After a travel day Sunday, the World Series returns tonight from Tropicana Field for Game 3 as the Rays host the Brewers. Tampa Bay trails the Fall Classic 2-0 -- but has seemingly the right pitcher on the mound tonight in former Milwaukee right-hander Freddy Peralta in perhaps his final start with the club as a pending free agent. Bet $5+ on World Series Game 1 to get $200 in bonus bets and three free months of NBA League Pass at DraftKings Sportsbook: It's scheduled for an 8 ET start on Fox and there are no weather concerns at the Trop.
With the Rays -120 at DraftKings, they are taking 62% of bets but only 6% of handle. On the total of 7, there's a heavy lean to the Over. On the series line, Milwaukee is -750 and Tampa Bay +500.
Brewers in five is the +210 leader. Of the 57 teams to take a 2-0 lead in the Fall Classic, 46 went on to win. Claim the best Kalshi promo code CBSSPORTS55, trade $25, and receive a $55 bonus here: I'm pretty stunned that Tampa Bay, behind co-ace Drew Rasmussen, blew a 4-0 first-inning lead in Game 2 on Saturday and lost 5-4.
The Rays made the kinds of mistakes in the field and on the basepaths that they rarely do. They also are just 3-for-20 (.150) with runners in scoring position in the series after leading the majors with a .283 average during the regular season. "The lesson is that we've got to play clean vs. those guys," said left fielder Chandler Simpson, who had an error.
"They grind, and we've got to do the same." Then again, maybe we shouldn't have been surprised, as the Brewers also rallied from down 4-0 in Game 4 of the NLCS in completing the sweep of the Dodgers. They are the fifth team in MLB history to twice overcome four-run deficits for victories in a single postseason, the first since the Phillies in 2022. Milwaukee has won nine games in these playoffs, and seven have been comeback victories.
This is ust such a well-managed team by Pat Murphy – maybe the Cubs got it wrong hiring Craig Counsell -- and they never stopped applying the pressure in Game 2. Milwaukee's seven-game playoff winning streak is a team record – longest by any club since Texas had eight straight in 2023 -- and it has amazingly outscored opponents 15-2 from the seventh inning on so far. I sure don't want a sweep, and there hasn't been one in the World Series since Tigers over Giants in 2012.
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