Jackson Chourio and Brice Turang sparked Milwaukee’s eight-run fifth inning, and the Brewers routed the Tampa Bay Rays 10-1 on Monday night to move within one victory of their first World Series title. Rookie left-hander Robert Gasser pitched one-hit ball and faced the minimum through six innings as Milwaukee rolled to a 3-0 lead in the World Series. Game 4 is Tuesday night at Tropicana Field, where many Brewers fans showed up Monday and cheered from behind the visitors’ dugout.
Gasser allowed a line-drive single to Yandy Díaz leading off the bottom of the first and then retired 14 straight before Victor Mesa Jr walked to start the Tampa Bay sixth. With the help of a caught stealing and a double play, Gasser became the first starter to face the minimum 18 batters through six innings of a World Series game since Arizona’s Curt Schilling in 2001 – and the first left-hander to do it since Sandy Koufax for the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1965. Chourio went 4-for-5, William Contreras was 3-for-5 and Milwaukee racked up 16 hits off “Fastball Freddy” Peralta and five relievers to win their eighth straight postseason game and fourth in a row on the road.
Of the 43 previous major league teams to fall behind 3-0 in a best-of-seven postseason series, only the 2004 Boston Red Sox rallied to win four straight when they beat the New York Yankees in the American League Championship Series. Gasser became the first starter for Milwaukee to get an out in the sixth inning this postseason. He has allowed one run in 15 innings over three starts, all on the road.
Peralta, the MVP of the ALCS against Cleveland, ran out of gas against the Brewers. He was charged with five runs and seven hits in four and two-thirds innings against his former team. After a pair of tense, down-to-the-final-pitch, one-run games in Milwaukee, the Brewers put this one out of reach in the fifth with a postseason-record seven straight hits with two outs.
Chourio began the rally with a one-out single and then stole second with two outs. Christian Yelich walked, and Peralta exited after Contreras’ infield single loaded the bases. The inning appeared to end when third baseman Junior Caminero fielded Contreras’ bouncer and threw to second base for a forceout.
But the call at second was overturned after a replay review, and Cam Booser entered. Turang ripped a liner that shortstop Taylor Walls couldn’t short-hop. It bounced off his glove and rolled into shallow center, allowing two runs to score.
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