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10/27 23:41 CDT Rays stun Brewers with 2-run rally in 12th inning and force
World Series Game 5 with 4-3 win
Rays stun Brewers with 2-run rally in 12th inning and force World Series Game 5
with 4-3 win
By RONALD BLUM
AP Baseball Writer
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) --- Jonny DeLuca and pinch-hitter Ben Williamson
singled home runs in a stunning 12th-inning rally, and the Tampa Bay Rays
staved off World Series elimination with a 4-3 win over the Milwaukee Brewers
on Tuesday night that forced Game 5.
Cooper Pratt hit a tiebreaking home run off Ian Seymour in the top of the 12th
as Milwaukee neared a sweep and its first World Series title.
But the Rays, also seeking their first championship, rallied in the bottom half
after a throwing error by third baseman Joey Ortiz on Junior Caminero's leadoff
grounder against reliever Antonio Senzatela.
Liam Hicks singled off Shane Drohan, who relieved in his first appearance since
Oct. 15, and DeLuca's single to center drove in pinch-runner Cedric Mullins to
tie the score at 3.
Chandler Simpson's single loaded the bases and Milwaukee employed a five-man
infield with the infield in.
Williamson, who had been 1 for 15 in the postseason, hit a chopper over first
baseman Jake Bauers and into right field.
Game 5 will be Wednesday night at Tropicana Field.
Tampa Bay became just the fifth of 26 teams that fell behind 3-0 in the World
Series to win Game 4. The previous four lost Game 5.
Of 43 teams to trail 3-0 in any best-of-seven postseason matchup, the only one
that rebounded to win was the Boston Red Sox against the New York Yankees in
the 2004 American League Championship Series.
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