Eight Two-Out Runs and a Gem From Gasser Put the Brewers One Win From a Title

Tuesday, October 27, 2026 — one inning, eight runs and a World Series nearly decided.

The Brewers beat the Rays 10-1 at Tropicana Field on Monday night to take a 3-0 lead in the World Series. Milwaukee is one win from the first championship in franchise history.

The Fifth Inning

The game turned on one inning, and on two outs. In the fifth, Jackson Chourio singled and stole second, Christian Yelich walked and William Contreras beat out an infield single to load the bases. What looked like an inning-ending forceout was overturned on replay — and the floodgates opened.

Brice Turang’s two-run single got past shortstop Taylor Walls. Garrett Mitchell singled in a run, rookie Cooper Pratt lined a two-run double down the left-field line and Sal Frelick doubled in another. David Hamilton and Chourio added RBI hits off reliever Cole Sulser. All eight runs scored with two outs — the first time that has ever happened in a single World Series inning.

Walls summed up the misplay that started it in three words: “Knife to the chest.”

Gasser’s Gem

Rookie left-hander Robert Gasser was just as historic. He allowed one hit and faced the minimum through six innings — the first starter to do that in a World Series game since Curt Schilling in 2001, and the first lefty since Sandy Koufax in 1965. “I had a smile on my face the whole time,” he said.

Brandon Woodruff pitched the ninth in his first appearance in about three and a half months after a shoulder injury, allowing Tampa Bay’s only run.

Chourio’s Series

Chourio went 4-for-5 with a double and a stolen base. At 22, he is the second-youngest player with four hits and a steal in a World Series game, behind only Ty Cobb in 1908, and he already has eight hits in the series. “He was tremendous. Locked in,” Pat Murphy said. Turang and Contreras each added three hits.

The Rays’ Hole

Freddy Peralta, the ALCS MVP, was charged with five runs in 4⅔ innings against his former team. “It’s definitely deflating,” Kevin Cash said. “How could it not be?” Only one team in MLB history — the 2004 Red Sox — has ever come back from 3-0 in a best-of-seven postseason series.

The Read

The Brewers have won every way imaginable this October, and Game 3 was their most complete performance yet. They will have three chances to finish it, starting Tuesday night in St. Petersburg.