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Brewers and Rays face off in Game 2 of the World Series with control of the Fall Classic at stake
Brewers come from behind to win Game 2 and take a 2-0 World Series lead
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Our coverage of Game 2 of the 2026 World Series has ended. Read below for a full recap of Saturday’s game and analysis from CNN Sports’ Hannah Keyser.
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Our coverage of Game 2 of the 2026 World Series has ended. Read below for a full recap of Saturday’s game and analysis from CNN Sports’ Hannah Keyser.
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It just sort of feels like Milwaukee's year
This is supposed to be analysis, but it just feels like the Brewers’ year. OK, some caveats: A sold-out ballpark full of fans willing to pay obscene prices to see their hometown team finally back in the World Series will, indeed, give games a certain aura. Especially if they win. It’s like what a s…
Brewers erase big, early deficit to take Game 2 of World Series
The Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 5-4 to take Game 2 of the World Series on Saturday at American Family Field. Saturday’s game proved to be a bit more complex for the Brew Crew, having to erase an early huge deficit to go up 2-0 in the best-of-seven series. The Rays jumped on Milwau…
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Be the judge: Did Yandy Díaz swing?
It’s one of the toughest judgment calls in sports: When does a hitter go too far on a checked swing? Yandy Díaz clearly thought he held up in time and Aaron Ashby’s curveball should have been ball four. There are 40,000-some-odd folks at American Family Field who will say this was a clear swing and…
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Rays threaten again but the Brewers pull it out, take 2-0 World Series lead
Once again, the Rays were not going to go quietly. Jonny DeLuca started off the inning with a double down the right field line, putting the tying run in scoring position with no outs on the board. It was a near repeat of Friday’s night Game 1 when the Rays rallied in the top of the ninth to make th…
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Brewers fail to tack on insurance runs as game heads to final inning
Buckle in folks, the ninth inning in upon us. The Brewers had runners on second and third twice in the bottom of the eighth inning and both times came up just short in adding runs. Jackson Chourio was tagged out after trying to score from third on a ground ball with the infield in, a play that was…
Rays running out of outs
Tampa has now gone seven innings since they last plated a run and in that time the Brewers have come all the way back to tie it, take the lead and turn the game over to their best bullpen arms. Abner Uribe and Aaron Ashby combine for a 1-2-3 inning and the Rays are running out of game.Great bullpen…
Pratt singles in go-ahead run for the Brewers
Cooper Pratt hasn’t had the best defensive showing in the first two games but maybe he can be forgiven after singling in the go-ahead run in the bottom of the seventh inning. Brice Turang got the inning off with a bang, smacking a double to center field to put him into scoring position quickly. Gar…
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Rays get the go-ahead run to third, leave it there
Another inning, another base runner stranded for the Rays. This time it’s Taylor Walls, the nine-hole hitter, who works a walk to lead off the frame – an auspicious start for the Rays. He gets all the way to third base with aggressive speed, but that’s as far as he makes it. Not to pick on Yandy Dí…
A formal apology to Sal Frelick
In a pregame post, I used Brewers manager Pat Murphy’s flattering comps for Sal Frelick – Joe Montana, Larry Bird – as evidence of the skipper’s tendency to use hyperbole. But Murph knows his guys – and Frelick, especially, is his guy. They have what Frelick called a "unique relationship." "He like…
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Sal Frelick ties things up in Milwaukee!
Welcome to the party, Sal Frelick! The 26-year-old outfielder hit a moonshot solo home run to center field to tie it up at 4-4. American Family Field is rocking! With the crowd behind them, the Brewers threatened to tack on more after Chandler Simpson dropped a routine fly ball to potentially end t…
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Aggressive send turns into an out at home plate and ends Rays' threat
Out of 567 players whose sprint speeds were tracked by Statcast this season, Rays catcher Liam Hicks clocked in at number 501, traveling 25.7 feet per second. (For comparison, his speed-specialist teammate Chandler Simpson scampers around the basepaths at 29.4 feet per second). That’s a pretty good…
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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…
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Still a one-run game behind Mesa Jr's highlight reel catch
Relief pitcher Cam Booser probably owes outfielder Victor Mesa Jr. lunch when they get back to Florida. William Contreras has been unstoppable this postseason but Mesa made a sliding catch look easy, robbing the star catcher of his third hit of the game. Despite a walk to Cooper Pratt, Booser was a…
Rays threaten but can't get another run across the plate
A section of seats on the first level just towards the third-base side of home plate seems to be the Rays’ family and friends section. They’ve been counter-cheering all night, managing coordinated encouragement for each Tampa hitter. They haven’t had a whole lot to get excited about since the first…
Brewers make it a one-run game but leave bases loaded
The rhythm Drew Rasmussen found after the first inning is gone and so is he – but it wasn’t all his fault. After getting Garrett Mitchell to ground out, he followed it up with walking Cooper Pratt and allowing a Sal Frelick single. With runners on first and third, Rasmussen appeared to have maybe c…
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Brewers bullpen starts off strong
Milwaukee turned to their bullpen for the fourth and JoJo Romero turned in a clean frame. Jonny DeLuca managed a single on a ball that Statcast measured at traveling just two feet in front of home plate, but he didn’t get past first. After fireworks in the first, this game has seriously slowed down…
Rasmussen looks settled as Brewers can't get anything going
Drew Rasmussen has arrived in Milwaukee. The first inning was just a fluke. After quickly striking out Jake Bauers and Christian Yelich, Rasmussen found some issues with William Contreras (who, by the way, is batting almost .400 this postseason). But that single turned out to be a nothing burger as…
Important update from the press box
Here’s the kind of boots-on-the-ground reporting I came to Milwaukee to be able to provide to this live story. I was initially disappointed in the lack of a giant celebratory sheetcake in the press box. In previous postseason I’ve covered, there is a giant cake with the World Series logo on it (or,…
Brewers go down 1-2-3 in a quick second inning
Can you believe there were no runs scored in the second inning by any team? Crazy, right? The Brewers, still down two runs, went down 1-2-3 without much fight as Rays ace Drew Rasmussen has appeared to find his footing in this contest. Remember, Rasmussen has yet to give up more than two runs in an…
Henderson has a bounce-back inning
With the Brewers bullpen warming behind him, Milwaukee starter Logan Henderson bounced back from a mess of a first inning to turn in a mostly clean frame. A walk and a sacrifice bunt (even with the bunting revolution being ushered in by Tampa, those are still a bad idea) put a runner in scoring pos…
Brewers cut into the deficit with their own rally
Would it be crazy to say the hole the Brewers found themselves in heading into the bottom of the first inning was welcomed? Maybe? Milwaukee actually won more games this year when allowing the first run than lost, including the playoffs. After the first two batters reached base quickly and captain…
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Rays use all their weapons to take a 4-0 first inning lead
The Rays demonstrated the different ways they can score to put up a four-spot before the hometown Brewers even took the field in Game 2. They put the ball in play even after falling down two strikes, they hustle down the line despite what looks like a routine groundout off the bat, they steal bases…
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A miscue is leading to a huge moment for Tampa
Cooper Pratt’s misplay in the ninth inning of Game 1 ended up not mattering. The rookie failed to tag second while turning a double play, which led to a run scoring before the Brewers bullpen finished off the win anyway. On the first batter of Game 2, the rookie shortstop committed a throwing error…
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Game 2 is underway!
And here we go, the second game of the 2026 World Series is officially underway! Logan Henderson starts us off with a fastball that is fouled back by Yandy Díaz for strike one. Here we go!
A stroll down memory lane ... kinda
We have a favorite genre here at CNN Sports: Making players on teams identify technology from the last time their team played for a championship. The Milwaukee Brewers were last in the World Series back in 1982. Think they can identify some early ’80s tech? Find out below:
Today in "Pat Murphy Says Stuff"
Brewers manager Pat Murphy at the podium is kind of like if your dad… well, actually that’s it. He’s kind of like your dad, if your dad had a team of professionals transcribing his every word and a captive audience implicitly egging him on. This is great for quotes. He cuts off a reporter mid-quest…
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Brewers fans bringing the vibes
It’s difficult to make anything you say about a fanbase Showing Up feel resonant or commensurate with actually experiencing it. Of course, the first World Series game in many fans’ lifetimes was a sellout. Of course, the crowd got loud watching their team win. I bet it’s always a sea of blue and ye…
Both teams are playing for the franchise’s first title
There are five MLB teams that have never won a World Series. After this season, there will be four. That alone imbues this series with compellingly straightforward stakes. For the Rays, it has been 29 years of existence and two failed trips to the Fall Classic, most recently in the neutral-site Cov…
