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MLB Recap: Brewers Rally Past Rays to Win World Series Game 2

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Brewers flip game 2 after early Rasmussen struggles...


The Milwaukee Brewers pulled off an incredible five-run comeback to stun the Tampa Bay Rays 5-4 in Game 2 of the World Series on Saturday!


The Brewers have now won nine of their 10 postseason games, with Game 2 extending their winning streak to seven in a row. Seven of those nine victories have come from behind. Milwaukee's dominant bullpen closed out the night with six scoreless innings, allowing just four hits and two walks while racking up 10 strikeouts.


It marks just the fourth time in postseason history that a team has conceded four runs in the first inning and come back to win.


The Brewers have also been lethal in tight contests, improving to 5-1 in one-run games this postseason.


Teams that take a 2-0 lead in the World Series have gone on to win the title over 80% of the time, with a 45-11 record. The last club to overturn an 0-2 deficit to win the World Series was the New York Yankees in 1996.


Milwaukee are now just two wins away from not only capturing their first-ever World Series title, but also becoming the ninth National League team in history to sweep their American League opponents.


The Fall Classic now moves south to The Trop for Game 3 on October 26th and Game 4 on October 27th.



Fast Start for Tampa

Tampa Bay struck first without wasting time. Yandy Diaz reached on an infield single and took second when Cooper Pratt's throw to first went wide. After Jonathan Aranda went down swinging, Chandler Simpson laced an RBI single to bring Diaz home and put the Rays in front.


Simpson swiped second moments later, setting the table for Junior Caminero to follow with another RBI single. Tampa was now a perfect 2-for-2 with runners in scoring position before the second out - a stark improvement after an 0-for-6 showing in those situations in Game 1.


And the first-inning onslaught wasn't over for Henderson and Milwaukee.


Capping the rally, Liam Hicks crushed his first career postseason home run to stretch the lead to 4-0, before Brewers starter Henderson finally worked his way out of the inning.






Milwaukee began to hit back at the plate.


Jackson Chourio and Jake Bauers kicked off the inning with back-to-back singles. After Rasmussen struck out Christian Yelich, William Contreras executed a perfect hit-and-run to bring Chourio home and make it 4-1.


The Brewers weren't done there. Garrett Mitchell drove in Bauers to cut the deficit to 4-2 before Rasmussen was finally able to get out of the inning.






Victor Mesa Jr. opened the second with a leadoff walk. Taylor Walls laid down a bunt to move him to second, giving Tampa a chance to add to its lead with one out, but Henderson shut the door by retiring Diaz and Aranda to close the top half.


Henderson's night ended after three innings, charged with four runs three earned on three hits and one walk, with four strikeouts.


JoJo Romero took over in relief and navigated the fourth, surrendering just a single hit.


Rasmussen had found his rhythm for Tampa Bay, but trouble found him again in the bottom of the fourth.


After issuing a one-out walk to Pratt, he gave up a single to Hamilton that led to a run when Aranda misplayed it at first. Chourio then grounded out to Sal Frelick, moving Hamilton up to second and third with one out still to play.




Rasmussen then walked Bauers to load the bases, and that was the end of his night. He finished with 3.2 innings, allowing three runs on six hits and two walks while striking out four after surrendering just three runs total all postseason heading into Game 2.


Cam Booser came on in relief of Rasmussen and delivered in a big spot, getting Yelich to ground out with the bases loaded to escape the jam.




Milwaukee turned to DL Hall after Dustin May delivered a scoreless fifth. Tampa Bay once again had a runner in scoring position with two outs when Mesa Jr. lined a single to shallow left, and aggressive third-base coach Brady Williams waved Hicks home.


The decision backfired, as Chourio's throw from left beat him by a wide margin at the plate. The out ended the inning instead of setting up Walls with runners on the corners.




And then Milwaukee kept the comeback going.


Frelick tied it up in the bottom of the sixth, launching his first home run of this postseason the second of his playoff career to deep center off Ian Seymour to make it 4-4. It was a rare blemish for Seymour, who had allowed just three runs over seven postseason appearances coming in....


What looked like the final out of the inning turned into trouble when Simpson dropped a fly ball on a diving attempt, leaving runners on the corners for the postseason's most dangerous hitter, Contreras, to step in.


Tyler Wells entered for Seymour and got Contreras to chop one to Caminero at third, who flipped it to first for the last out to escape the inning.






Then in the top of the seventh, Abner Uribe worked out of his own jam after a leadoff walk. With two outs and Walls standing at third, Uribe forced Simpson to ground out to first to close the inning.


That's when Milwaukee completely flipped the game.


Bryce Turang started it with a leadoff double, and while Mitchell just missed a two-run homer with a flyout to right-center, it was enough to end Wells' outing as Tampa brought in Kevin Kelly. Kelly immediately surrendered an RBI single to Pratt.


Brewers 5, Rays 4.






Ashby kept rolling out of the Brewers' bullpen after Uribe recorded the first out of the eighth. He needed just nine pitches to retire the next two Rays and send it to the bottom half.


Kelly ran into trouble there when runners on first and second executed a double steal to move up to second and third with Contreras at the plate. Contreras grounded it to Walls at short, who fired home to cut down the run for the second out. Milwaukee challenged the call, but it stood after review.


Jonny DeLuca kicked off the top of the ninth with a leadoff double a bounce-back after making the final out in Game 1.


Ashby answered by striking out Mesa Jr. on a ball in the dirt and getting pinch-hitter Ben Williamson to ground out, moving DeLuca to third in the process.


That brought up Diaz, the best hitter in baseball with runners in scoring position, who is still searching for his first hit of this World Series. Ashby got him on a check-swing third strike to finish off the comeback.
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