Brewers Rout Rays in Game 3 to Take Commanding World Series Lead
Oct 27, 2026 3:12 AM
Updated Oct 27, 2026 3:15 AM

A relentless eight-run fifth inning has the Milwaukee Brewers on the brink of a World Series title.

Through Game 3 of the National League Division Series, the Milwaukee Brewers had one of the worst postseason losing streaks in MLB history.

After taking down the San Diego Padres at Petco Park in Game 4, they left all of that in the rearview mirror.

Milwaukee went to Dodger Stadium and won a pair of games, securing a historic sweep in the National League Championship Series.

Here in the World Series, they picked up right where they left off. 

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Tropicana Field was filled with Brewers fans, but that doesn't change the fact that the Tampa Bay Rays had the best record at home during the regular season.

It seemed like that didn't matter in the slightest in Game 3 of the World Series as the Brewers scored first in the third inning, and then later used an eight-run fifth inning to propel them to a commanding 3-0 series lead.

Yes, that is correct: the top team in the National League brutalized the No. 1 seed in the American League, 10-1, and now the Brewers are one win away from their first-ever World Series title.

Brewers make World Series history in fifth inning

According to OptaSTATS, the Brewers are the first team in MLB history to have seven consecutive batters get a hit in a postseason game.

To no surprise, ESPN Insights confirmed that Milwaukee's eight runs with two outs in the fifth inning were the most two-out runs in an inning in World Series history.

That fifth inning will go down as one of the best in franchise history, and for good reason.

Make no mistake about it, former Brewers ace Freddy Peralta pitched a really solid game. He allowed the two runs in the third inning, but then Kevin Cash thought the smart move would be to go left-on-left against Brice Turang.

With the bases loaded, Turang made him pay. His infield single was the second consecutive hit of what would turn into seven in a row before Jake Bauers flew out to end the inning.

In an instant, the Brewers saw their 2-0 lead go to 10-0. That decision to pull Peralta will likely be second-guessed, but hindsight is always 20-20.

Cash makes that move 10 times out of 10 in the regular season, and it was the right call here as well, but the Brewers' hitters were simply better.

Rays had one hit until the ninth inning

Yandy Diaz won a five-pitch battle against Robert Gasser in the bottom of the first inning, and that was all she wrote for this Rays offense. 

Gasser threw six scoreless innings, and it was a heroic effort that helped keep this bullpen fresh to finish things off in Game 4 or 5.

Even with giving up a single and a walk, Gasser still ended up facing the minimum, a feat most pitchers could only dream of in a World Series game.

From the bottom of the first until the bottom of the sixth, he retired 14 consecutive batters.

Antonio Senzatela would replace him, and he went a perfect six-up, six-down before Brandon Woodruff put the cherry on top.

Big Woo was able to have his World Series moment, and while he gave up a pair of hits and a run, there's nothing quite like being able to have him on the mound at this stage in the season.

To say it was a Cinderella story would be an understatement, and his performance capped off a night where the Brewers out-hit the Rays, 16-3.

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