Pat Murphy stepped forward during the fifth inning of Game 3 and cupped his hands to his ears to signal a replay challenge, setting off an eight-run frame that propelled the Milwaukee Brewers to a 10-1 victory over the Rays on Monday night at Tropicana Field.
How Milwaukee Broke Game 3 Open
With runners on first and second and two out in the top of the fifth, William Contreras topped a ball to third. Junior Caminero went the short way for the force at second base to get the out on Christian Yelich. That sequence proved to be the quiet before the storm as Milwaukee’s relentless lineup broke through against Tampa Bay pitching.
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The visiting side racked up 16 hits off ‘Fastball Freddy’ Peralta and five relievers. Jackson Chourio went 4 for 5 at the plate, while William Contreras added a 3-for-5 night as the Brewers secured their eighth straight postseason win and fourth in a row on the road. ‘It’s super special,’ Jackson Chourio said through a translator. ‘I think all these fans deserve a championship.’
Pitching Masterclass From Robert Gasser
Rookie left-hander Robert Gasser delivered a gem on the mound, pitching one-hit ball and facing the minimum through six innings. After allowing a line-drive single to Yandy Díaz to lead off the bottom of the first, Gasser retired 14 straight batters before Victor Mesa Jr. walked to start the Tampa Bay sixth.
Benefiting from a double play and a runner caught stealing, Gasser joined Arizona’s Curt Schilling from 2001 as the only starting pitchers to face just 18 batters through the first six frames of a World Series contest, while also becoming the first southpaw to achieve the feat since Sandy Koufax did so for the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1965.
The State of the Fall Classic
The lopsided result pushed the Milwaukee Brewers to a 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven series, putting the team on the verge of its first ever World Series title. Games 1 and 2 in Milwaukee offered far tighter margins as the Brewers squeaked out a pair of one-run wins, including Saturday’s four-run comeback.
Only the 2004 Boston Red Sox have ever successfully overturned a 3-0 deficit in a best-of-seven postseason series among the 43 major league teams that previously faced that hole. ‘It’s kind of that chip and a chair mentality,’ Rays manager Kevin Cash said. ‘We’ve got a seat at the table. We’ve got to do something with the chip. Obviously the only thing we can do is win tomorrow.’
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