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Milwaukee Brewers ride key hits and excellent defense to win Game 1 of the World Series
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Brewers take Round 1 in a World Series of teams with similar styles
Baseball fans who suspected this matchup of small market teams had the potential to produce a thrilling World Series were proven right in Game 1 in Milwaukee as the Brewers took the opening game of the best-of-seven series 3-2 at American Family Field. The tale of the tape on the Milwaukee Brewers…
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A game of millimeters breaks in favor of the Brewers
We knew these were going to be close games. How close? Try a couple millimeters between the bottom of the spike on the cleat of a rookie shortstop and the second base bag he was supposed to be touching when he turned a slick double-play to seemingly end the game. In the end it didn’t matter. The Ra…
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The Miz thanks the Brewers faithful after dramatic Game 1 victory
National League Cy Young frontrunner Jacob Misiorowski earned his first career postseason win as a starter in front of a sellout crowd of more than 43,000 in Milwaukee in Game 1 of the World Series. After the biggest win of his career, Misiorowski told Fox Sports, "It was amazing. Just to have this…
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Huge drama in the ninth inning as the Brewers take Game 1 by the skin of their teeth
High drama will be the theme of this series, all the way to the very end. Yandy Díaz got the inning started with a weak groundout but then the Rays put together a threat. Johnathan Aranda singled and Chandler Simpson followed suit, bringing slugger Junior Caminero to the plate as the potential go-a…
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Rays keep Brewers from getting another run on the board and it's last chance time
With the Rays desperately needing to hold the score right where it is, the Brewers were angling for more insurance. Milwaukee’s hottest hitter William Contreras led off the inning with his second hit of the game - a single into left field - which led Tampa Bay to make another pitching change, this…
The Rays running out of chances in Game 1
Another 1-2-3 inning for the Rays – who tried to get anything going against Aaron Ashby with a pinch hitter – and now the Rays have three outs left to mount a comeback. And the Brewers have yet to go to their closer, Trevor Megill. It’s a little boring to believe that bullpens win championships, bu…
Rays avoid any further damage and remain within striking distance
Milwaukee’s Jake Bauers’ followed Jackson Chourio’s clutch hit with a single that hit the chalk on the third base line, giving the Brewers runners on the corners with team captain Christian Yelich stepping to the plate. Yelich smoked a line drive right at Tampa Bay first baseman Jonathan Aranda, wh…
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Brewers add to their lead and threaten for more
Rays manager Kevin Cash sent Steven Matz out to work the seventh inning after pitching his way into and out of trouble in the sixth. Matz issued a leadoff walk to Cooper Pratt to immediately put himself back in the pressure cooker. Sal Frelick hit a hard liner to left, but it was hauled in by Chand…
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Brewers bullpen does what the Brewers bullpen does
Abner Uribe strikes out Junior Caminero, and then Aaron Ashby comes in to strike out Liam Hicks and induce a fly out from Jonny DeLuca and suddenly we’re at the seventh-inning stretch. You can see why Milwaukee has felt confident playing close games and found success even without starters going dee…
Meet Milwaukee's silly sausages
The Milwaukee Brewers are deadly serious about their baseball this season. Finishing with the best record in MLB, they’re hoping that this will be the year they can finally win a World Series after clinching a spot in the Fall Classic. But this is a franchise that doesn’t always take itself too ser…
Brewers hanging on as each team turns to its bullpen
We’re into the bullpens now with the game still hanging in the balance. Tampa Bay turned to the unlikely Steven Matz, who was making just his second appearance of this postseason. After recording two quick outs, a pair of walks to William Contreras and Brice Turang had the Brewers threatening in th…
William Contreras is the long arm of the law
For the second inning in a row, what could have been a Rays rally ends with a runner getting thrown out attempting to steal. This time it was strike-‘em-out, throw-‘em-out double play – with Chandler Simpson the victim at the plate and Jonathan Aranda getting gunned down trying to snag second. We k…
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The Miz out after 5 innings
Abner Uribe comes in to pitch the sixth for the Brewers and thus ends Jacob Misiorowski’s first World Series start. How was it? Well, somewhere between the total dominance he displayed in the regular season and the shaky starts he’s had so far this October. But even saying that is getting a little…
A stumble and a perfect relay keep the momentum in the Rays' favor
Milwaukee’s speedy nine-hole hitter David Hamilton broke up a string of nine consecutive hitters retired for Nick Martinez, but a slight stumble on the base paths snuffed a would-be Brewers’ rally. After ripped a ball into the right field corner, Hamilton got out of stride and nearly tripped roundi…
William Contreras' arm bails out Brewers
We might not have an iconic individual moment yet five innings into this World Series, but the small-ball matchup is delivering on the drama that comes from simply making contact. With Jacob Misiorowski looking like he’s battling – yes, even at 101+ – the Rays started working deep counts and seemed…
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Now it's Martinez's turn to start cruising through opposing hitters
Brice Turang brought the fans at American Family Field to their feet when he put a charge into a Nick Martinez pitch, but Rays left fielder Chandler Simpson hauled the ball in as he crashed into the wall. Martinez then got a pair of quick groundouts and an inning that started with a bang turned int…
Rays get on the board and cut the lead to 2-1
The Brewers had one of the better defenses during the regular season. This October, they’ve looked a little leaky. A shot off of the bat of Junior Caminero was ruled a double – and kudos to him for his using his superlative bat speed to catch up to Misiorowski’s 101.5 mph pitch. The Rays got a bit…
Rays starter Nick Martinez settles in with a smooth third inning
After a couple shaky innings, Tampa Bay starer Nick Martinez settled in with a 1-2-3 third inning. He started by striking out NLCS MVP Jake Bauers, then fanned Christian Yelich with a high heater. Martinez then induced a popout to right field from hot-hitting William Contreras to end the inning. Sc…
Jacob Misiorowski is rolling
In his third frame, Jacob Misiorowski mixes up his arsenal a little more. Oh sure, he’s still topping 102 mph with his fastball, but he mixes his sliders, curveballs and a cutter to get another 1-2-3 inning. A two-pitch out of Yandy Díaz to finish the frame keeps his pitch count in check, too. It’s…
Small ball on display, but Brewers leave a runner on third
After Cooper Pratt hit a deep flyout to left field, Sal Frelick hit a seeing-eye single through the hole at second base and the Brewers were once again in business. David Hamilton promptly bunted Frelick over to second base, and Frelick then stole third base as Milwaukee continued its frantic, rele…
Rays make contact – for quick outs
Jacob Misiorowski is making the Ray’s penchant for putting the bat on the ball work for him in the second inning. He gets a fly out, a groundout and then his first strike out of the game for a 1-2-3 inning. And punctuates his stride off the mound with emphatic fist pump. Score: Brewers 2, Rays 0
Brewers are off and running in the bottom of the first inning
Brewers lead-off man Jackson Chourio slapped the first pitch he saw from Rays starter Nick Martinez into right field to get Milwaukee’s high-octane offense off to a quick start. One batter later, Milwaukee’s captain Christian Yelich pulled a ball into the gap in right-center, which bounced off the…
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Misiorowski allows a couple hits but a double play allows a quick escape
Jacob Misiorowski is the presumptive Cy Young Award winner and he’s spent October setting radar gun records. But his postseason starts haven’t been super sharp. He’s yet to get through five innings as hitters have been putting him to work. The hope was that a week and a half of rest would get him b…
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Junior Caminero showed off his prodigious power ahead of Game 1
Tampa Bay Rays slugger Junior Caminero showed that the power that has made him one of baseball’s brightest young stars translates to American Family Field’s retractable dome roof environment just fine. In batting practice, Caminero peppered the Fox Sports set nestled far above the bullpen and seats…
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Junior Caminero BP homer hits Fox desk
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The World Series is a go!
Jacob Misiorowski fires a 103-mile-per-hour fastball for a ball and we are underway in the Fall Classic!
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Introductions are done and we're just a few minutes away from first pitch
The fireworks have gone off, the teams have been introduced and we’re just a few moments away from the first pitch. The crowd in Milwaukee is absolutely electric. Listen to this ovation for Jacob Misiorowski:
Why baseball teams party so hard and so often in October
At the end of this series, the final party will begin. It will be the last in a long line of them. Every major US sport has multi-round postseason schedules, but none of them party like MLB teams. Locker room celebrations in the NFL tend to be subdued until the Super Bowl, and since hockey players…
Brewers put star pitcher Brandon Woodruff on World Series roster after long absence
Brandon Woodruff, the longest-tenured Brewer on the team, was named to Milwaukee’s World Series roster ahead of Game 1. Woodruff last appeared for the Brewers on the Fourth of July, when he exited the team’s game against the Arizona Diamondbacks with shoulder inflammation. The 33-year-old right han…
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El Presidente takes the mound in Game 1
It was a bit of a surprise when the Rays didn’t name Drew Rasmussen – who has a 1.29 ERA so far this postseason – the starter to go against Jacob Misiorowski in Game 1 of the World Series. Instead, they went with Nick Martinez – a 36-year-old journeyman who spent the middle part of his career pitch…
Murph’s tough love
Brewers manager Pat Murphy is a character but by no means a cartoon. The two-time manager of the year can be something of a hard-ass as a coach. He’s not afraid to call it like he sees it, and he’s not afraid to bench a player who fails to hustle or commits inexcusable errors on the field. "He did…
