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8 Runs, 7 Straight Hits: How The Brewers Broke The World Series Record Book vs Rays

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Brewers make World Series history in 10-1 blowout of Rays in game 3

From Turang's 2-out, 2-strike single to 7 consecutive hits, the Milwaukee Brewers set two World Series records in one inning to rout the Tampa Bay Rays and take control of the Fall Classic.


Brewers on brink of history after blowout World Series Game 3 victory over Rays...


The Milwaukee Brewers are one win from becoming the 22nd team ever to sweep the World Series after a dominant 10-1 win over the Rays in Game 3 on Monday night, sparked by an eight-run fifth inning.


It is the first potential World Series sweep in 14 years, since the San Francisco Giants swept the Detroit Tigers in 2012.


For the Rays, the picture is grim. No team in MLB history has ever overturned a 0-3 deficit to win the World Series. Only four teams have managed to even win Game 4 to extend the series, and none has ever pushed it to a Game 6.


Tampa Bay will attempt to beat the odds when Game 4 gets underway on October 27 at Tropicana Field. Milwaukee, meanwhile, needs just one more win to clinch the first championship in franchise history.


Opening Innings: Missed Chances and Defensive Brilliance

Both sides put runners on in the opening inning but failed to turn their chances into runs. Tampa Bay's Chandler Simpson was thrown out attempting to steal for the first time this postseason to close the bottom of the first, but quickly redeemed himself with an early contender for play of the game in the second.


Simpson tracked down a deep drive and crashed into the left-field wall before Nick Fortes fired to second to cut down Garrett Mitchell and end the inning, sending the home crowd into a frenzy.






Rays starter and former Brewers ace Freddy Peralta entered the night having surrendered just two runs all postseason, never more than one in a single outing. That streak ended when his old club struck for two runs in the third to grab the lead.


Peralta got David Hamilton to pop out before the trouble started. Jackson Chourio notched his second hit of the night with a single and moved to second after a walk to Jake Bauers. The hit marked Chourio's ninth career multi-hit postseason game, tying him with Andruw Jones for the most in MLB history before age 23.


At 22, Chourio also became the youngest player ever to record multiple hits in each of the first three games of a World Series.


Christian Yelich delivered in the clutch, lining an RBI single to score Chourio from second and make it 1-0. William Contreras, the postseason's hottest hitter, followed with an RBI single of his own to bring Bauers home from second and double the Brewers' lead to 2-0.






Peralta bounced back with a clean 1-2-3 top of the fifth, striking out Garrett Mitchell and Cooper Pratt before getting Sal Frelick to line out to Simpson in left.


Robert Gasser remained dominant through four innings, allowing just one hit with two strikeouts and no walks.


Tampa Bay's defense kept producing highlights, with Junior Caminero leaping at third to rob David Hamilton for the first out of the fifth.


Unfortunately for the Rays, that was the last highlight they would get.



Chourio collected his third hit of the night moments later and stole second. Peralta struck out Bauers before issuing a walk to Yelich, bringing up Contreras with runners on first and second and two outs.


He induced a fielder's choice as Caminero tried to throw out Yelich at second. The play was initially ruled the third out, but after review the call was overturned, leaving the bases loaded for Brice Turang.


That was it for Peralta. He exited having allowed two earned runs on seven hits with three walks and four strikeouts on 87 pitches, 50 for strikes.




Cam Booser took over for Peralta trying to escape the jam, but Milwaukee had other ideas.


Entering the game, opponents were 0-for-9 against Booser this postseason with runners in scoring position. Then, with two outs and two strikes, Turang blew the game wide open.


He ripped a two-run single on a two-strike, two-out count to stretch it to 4-0. Mitchell added an RBI single right after. Pratt laced a double down the third-base line to drive in two more. Frelick doubled to score Pratt. Hamilton singled to bring Frelick home. Chourio then doubled for his fourth hit of the night, scoring Hamilton all the way from first to make it 10-0.


The eight runs are the most ever scored with two outs in a single World Series inning, and Milwaukee became the first team in World Series history to have seven straight batters collect a hit.






Milwaukee kept riding Gasser's dominance on the mound. He not only became the first Brewers starter this postseason to record an out in the sixth inning, he was the first to complete six full innings at all.


He allowed just one hit and one walk while striking out three on 75 pitches, 50 for strikes.


Gasser made history as the first left-handed starter in a World Series to face the minimum through six innings since Sandy Koufax in 1965, and the first pitcher overall to do it since Curt Schilling for the Diamondbacks in Game 7 of the 2001 World Series.


He is only the second pitcher ever to complete an outing of six innings or more while facing the minimum, joining Don Larsen, who accomplished the feat during his perfect game in 1956.






Antonio Senzatela tossed a scoreless seventh in his first postseason appearance since Game 3 of the Division Series against the San Diego Padres which until now was the Brewers' only loss this October.


He stayed on to finish the eighth without giving up a hit, helped in part by a spectacular running catch from Frelick on a pop-up to right.




Brewers fans got a special moment to close it out.


Brandon Woodruff, the longest-tenured player on the roster, made his first appearance of the postseason and it came in the same ballpark where he made his MLB debut. The first hitter he ever faced in that debut? Corey Dickerson, who is now the Rays' first-base coach.


It was Woodruff's first time on the mound since July 4th in the regular season after battling shoulder issues.


He surrendered the Rays' first run of the night on a double to center by Diaz that brought home Cedric Mullins from second, then shut the door to finish it.


Now, all eyes turn to Game 4 on October 27th.
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