Brewers 10, Rays 1: Eight two-out runs in the fifth put Milwaukee one win from a title
Milwaukee scored eight times in the fifth inning of World Series Game 3, all with two outs and without a home run, to take a 3-0 series lead.
The Milwaukee Brewers beat the Tampa Bay Rays 10-1 at Tropicana Field on Monday in Game 3 of the World Series, taking a 3-0 series lead and moving one win from the first championship in franchise history, according to ESPN's game coverage.
The fifth inning
Milwaukee led 2-0 going into the fifth, then scored eight runs in the inning, every one of them with two outs. ESPN describes seven consecutive hits and no home run in the rally. The turning point was a replay review: what looked like the third out turned into a safe call at second base for Christian Yelich, whose hustle kept the inning alive, and the Brewers took it from there.
Jackson Chourio went 4-for-5 with an RBI, two runs scored and a stolen base, with two of his hits coming in the fifth. ESPN's research notes put him among a handful of players with four hits in the first five innings of a World Series game, and the youngest to record four hits in a World Series game since Joe Garagiola in 1946.
The records
ESPN Research lists several marks from the night. The Brewers are the first team to lead a World Series game by 10 or more runs through five innings since the 2007 Red Sox, and the first to reach double figures in a World Series game without a home run since the 2014 Royals. Seven straight batters with hits is described as a first for any postseason team. Ten runs also matches the franchise postseason record, set in Game 1 of the 1982 World Series.
Milwaukee has now scored 15 straight runs since the Rays took a 4-0 lead in the first inning of Game 2. Through three games the Brewers have outscored Tampa Bay 18-6 and hit one home run, Sal Frelick's solo shot in Game 2.
What comes next
The Rays have lost three straight and face elimination. In Game 4, according to ESPN, Tampa Bay will start Griffin Jax, its No. 4 starter, while Milwaukee has not named a starter and is expected to lean on its bullpen, with relievers such as Aaron Ashby, Abner Uribe and Trevor Megill likely to pitch.
The ESPN piece did not list the Rays' lone run or the pitchers used in Game 3, so Torch does not report them here.