Brewers rout the Rays 10-1 to move within a win of their first World Series title
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. —
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Brewers → rout → title
Jackson Chourio set the tone at the plate, Brice Turang sparked an historic offensive outburst and Robert Gasser shut the door on the mound.
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Gasser → set → mound
The Milwaukee Brewers are one victory from their first World Series title after routing the Tampa Bay Rays 10-1 on Monday night thanks to a trio of young players who have shined in October.
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who → rout → October
Chourio bookended Milwaukee's eight-run fifth inning with two of his four hits, and Turang's two-run single opened a barrage of scoring with two outs.
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single → bookende → outs
Gives us a big lift," Brewers manager Pat Murphy said about Chourio, who has eight hits in three Series games.
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who → give → games
Gasser, a rookie left-hander, pitched one-hit ball and faced the minimum through six innings as Milwaukee rolled to a 3-0 lead in this Fall Classic.
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Milwaukee → pitch → Classic
Game 4 is Tuesday night at Tropicana Field, where many Brewers fans showed up Monday and cheered from behind the visitors' dugout.
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fans → show → dugout
"It is really cool when you go on the road in such an intense atmosphere to have that support," Gasser said.
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Gasser → go → support
"Normally it's 35,000 against nine, but tonight we had 20,000 people behind us."
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we → have → us
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 begin the Tampa Bay sixth.
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Jr. → allow → 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 lefty to do it since Sandy Koufax for the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1965.
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Gasser → catch → 1965
Chourio finished 4 for 5 with a double.
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Chourio → finish → double
Turang and William Contreras each went 3 for 5 as Milwaukee racked up 16 hits off "Fastball Freddy" Peralta and five relievers to win its eighth straight game — tying the record for a single postseason.
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Milwaukee → go → postseason
"I think that you could say this is one of my better games," Chourio said through a translator.
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Chourio → think → translator
"Really I was just taking every at-bat like it could be my last and trying to find any way I could to get on base."
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.
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"It's kind of that chip and a chair mentality," Rays manager Kevin Cash said.
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Cash → say → ?
"We've got a seat at the table.
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We've got to do something with the chip.
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Obviously the only thing we can do is win tomorrow."
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we → do → ?
Gasser became the first starter for Milwaukee to get an out in the sixth inning this postseason.
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Gasser → become → inning
He's allowed one run in 15 innings over three starts, all on the road.
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He → allow → road
Peralta, the MVP of the ALCS against Cleveland, ran out of gas against the Brewers.
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Peralta → run → Brewers
He was charged with five runs and seven hits in 4 2/3 innings against his former team.
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I think he felt really good.
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he → think → ?
Tried to power through it a little bit," Cash said.
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Cash → try → it
"Just inconsistencies in and out of the strike zone led to a bunch of really good at-bats by the Brewer lineup."
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inconsistencies → lead → lineup
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 — all with two outs.
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Brewers → put → outs
It was the first time in World Series history a team scored eight two-out runs in one inning.
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team → score → inning
"I was sitting in the dugout getting ready to go.
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There was two outs, and next thing you know, 40 minutes later, I have to go out on the field," Gasser said.
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Gasser → be → field
I had a smile on my face the whole time.
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I → have → face
It's just surreal when something like that happens."
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something → happen → that
Chourio began the rally with a one-out single and then stole second with two outs.
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Chourio → begin → outs
Christian Yelich walked, and Peralta exited after Contreras' infield single loaded the bases.
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single → walk → bases
The inning appeared to end when third baseman Junior Caminero fielded Contreras' bouncer and threw to second base for a forceout.
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Caminero → appear → forceout
But the call at second was overturned after a replay review, and Cam Booser entered.
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Booser → overturn → review
Turang ripped a liner that shortstop Taylor Walls couldn't short hop.
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Walls → rip → that
It bounced off his glove and rolled into shallow center field for a two-run single.
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It → bounce → single
"Knife to the chest," Walls said.
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Walls → say → chest
Garrett Mitchell followed with an RBI single, Cooper Pratt grounded a two-run double down the left-field line and Sal Frelick lined a run-scoring double to make it 8-0.
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it → follow → double
…and 24 more, not listed.
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