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The Milwaukee Brewersstormed out to a 10-0 lead in Game 3 of the World Series against the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday, Oct. 26, a stunning double-digit advantage in a Fall Classic that had been on a razor's edge.

The most lopsided World Series game in history was Game 2 of the 1936 World Series, an 18-4 New York Yankees win against the New York Giants at the Polo Grounds. There have been two 13-run beatdowns through the years, most recently the Arizona Diamondbacks' 15-2 win to force Game 7 in 2001.

Here's a look at the biggest one-sided contests in World Series history:

Biggest World Series blowouts

• 14 - 1936 Game 2: Yankees over Giants 18-4
• 13 - 2001 Game 6: Diamondbacks over Yankees 15-2
• 13 - 1960 Game 2: Yankees over Pirates 16-3
• 12 - 2007 Game 1:Red Sox over Rockies 13-1
• 12 - 2002 Game 5: Giants over Angels 16-4
• 12 - 1982 Game 6: Cardinals over Brewers 13-1
• 12 - 1968 Game 6: Tigers over Cardinals 13-1
• 12 - 1960 Game 6: Yankees over Pirates 12-0
• 12 - 1951 Game 5: Yankees over Giants 13-1
• 11 - 1996 Game 1: Braves over Yankees 12-1
• 11 - 1985 Game 7: Royals over Cardinals 11-0
• 11 - 1959 Game 1:White Sox over Dodgers 11-0
• 11 - 1934 Game 7: Cardinals over Tigers 11-0
• 11 - 1911 Game 6: Athletics over Giants 13-2

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Biggest blowouts in World Series history: Where would Brewers-Rays rank?

Daniel Kramer of MLB.com reports that the Mariners will host managerial candidates Joe Espada and Jason Kanzler for in-person interviews this week, per multiple sources. While it’s not clear if the choice will be between those two, it has been rumored the Mariners want to have a decision made by the end of this month, and these two candidates have already progressed past the virtual interviews stage.

Kanzler and Espada have something in common: both served on the coaching staff of the 2022 World Champion Astros under Dusty Baker. They also both share playing experience at smaller colleges, with Kanzler coming out of SUNY-Buffalo and Espada the NAIA University of Mobile, although Espada was drafted in the second round; Espada played professionally about twice as long as Kanzler, although neither ever played in the big leagues.

Post-playing, their careers begin to diverge. After Espada’s playing career was done he went directly into coaching with the Marlins, building a coaching resume that saw him progress through the Marlins system, join the Yankees as a special assistant to the GM, and manage Team Puerto Rico in the WBC; he was added to the Astros’ big-league staff in 2017 and was promoted to manager in 2023.

Kanzler, on the other hand, took a while to settle into his coaching career, working first as a teacher in the Katy School District in Texas (where he won Rookie Teacher of the Year) while building his own performance training business. The Astros were his first big-league job; he came on in 2019 as a minor-league hitting coordinator and worked his way up to the big-league staff in 2022. His big leap forward came in 2024, when the Cubs hired him as director of player development.

Other than experience, the starkest difference between the two is in age: Espada is 51; Kanzler, just 36, which would make him the youngest manager in baseball other than the Nationals’ Blake Butera, who at 34 was the youngest manager in baseball last year by six years. That being said, Butera exceeded expectations in his first year of managing the Nationals, and his staff and players spoke positively about his tenure; on the other hand, one would hope the Seattle Mariners, one year removed from playing in the ALCS, are hopefully in a more secure spot than the current Washington Nationals.

It would behoove the Mariners to have someone in place as quickly as possible, in order that their chosen candidate can begin work on filling the vacancies left at the big-league level after the Mariners parted ways with the vast majority of their coaching staff after the season ended. There’s also a competition element at play here: two teams from within their own division are looking for new managers, and other teams are making their own coaching moves, especially on the hitting coach side. But what’s more important than any artificially self-imposed deadline is getting this choice right as the Mariners restructure essentially their entire big-league coaching staff, and attempt to reshape their organization into something with a more clear identity.

October 26, 2005, is a date that will forever live in the hearts of White Sox fans. An out-of-nowhere, 99-win juggernaut ended an 88-year World Series drought.

Now, 21 years later, a shorter but still ignominious era ended not with a bang, but a soft rawr.

The entirely-predictable has finally happened, as the White Sox play-by-play broadcaster John Schriffen’s contract was not extended by the White Sox, and 2026 will be the last of perhaps the strangest three-year stretch in White Sox broadcasting history.

There will be many of Schriffen’s defenders putting out their lamentations at the quick and seemingly unfair ending to a young broadcaster’s career in Chicago. This, however, will not be one of them.

Schriffen was perhaps the worst broadcaster not only in White Sox history, but perhaps in all of MLB annals. Now of course, there’s no comparing him to men who threw their careers away with a flippant or careless slur … as Castellanos hits a drive into left-field for a home run. That will make it a 4-0 game … but Schriffen is going out in a way that seems somewhat quaint and old-fashioned in today’s viral cancellation climate.

He was just bad at his job.

Looking back, John came into this role at the worst and lowest point in this franchise’s history. The 2020-21 championship window had shut as quickly as it had been open. The 2023 team had just wrapped up the first of three consecutive 100+ loss seasons. So naturally, Jerry Reinsdorf decided that uber-talented, multi-network PBP man across multiple sports and Chicagoland native White Sox fan Jason Benetti was just taking too much of Jerry’s precious airtime doing Friday Night Baseball on Apple or Sunday Nights on ESPN and let Jason out of his contract early…ONLY FOR HIM TO IMMEDIATELY BE HIRED BY THE GO**AMNED DETROIT TIGERS (who, ironically, just extended Benetti’s contract at the end of the 2026 season).

And who, pray tell, did Jerry decide was the best choice to take over this mantle?

John Schriffen. A broadcaster with experience calling downballot ESPN the Ocho-level sporting events. And in an eerie recall of Ozzie Guillén’s expedited quitting (leading to a lethargic Robin Ventura dimming his status in fan memories with an unmemorable four-year stint, including a breathtaking September collapse in 2012), this was John’s first year ever as a lead PBP man in the majors.

Now, could I have been a little bitter and upset at this man being gifted a position that was the best thing going for the organization? Yes. No doubt. Could I have accepted John as the new guy if he was even just replacement-level quality behind the mic? Eventually, yes.

The moment I knew Schriffen was going to be an abject failure was during the Spring Training of the Year That We Must Never Speak Of, as the Sox were in a very long losing streak, and some Sox player with a uniform number in the 90s got a walk-off hit for the first win of the spring. And Schriffen uttered the phrase that will probably be burned into my brain until I pass away and my atoms are spread across the universe:

SOUTH SIDE! STAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNDDDDD UPPPPPPPPPPPP!!!!!

It was February. The Sox were terrible, and about to make history proving just how terrible they could be. And John decided that this was THE moment. Drop the catch phrase that would become the next “Put it on the Board!” and cement his legacy among the greats.

It did not.

There were so many more moments: Hyping up Tommy Pham’s outburst in Milwaukee (We ain’t taking that!), wondering out loud that maybe the Sox were just catching teams at the wrong time (said during one of the multiple 10+ losing streaks in 2024 and getting a classic deadpan reaction from Stoney), Bill VEEck (as in EEK), the flame war with multiple Score radio hosts, dropping a giant nacho helmet in the booth on camera (I thought Jerry hated having his broadcasters eat on company time?), and, well, this has already gone on long enough.

No wait, I have one more. The moment when everyone knew it was over-over. On a bright Sunday afternoon in Kansas City, the best Sox team to come out of absolutely nowhere in years, one win away from clinching a playoff spot no one could have predicted … and who is on the call for a potential clinching win?

Steve Stone and … Connor McKnight.

Schriffen was the wrong guy, at the worst time.

He was nice to me and my dog on Dog Day, but I will not apologize for being glad he will not be calling games for my favorite baseball team.

ST. PETERSBURG, FL — Chandler Simpson’s misplay in Game 2 almost cost the Tampa Bay Rays a run. Monday night, the speedster saved one.

In the top of the second inning, Sal Frelick lined a ball to the short fence in the left-field corner at Tropicana Field. Simpson sprinted over at full speed, glanced quickly at the wall, and then went all in and grabbed the ball at the wall. He collided hard with the wall, but held onto the ball as he fell backwards. Simpson struggled to get up, but threw in the ball in quickly to keep the Brewers runner at first base.

It looked like Simpson had injured himself on the play, laying down on the turf for several seconds after the play. He waved off the trainer, however, and remained in the game.

WHAT A CATCH 😱 pic.twitter.com/C7K5a0Wyxe

— MLB (@MLB) October 27, 2026

On Saturday night, Simpson and Taylor Walls got crossed up on a Christian Yelich blooper to shallow left that should have been routine. The misplay brought William Contreras to the plate in a tie game, but the Rays got out of the inning with the score still tied.

After, the FOX broadcast showed Rays star Junior Caminero yelling in the dugout. Some assumed he was yelling about that play, but the Rays have since said he was trying to fire up his teammates. 

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Watch Rays outfielder smash into wall making heroic World Series catch

John Mallee has withdrawn his name from consideration for a potential job on the Mets' coaching staff, according to a report Monday from ESPN's Jesse Rogers.

Mallee will reportedly remain with the Chicago Cubs, where he has been assistant hitting coach.

The Mets had reportedly expressed interest in interviewing Mallee for a job on manager Andy Green's staff last week. It was unclear exactly what position New York was looking to interview him for.

Earlier on Monday, it was reported that the Mets were adding Duncan Mariano to their major league coaching staff.

The Mallee report came a few hours after a report from The New York Post that a conversation with Kevin Long on a potential role in the club's hitting department was not going to result in a reunion.

Mallee, 57, has spent the past three seasons with Chicago, but previously served as hitting coach for the Houston Astros (2013-14), Cubs (2015-17) and Philadelphia Phillies (2018-19). His last stint before returning to Chicago was with the Los Angeles Angels (2020-22) as assistant hitting coach.

Mallee, along with Cubs hitting coach Dustin Kelly, helped the Northsiders put up impressive numbers last season, leading baseball in OPS (.767), slugging percentage (.428), RBI (804), and runs (850), and walks (674), while finishing 2nd in OBP (.251),  sixth in average (.251).

The World Series is back in Tropicana Field tonight. After dropping both games in Milwaukee, the Rays have the opportunity to start to make this series a bit more interesting if they can manage to win at home. Win Game 3 and, well, they’re not right back in the series, but it’s plausible that they could pull the thing off. Lose Game 3 and there won’t be a ton of suspense, at least not unless they manage to find a way to send the series back to Wisconsin.

Obviously, it’s not like the first two games that were played have been blowouts. Each game was decided by one run. Not much would have had to change for the Rays to win one or both games. Maybe as little as a play in each game going a bit more like “we look like a good team” and a bit less like “our defense suddenly looks like the 2026 Orioles.” Yet as far as a best-of-seven series goes, two close losses has the same impact as two blowout losses.

The game will get under way at 8pm on Fox, or at least that’s the scheduled start time. There are often network-induced shenanigans to delay the actual start by a few minutes.

Rays lineup

1. Yandy Díaz – DH
2. Ryan Vilade – 1B
3. Chandler Simpson – LF
4. Junior Caminero – 3B
5. Ben Williamson – 2B
6. Jonny DeLuca – CF
7. Victor Mesa Jr. – RF
8. Nick Fortes – C
9. Taylor Walls – SS

Rays starting pitcher Freddy Peralta was a Brewer when 2026 began. They pulled the “trade a pitcher before his final year ahead of free agency” move with him in sending him to the Mets, though Peralta kind of stunk for the Mets. The Rays gave him a chance and he’s done better for them, including during this postseason. This revival has probably made him a good bit of money in the coming free agency period.

Brewers lineup

1. Jackson Chourio – LF
2. Jake Bauers – 1B
3. Christian Yelich – DH
4. William Contreras – C
5. Brice Turang – 2B
6. Garrett Mitchell – CF
7. Cooper Pratt – SS
8. Sal Frelick – RF
9. David Hamilton – 3B

Milwaukee’s starting pitcher, Robert Gasser, has started one game in each of Milwaukee’s previous postseason series this year, allowing one run over nine innings. One thing that is kind of boring about the modern postseason is that starting pitchers going even five innings is a rarity.

Welcome to our series grading every member of the San Diego Padres’ 40-man roster. The roster being evaluated is current as of Oct. 18, prior to the end of the World Series. Because of that, it will include players who will be free agents once the postseason concludes. Each player will be graded on their performance in the 2026 season, including the playoffs. That performance will be weighted based on how much time the player spent with the team (availability is the best ability). 

Bargain Hunting for a DH

After a phenomenal rookie year in 2018, Miguel Andujar never quite found his place in the league. From 2019-23, his OPS was only above .700 once. Because of that, Andujar was tossed around from the New York Yankees to the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Oakland Athletics to the Cincinnati Reds. He entered free agency ahead of the 2026 season and couldn’t have picked a better time to do so. Andujar had just finished the 2025 season with a .318/.352/.470 slash line across 94 games. San Diego signed him as a big bat off the bench, and it turned out splendidly.

Overall Grade: B-

The lower grade is purely due to his time spent on the injured list. Andujar missed most of June with a hamstring strain before missing all of August and September due to a fracture in his right wrist. Those injuries held him down, but Andujar still managed to produce for San Diego. The slugger slashed .259/.303/.423 with five homers and 27 extra-base hits.

That production all came in just 74 games. Notably, Andujar doubled three times in two separate games in 2026. Only he and Cleveland Guardians star José Ramírez were able to complete the feat this season. Despite his lack of games played, Andujar was still able to produce in important situations for San Diego. He would be a welcome addition for the 2027 bench mix, if the price is right.

Andujar’s underlying metrics make his 2026 campaign quite interesting. His expected batting average (.264) was five points above his actual, but his expected slugging percentage (.376) was a full 47 points below his actual. That would suggest that Andujar was slightly unfortunate on balls put in play but quite lucky with taking extra bases. Whether he can continue that production in 2027 is a truly impossible question to ascertain after this season.

So, the Brewers go down to Tampa Bay, with a 2-0 lead. But each game has been only by the smallest of margins. It’s the first time since 2010 that the World Series has opened with a pair of one-run games. There, Texas beat St. Louis 3-2 in the opener, but the roles were reversed in Game #2, the Cardinals prevailing 2-1. The same split happened in 2002 when it was San Francisco and Anaheim. But you need to go back to 2000 to find the last time the same team won Game 1 and Game 2 by a one-run margin. That was the Yankees, who won Game 4 by one-run too, then finished off the Mets 4-2 in Game 5.

However, there have been four occasions in World Series history where a champion has won ALL four of its games by one run. Two of those were back in the deadball era (both Boston, in 1915 and 1918), but the 1972 A’s and the 1992 Blue Jays both did so. The former World Series had six one-run games in it, the Reds winning the other in an 8-1 blowout. We’ll see what tonight brings, in what feels very much like a “must win” for the Rays.

• Milwaukee Brewers @ Tampa Bay Rays (2-0): 5 pm, FOX

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Today’s Reflections

An error and three unearned runs by Milwaukee almost eliminated the Brewers’ home-field advantage. Instead it gave us a fun rally from behind, the battle of bullpens to watch, and put the Brewers up two games to zero. On to Tampa.

I appreciate your reading.

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Free Agency/Pitching Stories:

• Jordan Campbell (Cubbies Crib): Cubs can’t afford to ignore Scott Boras’ warning about pre-MLB lockout free agency frenzy. “He may not be wrong.”
• Brett Taylor (Bleacher Nation): How About Sonny Gray as a Veteran Rotation Option for the Cubs? “Fast-forward to October, and we’re on the cusp of free agency. There, Sonny Gray should be freely available, and the Cubs will have a chance to pursue the long-appreciated veteran righty.”
• Jordan Campbell (Cubbies Crib): Cubs could steal Dodgers free agent to avoid a costly Ryan Rolison gamble. “Time for the Cubs to be proactive with the bullpen.”
• Brock Beauchamp (Diamond Centric): DiamondCentric’s 2026-2027 Top Free Agents, Ranked. “We offer the top 50 free agents, but over the coming weeks, that list will continue to grow until it’s well over 100 names.”
• Brett Taylor (Bleacher Nation): Jacob Misiorowski: Dominator of Batters, Teller of Tall Tales? “as we sit here at this moment, Jacob Misiorowski is one of the most impressive pitchers in recent memory.”

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Assorted Stories:

• Tyler Courtney (LastWordOnSports): How Has Craig Counsell’s Time With the Cubs Worked Out? “With little playoff success, it is easy to be upset with Counsell’s time as manager.”
• Thomas Domol (North Side Baseball): It Might Not Feel Like It, But the 2026 Cubs Had a Good Season. “Perception became the North Siders’ reality this year. Expectations drove a narrative that flipped the Cubs’ 2026 campaign into a failure in the minds of many fans. A closer look reveals it wasn’t one.”
• Paul Sullivan (Chicago Tribune {$}): Column: Sausage race controversy erupts as Fox Sports ignores Milwaukee’s finest tradition during World Series. “As a proud member of the fraternity of Racing Sausages, I was dismayed to learn that Fox Sports opted to ignore the first-ever World Series Sausage Race on Friday at the former Miller Park in Milwaukee.”
• Brett Taylor (Bleacher Nation): Objective Measures of Swingery, Reimagining Realignment, Brewers Are Just Good, and Other Cubs Bullets. “I see continued debate about the Yandy Diaz swing that ended Game Two, which underscores the challenge of not having a hard-and-fast objective rule for what constitutes a swing.”
• Paul Sullivan (Chicago Tribune {$}): Column: What’s up, Bud? Selig lobbies for a salary cap while we’re just trying to enjoy this World Series. “Right on schedule, notorious buzzkill Bud Selig is back to try to spoil your World Series experience.”

Food For Thought:

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ST. PETERSBURG, FL — Matt Silverman, president of the Tampa Bay Rays for 17 years, evacuated with his family to Orlando, turned on CNN, and was devastated by the images, believing there would never be another game played at Tropicana Field.

Erik Neander, president of baseball operations of the Rays, was home without power, drove over to Tropicana Field, and was standing in water in the front office with skylight above him, with the roof blown off.

Rays manager Kevin Cash drove around the outside of Tropicana Field after Hurricane Milton, and thought it was like a horror move, and wanted to cry after seeing the damage.

Now, here they were Monday night, two years and days after Hurricane Milton and its 120-mph winds, ripped the roof off Tropicana Field, leaving the ballpark in shambles, causing $34.3 billion of damage in the area, standing on the field together before Game 3 of the World Series.

You talk about a miraculous comeback.

The Rays, who spent the entire 2025 season playing their home games in Tampa at the New York Yankees' spring training ballpark, were basking in the limelight and comfort of home, with their first World Series game at Tropicana Field since 2008.

“To be here, under this room, is just amazing,’’ Silverman told USA TODAY Sports. “I remember waking up early that next morning, and I was trying to figure out where we were going to play. I really thought at that time that we would never return here. The cost would be so prohibitive.’’

Neander was emotional just standing on the field watching his team take batting practice before Game 3, the horrific memories still so vivid.

“You’re seeing this footage as the second storm in such a short time period was ripping through and leaving buildings in tatters,’’ Neander softly said. “I’m thinking, 'Yeah, we’re probably playing the last game of that building at that point.’ There was a lot other more important stuff going on, with lives being impacted beyond the building, but it’s just so amazing to see it now.’’

When Neander and Rays executives toured the Trop just days after the destruction, never did any of them believe this day was possible.

“I remember walking in here and seeing the amount of water in places, seeing sky in the offices that we shouldn’t be able to see the skies,’’ Neander said. “The damage was considerable. It led to a lot of questions of whether we were going to be playing another game in here again. And candidly, we probably weren’t.’’

Andrew Miller, a special assistant with the players union after a 16-year career, lives with his family in Tampa and said Monday that he never would have believed he'd be setting foot in Tropicana Field again.

“I mean, just seeing this place fully exposed,’’ Miller said, “it was heartbreaking. In the moment, I didn’t think through the logistics of what they were going to do, but I couldn’t imagine how they were going to put the pieces back together.

“They did a great job. I mean, it’s unbelievable.’’

The damage was so extensive, costing $59.7 million in repairs that the Rays wouldn’t let new principal owner Patrick Zalupski even visit Tropicana Field while he was in process of closing out the $1.78 acquisition from Stu Sternberg. Yet, here they were, with a sellout crowd now admiring and appreciating the 38-year structure.

Home sweet home after having to play the entire 2025 season in Tampa at Steinbrenner Field, finishing in a tie with the Milwaukee Brewers for the best home record in baseball, 55-26.

“We like playing at home,’’ Rays manager Kevin Cash said. “Steinbrenner was not home. Steinbrenner was incredibly nice for us to be able to stay in the bay area and play, but there wasn't any player that walked into that stadium and said, “Oh, man, this feels like home.’

“This is home.’’

Still, to this day, Cash has trouble believing this is even reality, not after what he witnessed that night of two years ago.

“I saw it in the middle of the night,’’ Cash said. “We were getting texts going back and forth. I did not think it was real. Then the next day I drove down from Gainesville, my in-laws' place, because we had evacuated, and saw it. Kind of speechless.

“I just drove around the outside. There were branches and trees and tarp. It was a mess.’’

The stadium was in such tatters, with the roof ripped off, that the Rays didn’t think it was worth even repairing since they were seeking a new ballpark anyways. They had to replace all 24 roof panels. Now, with the place looking as good as it has since it opened for the expansion Rays in 1998, with upgraded clubhouses, renovated suites, new playing surface, and brighter lighting, they will be here just another two years, with plans approved and formalized to move into a new $2.3 billion facility in Tampa in 2009.

“This place is as nice,’’ Silverman said, “as it’s ever been.’’

So, when Brewers closer Trevor Megill chastised the white roof at Tropicana Field on Sunday, saying “Whoever decided to make the roof the same [expletive] color as the baseball is a [expletive] idiot,’’ Rays officials could only shake their head.

“This represents a lot of additional meaning,’’ Neander says, “for obvious reasons.’’

St. Petersburg mayor Ken Welch told the Sports Business Journal: “To us, it’s a symbol of resilience, what seemed like an insurmountable challenge at the time. It’s now the home for the biggest game in baseball.”

In 2½ years, they’ll have their own gorgeous $2.3 billion retractable roof ballpark in Tampa, which the Rays believe could be a huge boon to attendance and their banking accounts after averaging just 17,469 fans this season, second-worst in baseball. They haven’t had season attendance ranking higher than third-worst in the American League since 2010.

“I’m really looking forward to a new ballpark,’’ Silverman said. “We tried for almost 20 years. This new ownership group has been able to do something, that frankly, I didn’t think was in our capacity to do in Tampa.

“So, I will be even more emotional when that opens up.’’

But for now, even with no view of the sky in the enclosed dome, the evening at the Trop never looked so beautiful.

Follow Bob Nightengale at X @Bnightengale.

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Hurricanes ripped the roof off Tropicana Field. Now it’s hosting the World Series

The series shifts to Tampa with the Brewers up two games to none. But both games were close, it isn’t like the Brewers have been blowing the Rays out or anything. I’m still hoping for seven games.

The lineups:

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And it was Joe Siddall’s birthday yesterday, he is 59. So get down into your tradition catcher’s stance (no one knee down stuff) and say Happy Birthday to him, a day late.

Today we have Frank Wills (who would be 68, but he passed away in 2012), Dominic Leone (35, who was part of the trade that brought us Randal Grichuk), and Francisco Liriano (43, who was part of the trade that brought us Teoscar Hernandez) all having birthdays.

The Milwaukee Brewers travel to Tropicana Field with a commanding 2-0 lead in the World Series. They will start Robert Gasser while the Tampa Bay Rays will counter with Freddy Peralta. First pitch is scheduled for 7pm central time and the game broadcast will be available via Fox.

Although the Atlanta Braves are no longer in the running, we have a fun World Series matchup that has yet to disappoint. Both games thus far have been controversial and close in the best way as a viewer. Tonight should be no different.

The Rays will be bringing Freddie Peralta to the mound. Since leaving the Mets, the Rays have clearly helped shape him into his former self as he will be facing his former team of eight seasons in the World Series. Peralta has pitched 16.2 innings so far this postseason and has held a sterling 1.08 ERA in that span.

The Brewers are bringing breakout pitcher Robert Gasser to the mound. Gasser pitched 109.1 innings of 3.87 ERA ball in the regular season. So far this postseason he has pitched 11.2 innings while limiting hitters a 2.31 ERA.

Follow along in the comments as we watch and see if the Rays can keep the Brewers from an almost unsurmountable lead of 3-0.

First pitch is at 8:00 EDT.

After the Brewers relentlessly chipped away at the four-run lead the Rays staked themselves out to in the first inning of Game 2 on Saturday to take a commanding 2-0 lead, the World Series heads down to Florida, and this is the first time since 2023 that Milwaukee has played in the domed confines of Tropicana Field thanks to damages from Hurricane Milton forcing the Rays to play the 2025 season at George Steinbrenner Field. Funnily enough, the starting pitcher that day for the Brew Crew was Freddy Peralta, who will take the ball for Tampa Bay to kick off the ballgame. The Brewers will counter with rookie lefty Robert Gasser, marking the fifth time in history that a team will slot a rookie starting pitcher in consecutive games in the World Series, per the incomparable Sarah Langs.

Lineups:

Ben Williamson hitting fifth! In the World Series! What a time to be alive.

First Pitch: 5:00pm Pacific