Brewers Rout The Rays 10–1 To Move Within One Win Of Their First World Series Title

An eight-run fifth, every run with two outs. A rookie facing the minimum through six. Milwaukee leads the World Series 3–0, and no team has ever come back from that.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Milwaukee Brewers are one victory from the first World Series title in franchise history after routing the Tampa Bay Rays 10–1 in Game 3 on Monday night, a game that turned in a single inning and was finished by the two youngest names on the roster.

Eight Runs, All With Two Outs

Milwaukee led 2–0 on a third-inning rally started by Jackson Chourio and driven in by Christian Yelich when the fifth inning broke the Series open. Chourio singled again, Yelich walked, and William Contreras loaded the bases on an infield single that stood only after manager Pat Murphy successfully challenged the out call at second. Cam Booser replaced former Brewer Freddy Peralta, and Brice Turang worked a 2–2 count before driving a two-run single to centre. Four more Brewers followed with hits, Chourio came back to the plate and doubled in the inning’s last run, and when it ended Milwaukee led 10–0.

No team had ever scored eight two-out runs in a World Series inning, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. Seven Brewers in a row hit safely, a first in any postseason game, according to OptaSTATS.

Gasser Faces The Minimum

Robert Gasser, a rookie left-hander, pitched one-hit ball and faced the minimum 18 batters through six innings. He allowed a line-drive single to Yandy Díaz leading off the first, retired 14 straight, and walked Victor Mesa Jr. to open the sixth; with the help of a caught stealing and a double play, he became the first starter to face the minimum through six innings of a World Series game since Arizona’s Curt Schilling in 2001, and the first left-hander to do it since Sandy Koufax for the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1965. He threw 75 pitches, struck out three, and his postseason earned run average across three starts is 0.60.

Chourio, Again

Chourio finished 4-for-5 with a double, a stolen base, a run driven in and two scored. He has eight hits in three Series games. “He was tremendous. Locked in. Gives us a big lift,” Murphy said. At 22, he is the youngest player to collect four hits in a World Series game since Joe Garagiola in 1946. Turang finished 3-for-5 with two runs batted in and did his share with the glove. Tampa Bay’s only run came in the ninth, when Díaz doubled off Brandon Woodruff. The Rays managed three hits all night.

One Win Away

The Brewers have won eight straight this postseason, tying a record, and lead the Series 3–0. Twenty-five teams have taken a 3–0 lead in a World Series; every one of them went on to win the championship, and 21 finished the sweep. Game 4 is Tuesday night at Tropicana Field, where Brewers fans filled the seats behind the visiting dugout on Monday. “It is really cool when you go on the road in such an intense atmosphere to have that support,” Gasser said. “Normally it’s 35,000 against nine, but tonight we had 20,000 people behind us.”

Game 3 — In Short

Milwaukee 10, Tampa Bay 1. An eight-run fifth inning — every run with two outs, a World Series first — and six one-hit, minimum-faced innings from rookie Robert Gasser put the Brewers up 3–0 in the Series. Jackson Chourio had four hits. No team has ever lost a World Series from 3–0; Game 4, and a possible first title, is Tuesday night in St. Petersburg.

Sources: The Associated Press; USA Today; Milwaukee Journal Sentinel — reporting of October 26–27, 2026.