The Brewers scored eight runs with two outs in the fifth inning of Game 3 on Monday night and beat the Rays 10-1 at Tropicana Field. Yahoo Sports reported that Milwaukee is the first team to score eight runs with two outs in a World Series inning. It took a 10-0 lead and moved toward a 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven series. A r/baseball post citing Langs says eight two-out runs is the most in any World Series inning and the second-most in any postseason inning. That is the only outlet in our reporting that gives the postseason-wide ranking.
The box score for Game 3 shows how lopsided the inning was. Milwaukee had eight hits and no errors in the fifth, so every run came off a hit or a walk. Starter Freddy Peralta was charged with five runs in 4.2 innings on 87 pitches. Reliever Cam Booser then allowed four hits and four earned runs without recording an out, and that is where the inning got away from Tampa Bay. Cole Sulser gave up four hits over 1.1 innings. The Brewers finished with 16 hits and left 18 runners on base, and the Rays had three hits.
The damage was spread through the lineup. Jackson Chourio went 4-for-5 with a double and a stolen base. William Contreras went 3-for-5 and is hitting .419 this season. Brice Turang went 3-for-5 with two RBIs, and Cooper Pratt also drove in two. Milwaukee had scored twice in the third and had no other runs before the fifth.
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIL | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 16 | 0 |
| TB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Robert Gasser was the winning pitcher. He threw six innings, allowed one hit and one walk, and struck out three, with no runs, on 75 pitches. Antonio Senzatela pitched two scoreless innings behind him. Brandon Woodruff gave up the Rays' only run in the ninth, when Cedric Mullins scored after pinch-hitting with a single. Tampa Bay had one hit through the first eight innings.
This ended up as a one-sided game after a close one. Milwaukee won Saturday's game 5-4 at home, and it has now won five straight. It finished the regular season 103-59 and won the NL Central. Tampa Bay was 98-64 and won the AL East. The Rays have lost two in a row, and both losses came with the Brewers scoring in bulk or edging them by a run.
Game 4 is Tuesday, Oct. 27, again at Tropicana Field. Milwaukee can go up 3-0 in the series, per Yahoo's framing. Tampa Bay will have to find offense against a Brewers staff that held it to three hits on Monday.
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