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Three straight wins for the Brewers. I was hoping for a long series, but it doesn’t look like that is going to happen. If the series ends tonight, the off-season starts tomorrow.

I thought the Rays would, at least, make a series out of this, but it doesn’t look like it is going to happen.

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My wife and I went up to Edmonton yesterday to see a night of John Prine music. Four very talented singers/musicians played 2+ hours of John Prine songs. They did all the songs you’d want to see Prine sing, if he were still around. Many that I knew by heart, but also a few that were album cuts that I didn’t remember.

And we had supper with our son and his girl friend, which was great.

Tonight’s game is possibly the last baseball game of 2026, and maybe from then on the last game of baseball for quite a while, depending on how the lockout goes. As such, we are rooting very hard for the Rays to keep the World Series going because despite our various preferences as a staff, first and foremost we are on team More Baseball. So: let’s go Rays.

Lineups:

Richie Palacios returns to the Rays starting lineup. Griffin Jax will be tasked with trying to keep the Rays from being swept out of the World Series.

Here we go

👀: FOX / FOX ONE
👂: 95.7 WDAE#ForTampaBay | #WorldSeriespic.twitter.com/EEkSu4UFhN

— Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball) October 27, 2026

Dustin May, one of my Least Favorite Pitchers to Watch, will take the ball for the Brewers. Again, I say, let’s go Rays.

Let's make some history

📺: FOX
📻: WTMJ#WinOurWaypic.twitter.com/qT5f7Zc45J

— Milwaukee Brewers (@Brewers) October 27, 2026

Game time: 5 PT

FOX and FOX Sports One

The Milwaukee Brewers will try to lock up a world championship Tuesday night as they take a 3-0 series lead into Tropicana Field. The Rays will start RHP Griffin Jax while the Brewers will reportedly start Dustin May. First pitch is scheduled for 7pm central time and the game broadcast will be available via Fox.

No team has ever rallied from an 0-3 deficit in the World Series, and only the 2004 Boston Red Sox have done it in any best-of-seven playoff series. That is the task now before the Tampa Bay Rays. The Brewers were the ones who had to wait almost a week between the League Championship and the World Series, but somehow they’ve been the club that hasn’t missed a beat. Meanwhile, a Rays lineup that has cooked all season long has run out of gas, while they’ve only made it tougher on themselves by running into a ton of outs on the basepaths.

The Brewers are hunting their first World Series in franchise, and they look dead set on getting it ton as soon as possible. We’ll see if the Rays can put up a fight and make a bit of a series out of it, but the Brewers appear inevitable at this point.

Time/Place: 8:00 p.m ET, Tropicana Field, Tampa, Florida

Broadcast: FOX

SB Nation Sites: DRaysBay/Brew Crew Ball

Pitching Matchup: RHP Dustin May (0-0, 5.63 ERA) vs. RHP Griffin Jax (0-1, 6.00 ERA)

Let's make some history

📺: FOX
📻: WTMJ#WinOurWaypic.twitter.com/qT5f7Zc45J

— Milwaukee Brewers (@Brewers) October 27, 2026

Tonight could see the great city of Milwaukee inundated in a collective inebriation not seen in decades. Their mighty Brewers sit on the cusp of a World Series title after seizing a commanding 3-0 lead over their rivals the Tampa Bay Rays, the latter of whom now must achieve the impossible if they’re to hang their first banner in Tropicana Field.

The Rays will at least have their home field on which to lean in Game 4, as the Trop will again be the host site for the action. That was anything but a good thing for Tampa in Game 3, however, as the Brewers hitting machine sliced and carved them to pieces in a 10-1 rout that sent the Rays to the brink.

All hands will obviously be on-deck for Tampa in what could end up being the final Major League Baseball game played for awhile, what with the December 1st expiration of the Collective Bargaining Agreement and the looming lockout from owners on the docket. Griffin Jax will be tasked with the start, though Tampa will obviously have a quick hook if need be – something that yesterday’s drubbing exacerbated as they needed to turn away from starter Freddy Peralta earlier than anyone had hoped.

Dustin May will toe the rubber for Milwaukee as they look to clinch. First pitch is set for just after 8:00 PM ET, with coverage once again on FOX.

Here’s how both clubs will line up to start:

The Game 4 starting lineup for the @Brewers as they're one win from a #WorldSeries title! pic.twitter.com/ZMA24mCkUs

— MLB (@MLB) October 27, 2026

Here is the @RaysBaseball starting lineup for Game 4 of the #WorldSeries! pic.twitter.com/juLfpE6RIp

— MLB (@MLB) October 27, 2026

Best of luck to Milwaukee. I expect there to be some serious celebrating of the works of the Plank Road Brewery.

Do you hear that sound? It’s the sound of every Wisconsinite getting out their decorative beer mugs in preparation for a win tonight and their first World Series championship…ever.

The Brewers are up 3-0 on the Rays, and the chances that Milwaukee gets the series eventually are very, very high. Still, I’m a little surprised they aren’t turning to Jacob Misiorowski here. Yes, it’s on short rest, but he is very clearly their best pitcher. Him pitching today means that he’d also be available in Game 7 a la He Who Shall Not Be Named from the 2014 World Series.

Instead, Dustin May and his 5.64 ERA with Milwaukee this year will be pitching. If there was a chance for Tampa to eke out a win (or start a comeback), it seems like today would be the day.

Brewers lineup

Let's make some history

📺: FOX
📻: WTMJ#WinOurWaypic.twitter.com/qT5f7Zc45J

— Milwaukee Brewers (@Brewers) October 27, 2026

Rays lineup

TBD

Go Rays!

And it all comes down to this.

Last night, the Milwaukee Brewers dominated the Tampa Bay Rays in a 10-2 blowout (that saw old friend Antonio Senzatela throwing two quality innings in relief).

Tonight may mark the end of the 2026 MLB season if the red hot Brewers can complete the sweep — and nothing we’ve seen so far suggests they won’t. That means the home team enters this one as an underdog.

The Brewers will send Dustin May to the mound to start game. The righty is 0-0 in postseason play and has a 5.63 ERA. He was struck out five.

Starting for the Rays is RHP Griffin Jax. He is 0-1 in the postseason with a 6.00 ERA that includes six strikeouts.

Milwaukee Brewers (3-0) at Tampa Bay Rays (0-2) – 6 p.m. MDT

Pitching Matchup: RHP Freddy Peralta (2-0, 1.08 postseason ERA) vs. LHP Robert Gasser (0-0, 1.00 postseason ERA)

SB Nation sites: DRaysBay | Brew Crew Ball

Radio: ESPN Radio

TV: FOX

Lineups:

For the visiting Brewers:

Let's make some history

📺: FOX
📻: WTMJ#WinOurWaypic.twitter.com/qT5f7Zc45J

— Milwaukee Brewers (@Brewers) October 27, 2026

And the home Rays:

Here we go

👀: FOX / FOX ONE
👂: 95.7 WDAE#ForTampaBay | #WorldSeriespic.twitter.com/EEkSu4UFhN

— Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball) October 27, 2026

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Brewers lineup

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

SP: Dustin May – RHP

Rays lineup

Yandy Diaz – DH
Jonathan Aranda – 1B
Junior Caminero – 3B
Liam Hicks – C
Jonny DeLuca – CF
Chandler Simpson – LF
Ryan Vilade – RF
Richie Palacios – 2B
Taylor Walls – SS

SP: Griffin Jax – RHP

Broadcast info

Time: 8:00 PM EDT
TV: FOX / FOX ONE, Fox Deportes
Radio: ESPN Radio

I don’t want the Rays to win the World Series. I didn’t want them to win before Game 1, and I ESPECIALLY don’t want them to win it now that they’re down three games to none, because I don’t want any team other than the 2004 Red Sox to ever win after being down three games to none ever again. This is very important to me.

Having said that, my God, Rays, please win tonight. There are few more depressing days than the first few days after the baseball season ends, when the rhythm that has dictated your life since late March suddenly disappears. You don’t notice its absence on the first day after the series. Maybe you don’t notice it on the second day, either. But that third day is brutal. The third day brings that realization that the foreseeable future is dark and cold and has nothing for you at 7:10 PM on a Tuesday night.

Moreover, it’s been a lackluster postseason and we deserve a good series. Griffin Jax will take the mound at 8 on FOX for the Rays to try to give us one. He’ll be opposed by … wait, really? This isn’t a typo or some kind of Mandela Effect thing going on? Really? REALLY?Okay, sure, whatever. Life is mysterious and unknowable, I guess… Dustin May.

We have Game 4 of the World Series this evening, and with the Brewers holding a commanding 3-0 lead, its very possible this is the last major league baseball game we will have in 2026.

It is a 7:00 p.m. Central start time on Fox.

Talk about it here.

It’s win or go home for the Rays.

If the Brewers take Game 4, it will not only be the first title in their history, but also the first World Series sweep since 2012, when the Giants swept the Tigers.

I’d like to see the Rays win tonight if for no other reasons than this: More baseball is always good, and we don’t know when MLB players will next take the field after this World Series due to the looming owners’ lockout.

7 p.m. CT: Brewers at Rays (Brewers lead series 3-1)

TV: Fox-TV, Fox One (streaming). Announcers: Joe Davis, John Smoltz, Ken Rosenthal and Tom Verducci.

TBD vs. Griffin Jax, RHP

MLB.com Gameday

Baseball-reference.com preview

The 2026 World Series shifted to Tampa Bay for Game 3 on Monday night, but the change in scenery failed to slow the Milwaukee Brewers. The National League champions won 10-1 to move within one victory of their first World Series title. After scoring two runs in the third inning, the Brew Crew erupted for eight runs with two outs in the fifth. Left-hander Robert Gasser was unfazed by the hostile road environment, allowing one hit over six scoreless innings.

The Rays are fighting history, as no team has ever overcome an 0-3 deficit in the World Series. Tampa Bay must win Game 4 tonight to keep its season alive and force a Game 5 on Wednesday. However, the Brewers are looking to finish the series in four games and join the 1976 Cincinnati Reds as the only teams to sweep both the NLCS and the World Series.

The only teams to sweep the NLCS and World Series…

1976 Big Red Machine Reds
2026 Brewers? pic.twitter.com/R7UvVaGzVD

— Jordan Moore (@iJordanMoore) October 27, 2026

Rays at Brewers (5:00 PST)

Through three games, the Brewers have simply been the better team. Milwaukee’s offense has delivered more clutch hits, while its starters and relievers have outperformed their Rays counterparts. Both teams feature strong bullpens, but Tampa Bay’s relief corps faltered at the worst possible time. If the Rays hope to begin a comeback, they must generate more offense and eliminate defensive and base running errors.

The Rays will turn to right-hander Griffin Jax for the biggest start of his career. Jax has struggled this postseason, allowing four earned runs in six innings over two appearances. Earlier this year, the Brewers scored five runs against him in an outing in which he recorded just three outs. Facing elimination, Rays manager Kevin Cash will keep Jax on a short leash and pull him early if he runs into trouble.

Here’s how the Rays stack up for this must-win Game 4:

#Rays lineup vs. #Brewers, RH May for #WorldSeries Game 4: pic.twitter.com/JA31kbWCaB

— Marc Topkin (@TBTimes_Rays) October 27, 2026

The Brewers will counter with right-hander Dustin May. He has made four appearances this postseason, but only one was a start, in which he lasted three innings. Given that, May likely will serve as the opener, pitching two or three innings before handing the ball to left-hander Shane Drohan or another Brewers pitcher.

And here is the Brew Crew’s starting lineup:

Let's make some history

📺: FOX
📻: WTMJ#WinOurWaypic.twitter.com/qT5f7Zc45J

— Milwaukee Brewers (@Brewers) October 27, 2026

Will the Brewers complete the sweep, or will the Rays stave off elimination? Who do you got? Should be exciting either way!

Baseball's first World Series was played in 1903 with the Boston Americans defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates that October.

The New York Yankees have won more championships – 27 – than any other team in history. Entering 2026, 25 of Major League Baseball's current 30 franchises have won a championships with the Milwaukee Brewers-Tampa Bay Rays series set to crown a first-time winner.

Here's a look back at all of MLB's World Series champions

MLB World Series winners by year

• 2025:Los Angeles Dodgers (def. Toronto Blue Jays)
• 2024: Los Angeles Dodgers (def. New York Yankees)
• 2023:Texas Rangers (def. Arizona Diamondbacks)
• 2022:Houston Astros (def. Philadelphia Phillies)
• 2021: Atlanta Braves (def. Houston Astros)
• 2020: Los Angeles Dodgers (def. Tampa Bay Rays)
• 2019: Washington Nationals (def. Houston Astros)
• 2018:Boston Red Sox (def. Los Angeles Dodgers)
• 2017: Houston Astros (def. Los Angeles Dodgers)
• 2016:Chicago Cubs (def. Cleveland Indians)
• 2015:Kansas City Royals (def. New York Mets)
• 2014:San Francisco Giants (def. Kansas City Royals)
• 2013: Boston Red Sox (def. St. Louis Cardinals)
• 2012: San Francisco Giants (def. Detroit Tigers)
• 2011: St. Louis Cardinals (def. Texas Rangers)
• 2010: San Francisco Giants (def. Texas Rangers)
• 2009: New York Yankees (def. Philadelphia Phillies)
• 2008: Philadelphia Phillies (def. Tampa Bay Rays)
• 2007: Boston Red Sox (def. Colorado Rockies)
• 2006: St. Louis Cardinals (def. Detroit Tigers)
• 2005: Chicago White Sox (def. Houston Astros)
• 2004: Boston Red Sox (def. St. Louis Cardinals)
• 2003:Florida Marlins (def. New York Yankees)
• 2002: Anaheim Angels (def. San Francisco Giants)
• 2001: Arizona Diamondbacks (def. New York Yankees)
• 2000: New York Yankees (def. New York Mets)
• 1999: New York Yankees (def. Atlanta Braves)
• 1998: New York Yankees (def. San Diego Padres)
• 1997: Florida Marlins (def. Cleveland Indians)
• 1996: New York Yankees (def. Atlanta Braves)
• 1995: Atlanta Braves (def. Cleveland Indians)
• 1994:No World Series played (MLB players' strike)
• 1993: Toronto Blue Jays (def. Philadelphia Phillies)
• 1992: Toronto Blue Jays (def. Atlanta Braves)
• 1991:Minnesota Twins (def. Atlanta Braves)
• 1990:Cincinnati Reds (def. Oakland Athletics)
• 1989: Oakland Athletics (def. San Francisco Giants)
• 1988: Los Angeles Dodgers (def. Oakland Athletics)
• 1987: Minnesota Twins (def. St. Louis Cardinals)
• 1986: New York Mets (def. Boston Red Sox)
• 1985: Kansas City Royals (def. St. Louis Cardinals)
• 1984: Detroit Tigers (def. San Diego Padres)
• 1983:Baltimore Orioles (def. Philadelphia Phillies)
• 1982: St. Louis Cardinals (def. Milwaukee Brewers)
• 1981: Los Angeles Dodgers (def. New York Yankees)
• 1980: Philadelphia Phillies (def. Kansas City Royals)
• 1979: Pittsburgh Pirates (def. Baltimore Orioles)
• 1978: New York Yankees (def. Los Angeles Dodgers)
• 1977: New York Yankees (def. Los Angeles Dodgers)
• 1976: Cincinnati Reds (def. New York Yankees)
• 1975: Cincinnati Reds (def. Boston Red Sox)
• 1974: Oakland Athletics (def. Los Angeles Dodgers)
• 1973: Oakland Athletics (def. New York Mets)
• 1972: Oakland Athletics (def. Cincinnati Reds)
• 1971: Pittsburgh Pirates (def. Baltimore Orioles)
• 1970: Baltimore Orioles (def. Cincinnati Reds)
• 1969: New York Mets (def. Baltimore Orioles)
• 1968: Detroit Tigers (def. St. Louis Cardinals)
• 1967: St. Louis Cardinals (def. Boston Red Sox)
• 1966: Baltimore Orioles (def. Los Angeles Dodgers)
• 1965: Los Angeles Dodgers (def. Minnesota Twins)
• 1964: St. Louis Cardinals (def. New York Yankees)
• 1963: Los Angeles Dodgers (def. New York Yankees)
• 1962: New York Yankees (def. San Francisco Giants)
• 1961: New York Yankees (def. Cincinnati Reds)
• 1960: Pittsburgh Pirates (def. New York Yankees)
• 1959: Los Angeles Dodgers (def. Chicago White Sox)
• 1958: New York Yankees (def. Milwaukee Braves)
• 1957: Milwaukee Braves (def. New York Yankees)
• 1956: New York Yankees (def. Brooklyn Dodgers)
• 1955: Brooklyn Dodgers (def. New York Yankees)
• 1954: New York Giants (def. Cleveland Indians)
• 1953: New York Yankees (def. Brooklyn Dodgers)
• 1952: New York Yankees (def. Brooklyn Dodgers)
• 1951: New York Yankees (def. New York Giants)
• 1950: New York Yankees (def. Philadelphia Phillies)
• 1949: New York Yankees (def. Brooklyn Dodgers)
• 1948: Cleveland Indians (def. Boston Braves)
• 1947: New York Yankees (def. Brooklyn Dodgers)
• 1946: St. Louis Cardinals (def. Boston Red Sox)
• 1945: Detroit Tigers (def. Chicago Cubs)
• 1944: St. Louis Cardinals (def. St. Louis Browns)
• 1943: New York Yankees (def. St. Louis Cardinals)
• 1942: St. Louis Cardinals (def. New York Yankees)
• 1941: New York Yankees (def. Brooklyn Dodgers)
• 1940: Cincinnati Reds (def. Detroit Tigers)
• 1939: New York Yankees (def. Cincinnati Reds)
• 1938: New York Yankees (def. Chicago Cubs)
• 1937: New York Yankees (def. New York Giants)
• 1936: New York Yankees (def. New York Giants)
• 1935: Detroit Tigers (def. Chicago Cubs)
• 1934: St. Louis Cardinals (def. Detroit Tigers)
• 1933: New York Giants (def. Washington Senators)
• 1932: New York Yankees (def. Chicago Cubs)
• 1931: St. Louis Cardinals (def. Philadelphia Athletics)
• 1930: Philadelphia Athletics (def. St. Louis Cardinals)
• 1929: Philadelphia Athletics (def. Chicago Cubs)
• 1928: New York Yankees (def. St. Louis Cardinals)
• 1927: New York Yankees (def. Pittsburgh Pirates)
• 1926: St. Louis Cardinals (def. New York Yankees)
• 1925: Pittsburgh Pirates (def. Washington Senators)
• 1924: Washington Senators (def. New York Giants)
• 1923: New York Yankees (def. New York Giants)
• 1922: New York Giants (def. New York Yankees)
• 1921: New York Giants (def. New York Yankees)
• 1920: Cleveland Indians (def. Brooklyn Robins)
• 1919: Cincinnati Reds (def. Chicago White Sox)
• 1918: Boston Red Sox (def. Chicago Cubs)
• 1917: Chicago White Sox (def. New York Giants)
• 1916: Boston Red Sox (def. Brooklyn Robins)
• 1915: Boston Red Sox (def. Philadelphia Phillies)
• 1914: Boston Braves (def. Philadelphia Athletics)
• 1913: Philadelphia Athletics (def. New York Giants)
• 1912: Boston Red Sox (def. New York Giants)
• 1911: Philadelphia Athletics (def. New York Giants)
• 1910: Philadelphia Athletics (def. Chicago Cubs)
• 1909: Pittsburgh Pirates (def. Detroit Tigers)
• 1908: Chicago Cubs (def. Detroit Tigers)
• 1907: Chicago Cubs (def. Detroit Tigers)
• 1906: Chicago White Sox (def. Chicago Cubs)
• 1905: New York Giants (def. Philadelphia Athletics)
• 1904:No World Series played (boycott by NL champion NY Giants)
• 1903: Boston Americans (def. Pittsburgh Pirates)

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: World Series winners by year: Full list of MLB champions

Can the Brewers clinch it tonight?

Can the Rays extend the series, and the MLB season, yet another day?

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