Brewers Hold Off Rays 3-2 in World Series Game 1 After a Wild Ninth
Milwaukee took a first-inning lead, then got Trevor Megill out of a bases-loaded jam after a replay review kept Tampa Bay alive.
The Milwaukee Brewers beat the Tampa Bay Rays 3-2 on Friday night in Game 1 of the World Series, surviving a bases-loaded threat in the ninth inning after a replay review turned a game-ending double play into a live play.
An early lead
Milwaukee scored twice in the first inning at American Family Field. MLB.com reports that Jackson Chourio singled, Christian Yelich hit an RBI triple and William Contreras drove in Yelich with a line drive. The Brewers' third run came in the seventh, when Chourio singled in Cooper Pratt.
Tampa Bay got a run in the fourth, according to MLB.com, when Jonathan Aranda scored from third on a Liam Hicks groundout.
Misiorowski and the bullpen
Brewers starter Jacob Misiorowski threw five innings, allowing one run on four hits with three strikeouts, and got the win. Both MLB.com and FOX Sports note that his first pitch was clocked at 103.5 mph, which FOX describes as the fastest ever thrown in a World Series. Abner Uribe and Aaron Ashby worked through the eighth before Trevor Megill took the ninth.
For Tampa Bay, Nick Martinez went five innings and allowed both first-inning runs. FOX Sports reports that Aranda went 3-for-3 with a walk.
The ninth inning
The Rays loaded the bases against Megill. FOX Sports says Aranda and Chandler Simpson opened with singles, a double steal moved them to second and third, and Junior Caminero walked. Hicks then hit what appeared to be a game-ending 4-6-3 double play, but replay review determined that Pratt's foot was off the bag. The out was overturned, a run scored, and two runners were left in scoring position. Megill struck out Jonny DeLuca to end it.
Rays manager Kevin Cash said, per MLB.com: "Once I saw the replay a couple times, I felt like it was going to get overturned." FOX Sports notes that Tampa Bay went 0-for-6 with runners in scoring position. Contreras also threw out a runner trying to steal third in the fifth and caught Aranda stealing second in the sixth, according to MLB.com, and Brewers manager Pat Murphy singled him out: "Contreras was incredible."
Where the series stands
Milwaukee leads the series 1-0. FOX Sports notes that Game 1 winners have gone on to win the series 62.8% of the time, and that this is the first World Series between two teams seeking their first title since 1980; the Brewers' last World Series appearance was in 1982. Game 2 is Saturday night, with Logan Henderson (11-3, 2.47 ERA) starting for Milwaukee and Drew Rasmussen (16-5, 2.67 ERA) for Tampa Bay.
Torch Newsroom. Sources: MLB.com, FOX Sports.