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10/26 21:52 CDT Rays put on the brink of World Series flop by Brewers' historic
8-run, 2-out surge
Rays put on the brink of World Series flop by Brewers' historic 8-run, 2-out
surge
By RONALD BLUM
AP Baseball Writer
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) --- Tampa Bay's first World Series game at Tropicana
Field in 18 years turned into a record-setter: for Milwaukee Brewers batters
and Rays pitchers.
Milwaukee became the first team to score eight runs with two outs in a World
Series inning, taking a 10-0 lead in the fifth on Monday night and moving
toward taking a 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven series.
Brewers batters strung together a postseason-record seven straight two-out hits
against starter Freddy Peralta and relievers Cam Booser and Cole Sulser.
Brice Turang, Garrett Mitchell and Cooper Pratt combined to drive in five runs
in a three-pitch span, opening a 7-0 lead, and Jackson Chourio had two hits in
the inning, giving him four in the game. Milwaukee had three doubles and four
singles.
The previous high of seven runs with two outs was set by Boston in the fifth
inning of the 2007 opener against Colorado and matched three years later by San
Francisco in the eighth inning of Game 2 against Texas, according to the Elias
Sports Bureau.
Of 43 teams to trail 0-3 in a best-of-seven postseason series, only the Red Sox
against the New York Yankees in the 2004 AL Championship Series rebounded to
win. Of 25 falling into a 0-3 World Series deficit, 21 were swept and four
extended the Series to a fifth game before losing.
Coming off a pair of one-run wins at American Family Field, the Brewers took a
2-0 lead in the third when Christian Yelich and William Contreras hit
opposite-field, one-out RBI singles on consecutive pitches.
Chourio singled with one out in the fifth and Christian Yelich walked with two
outs. Contreras grounded to third and Junior Caminero threw to second as umpire
Dan Bellino signaled a forceout. But the call was reversed in the New York
replay operations center, giving Contreras an infield single that loaded the
bases.
Left-hander Cam Booser relieved and Turang's 106 mph one-hop grounder bounced
off the glove of shortstop Taylor Walls, who dropped to a knee and tumbled as
the ball bounced into short center field and two runs scored. Booser spun his
neck to watch the ball as the Brewers broke open the game with a 4-0 lead.
One pitch later, Mitchell grounded an opposite-field RBI single through the
shortstop hole vacated with Walls shifted toward second for the left-handed
batter. Pratt followed with a smash off the glove of diving Caminero that
rolled into the left-field corner for a two-run double.
Sal Frelick sliced an opposite-field double that hit the wall on a hop in the
left-field corner, scoring Pratt and chasing Booser.
David Hamilton greeted Sulser by lining a shoulder-high fastball into center
for a run-scoring single and a 9-0 lead. Chourio then lofted an opposite-field
RBI double that hit just in front of the warning track. Jake Bauers followed
with an inning-ending flyout.
The Los Angeles Dodgers were the only prior team with eight two-out runs in any
postseason inning, scoring 10 with two outs in the first inning of Game 3
against the Brewers in the 2020 NL Championship Series, according to MLB.
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