Brice Turang got it going with a two-run single that bounced off Taylor Walls's glove, and that started a run of seven straight two-out hits. At one point Milwaukee scored six runs in just 12 pitches. Christian Yelich kept the rally alive by beating out a force play after a replay overturned the out call. It's now one of the biggest innings in World Series history.
Jackson Chourio was all over the place, going 4-for-5 with a double and a stolen base. He's hitting .571 in the series, and he's the youngest player to hit four in a World Series game since Joe Garagiola in 1946. Every Brewers starter reached base and scored.
On the mound, Robert Gasser was almost perfect. He threw six scoreless innings, gave up just a leadoff single to Yandy Díaz and still faced the minimum. CBS Sports says he's only the second pitcher in World Series history to do that in a six-inning start or longer. Rays starter Freddy Peralta didn't make it through five.
The scary part for Tampa Bay? Milwaukee's top relievers, Abner Uribe and Aaron Ashby, got the night off, so they'll be rested for a possible clincher. The Brewers have now won eight in a row, and they can finish it as soon as Tuesday night.
Is this series over, or do the Rays have one more fight left?
