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Frelick and Pratt lift Brewers to 5-4 comeback win over Rays and 2-0 World Series lead

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Blum, R. (2026, October 25). Frelick and Pratt lift Brewers to 5-4 comeback win over Rays and 2-0 World Series lead. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/sports/baseball/milwaukee-brewers-erase-4-run-deficit-beat-tampa-bay-rays-5-4-to-take-2-0-lead-in-world-series/article_6de8ceeb-66f4-561d-b29b-fcfadefe85ae.html

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Sal Frelick and Cooper Pratt led the Milwaukee Brewers to a 5-4 comeback win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday night, giving the Brewers a 2-0 lead in the World Series. The Brewers overcame a four-run deficit for the second time during this postseason. Despite the Rays' strong start with Liam Hicks hitting a two-run homer and taking an early 4-0 lead, Milwaukee rallied with their seventh comeback win of the playoffs.

Written by AI on 2026-10-25, from this article's own text only (the story summary below draws on all the coverage).

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Based on the articles provided, here's a summary of the key points regarding the World Series between the Milwaukee Brewers and Tampa Bay Rays in 2026:

The Milwaukee Brewers have won the first three games of the series with scores of:
Game 1: Brewers 3, Rays 2
Game 2: Brewers 5, Rays 4
Game 3: Brewers 10, Rays 1

With their current lead, the Brewers are one victory away from sweeping the World Series and winning their first-ever championship.

The Tampa Bay Rays, despite being AL champions with 98 regular-season wins, have struggled significantly in this series due to uncharacteristic errors on defense and baserunning.

Game 4 of the World Series will be played at Tropicana Field (St. Petersburg) on October 27th at 8 PM ET.

The Brewers could potentially achieve several historic milestones if they win:
Sweeping a seven-game LCS and the World Series in the same year
Breaking a four-way tie for most consecutive postseason wins with 9 total

Key players for the Brewers have included Jackson Chourio, Brice Turang, and rookie pitcher Robert Gasser.

With their current 3-0 lead, statistical history is overwhelmingly on the side of the Brewers finishing the sweep. Teams leading a best-of-seven series 3 games to none have won all but one time in MLB history.

So in summary, the Brewers are poised for an historic World Series victory against the heavily favored Rays that few could have predicted coming into the Fall Classic. The stage is set for Game 4 as potentially the final chapter of this unexpected postseason run by Milwaukee.

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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Sal Frelick tied the score with his first home run in three months, Cooper Pratt hit a go-ahead single in the seventh inning and the Milwaukee Brewers stunned the Tampa Bay Rays 5-4 on Saturday night for a 2-0 World Series lead by overcoming a four-run deficit for the second time in the post-season. asserted

Brewers → tie → season

Tampa Bay, which won the AL pennant by forcing opponents into mistakes, committed one error, made two other misplays that could have been charged as errors, and had a runner thrown out at the plate. uncertain

runner → win → plate

Tampa Bay backcatcher Liam Hicks, of Toronto, hit a two-run homer in the first inning for the Rays. asserted

Hicks → hit → Rays

Hicks became the fourth Canadian-born player to homer in a World Series, joining George Selkirk (1936), Larry Walker (2004) and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (2025). asserted

Hicks → become → Selkirk

Down 4-0 after the first inning, Milwaukee rallied for its seventh comeback win of this post-season. asserted

Milwaukee → rally → season

The Brewers also rebounded from a 4-0 deficit to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-4 in Game 4 of the NL Championship Series, completing a four-game sweep. asserted

Brewers → rebound → sweep

After losing Friday’s opener 3-2, the Rays burst ahead against rookie Logan Henderson but the Brewers started to claw back with two runs in the bottom half against Tampa Bay ace Drew Rasmussen. asserted

Brewers → lose → Rasmussen

Frelick and Pratt lift Brewers to 5-4 comeback win over Rays and 2-0 World Series lead

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