Brewers Edge Rays 3-2 in World Series Game 1 After Ninth-Inning Replay Drama
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Trevor Megill struck out Jonny DeLuca with runners on second and third to escape a ninth-inning jam as the Milwaukee Brewers held on for a 3-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays in Game 1 of the World Series on Friday night, The Guardian reported. The strikeout came only after a video review overturned Tampa Bay’s apparent game-ending double play.
Replays showed that Brewers shortstop Cooper Pratt’s right foot was slightly off the bag when he reached to catch a high throw from second baseman Brice Turang on Liam Hicks’s grounder, nullifying the double play and keeping the inning alive, The Guardian and the New York Post reported. “You have a big range of emotions,” Milwaukee captain Christian Yelich said after the game. “It’s a big credit to Trev for locking back in right there and making some huge pitches after you have that emotional dump and then have to get back on it,” the Guardian quoted him as saying.
Jacob Misiorowski allowed one run and four hits over five innings to earn the victory. “Not perfect, but good enough to get a win,” he said, according to The Guardian. Yelich hit a run-scoring triple to spark a two-run rally in the first inning that put the Brewers ahead for good, delighting a sellout crowd reveling in Milwaukee’s first World Series game since 1982, the paper said. Jackson Chourio and William Contreras each had two hits, including an RBI single apiece, and Contreras threw out two runners attempting to steal, The Guardian reported.
Tampa Bay trailed 3-1 and had not put a runner on base since the sixth inning before its ninth-inning rally, with Jonathan Aranda and Chandler Simpson hitting consecutive one-out singles off Megill and a double steal putting the potential tying run in scoring position, The Guardian said. Fox News described the finish as “chaotic late-game replay” and “premature celebrations,” and called the result the Brewers’ first World Series win in 44 years, referring to the franchise’s 1982 series victory. The New York Post called it a “nail-biting” win.
The series is the first featuring two teams seeking their first championship since the 1980 Philadelphia Phillies-Kansas City Royals matchup, The Guardian noted. The Game 1 winner has gone on to take the World Series 62.8% of the time, the paper said. Game 2 is Saturday in Milwaukee at 8pm US Eastern time on Fox, with Games 3 through 5 next week in Tampa Bay, The Guardian’s schedule showed.