Oct 28, 2026 11:00 AM
Cooper Pratt’s home run wasn't enough to save the Milwaukee Brewers as costly infield errors and Shane Drohan handed the Tampa Bay Rays a stunning 12th-inning comeback victory.
In no world did a guy like Cooper Pratt deserve to lose this game.
The Milwaukee Brewers rookie put on a show, including his first career postseason homer, which he likely thought was going to be the dagger in the World Series.
With how well this bullpen has pitched, a 3-2 lead going into the bottom of the 12th inning, without a ghost runner, felt like an impossible mountain for the Tampa Bay Rays to climb.
The problem was Milwaukee had basically used all of their top relievers, so manager Pat Murphy had to go with Shane Drohan, and that's a decision that will haunt him for at least the next 18 hours.
Loser: Shane Drohan
It's always tough to start an article like this with the bad news, but the elephant in the room needs to be addressed. Drohan allowed four straight singles and didn't record an out. When this team needed him the most, he let them down.
In theory, throwing 10 of 15 pitches for strikes is a good thing, but his postseason ERA now sits at 18.00, and that's saying a lot as he came into this game with it at 9.00.
Winner: Cooper Pratt
It's crazy to think that this is a game Pratt will soon want to forget, not remember. The 22-year-old went 4-for-5 with a home run and a pair of RBIs. His 396-foot bomb to left center could've been a moment that stood the test of time in Wisconsin sports, but instead, it will be lost in the shuffle due to the Rays' comeback.
Not a single player on either team played better than Pratt in this one, and it's as heartbreaking as it gets that he wasn't able to have his career-defining moment.
Losers: David Hamilton and Joey Ortiz
When David Hamilton made a throwing error, he immediately turned things around with a home run of his own to erase that run.
While that sounds great in theory, it's important to note that the Brewers only lost by one run. His error was a costly one, to say the least, but he wasn't the only third baseman who couldn't make a play in this one.
Who knows how this game would've gone if Joey Ortiz threw out Junior Caminero to start the 12th inning.
It felt as routine as it gets, but Ortiz's lack of playing time in the postseason clearly came back to haunt him.
Jake Bauers deserves a little of the blame as well for that one, but not nearly as much. In the end, these two errors changed the course of the game, and that's as uncharacteristic as it gets for this Brewers team.
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