The Milwaukee Brewers made history in more ways than one Monday night, breaking multiple World Series and postseason records in a 10-1 win over the Tampa Bay Rays. Now, Milwaukee is just one victory away from its first World Series championship in franchise history.
Entering Game three with a 2-0 series lead, the Brewers traveled to St. Petersburg, Florida, looking to extend their seven-game postseason winning streak. Milwaukee’s victory tied the MLB record for the longest winning streak within a single postseason and brought the team one step closer to a World Series sweep.
The Brewers entered the fifth inning leading 2-0 before putting together one of the most historic innings in postseason history. With two outs, Milwaukee recorded seven consecutive hits, becoming the first team in MLB history to accomplish the feat in a postseason game.
Milwaukee scored eight runs during the inning, all with two outs, setting a World Series record and recording the second-most two-out runs in any postseason inning. The eight-run explosion also tied for the fourth-most runs scored in a single World Series inning.
Brice Turang drove in two runs with a single, followed by RBI hits from Garrett Mitchell, Cooper Pratt, Sal Frelick, David Hamilton and Jackson Chourio. By the end of the inning, Milwaukee had turned a two-run lead into a 10-0 blowout.
Chourio made history of his own, recording two hits and a stolen base in the fifth inning to become the first player in World Series history to accomplish all three in a single inning. The 22-year-old outfielder finished with four hits, becoming the second-youngest player in MLB history to record at least four hits and a stolen base in a World Series game, behind only Ty Cobb in 1908.
Milwaukee starting pitcher Robert Gasser added another historic performance, holding Tampa Bay scoreless through six innings. Gasser allowed just one hit and one walk while striking out three batters, facing the minimum 18 batters to become the first World Series starter since 2001 to accomplish the feat.
The Brewers finished with 16 hits, including three each from Turang and catcher William Contreras. Milwaukee’s 13-hit advantage marked the third-largest hit differential in World Series history. The Brewers also became the seventh team to win the first three games of a World Series while hitting just one home run, the first since the 2007 Boston Red Sox.
While the Brewers were making history in Florida, Milwaukee fans were celebrating back home. American Family Field hosted a sold-out watch party for Game three, with 31,000 tickets sold for each of the Game three and Game four watch parties in less than 20 minutes.
Plenty of Brewers fans also made the trip to Tampa Bay, turning parts of Tropicana Field into a sea of blue and gold. Following Monday’s win, Game 4 ticket prices jumped as fans rushed for a chance to witness Milwaukee’s first World Series championship in person. According to ticket marketplace TickPick, Wisconsin accounted for more than 41% of Game four ticket purchases by state.
Chourio’s four-hit night brought his total to eight through the first three games of the series, trailing only Billy Hatcher’s nine in 1990. He also became the youngest player to record multiple hits in each of the first three World Series games and tied Andruw Jones for the most career multihit postseason games before turning 23, with nine.
The Brewers return to Tropicana Field for Game four with a chance to complete the sweep and secure their first World Series title. A win would also make Milwaukee the first team to sweep both the League Championship Series and World Series since the LCS expanded to seven games in 1985.