Oct 26, 2026 9:00 PM
The Milwaukee Brewers fight for a 3-0 lead as former ace Freddy Peralta looks to stifle his old squad.
Neither team has revealed who they're going with for Game 4 of the World Series, so all of the attention is on Milwaukee Brewers southpaw Robert Gasser as the Brew Crew look to take a commanding 3-0 series lead against their former ace.
Tampa Bay Rays' Freddy Peralta has been arguably the most impactful trade deadline acquisition across the league.
Peralta, the former Brewers starting pitcher, was traded to the New York Mets prior to the 2026 season.
Milwaukee knew they didn't have the money available to pay Peralta what he's worth in the offseason, so they wanted to get the highest return value possible.
After struggling with the Mets, Tampa Bay took a chance on Peralta and ended up turning him into the American League Championship Series MVP.
Peralta is 2-0 this postseason with a 1.08 ERA, while Gasser heads to St. Petersburg, Fla., with a 0-0 record and 1.00 ERA in his two appearances.
Brewers rely on Gasser to keep this lineup cold
The coldest hitter in this Rays lineup is Yandy Diaz, and it's not even close. Some believe his strikeout to end the game on Saturday, Oct. 24, was controversial, but he's 0-for-9 this series so there's really not a lot of merit to that argument.
Did he swing? It sure looked like it, and that was now his third strikeout of the series.
Junior Caminero had a massive blast in the ALCS to help the Rays make their third-ever World Series, but he's only gotten two hits so far in the first two games.
Jonathan Aranda has reached base five times already this World Series, but he was recently benched for Ryan Vilade. Knowing that, keep an eye on Chandler Simpson who's reached base three times in the first two games.
Victor Mesa Jr. has a pair of hits, but other than Jonny DeLuca's two-hit game in Game 2, the Rays haven't gotten much of anything out of the bottom of their lineup.
How will Peralta look against his former team?
Remember, this is not Peralta's first start against the team he spent his first nine seasons with. He made an appearance against them in the regular season, at American Family Field, no less.
Peralta's start did not go according to plan as he fell to 5-9 on the year in a game where he gave up seven earned runs in 5.1 innings.
It's crazy to think he made it that deep into the game, but the Mets left him on an island as he threw 107 pitches, one shy of his season high.
Now, emotions will be at an all-time high as he's set to make his first playoff appearance against the Brewers, and the lights couldn't be brighter as it's the Rays' first true World Series game at home since Oct. 23, 2008.
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