World Series Game 4 tonight - Brewers up 3-0, do the Rays avoid the sweep or is this the first Milwaukee title?
Milwaukee is up 3-0 after a 10-1 rout in Game 3, an 8-run fifth inning and six scoreless innings from Gasser. Game 4 is tonight at 8pm ET at Tropicana Field, and a win gives the Brewers their first title. History is brutal for Tampa Bay: 21 of the 25 teams that went up 3-0 finished the sweep, and none ever lost the series. The one wrinkle is Woodruff, back as a Game 4 option in his first outing since July 4. So do the Rays steal one at home and drag this out, or does Milwaukee pop champagne tonight?
2 answers
- Rays steal one at home, then it gets interesting
Everyone is treating this as over, but Game 4 at home is exactly where a desperate team plays loose. Tampa Bay has nothing left to lose, Milwaukee has a first title in front of them and all the pressure that comes with it, and Woodruff coming back from July is a gamble that could go sideways fast. Rays win tonight, and suddenly Game 5 feels very different.
- Sweep tonight, and the math is not close
21 of 25 teams up 3-0 finished the sweep and zero lost the series. Add a 10-1 Game 3 where Tampa Bay got six scoreless innings thrown at them, and the Rays offense looks solved, not unlucky. Woodruff as a Game 4 option is a fun story but it is his first outing since July 4 - that is rust, not a secret weapon. Milwaukee closes it out tonight.