Brewers Take 2-0 World Series Lead to Tampa Bay for Game 3 Monday Night
Milwaukee leads Tampa Bay 2-0 after two one-run wins. Game 3 is Monday at 8 p.m. ET at Tropicana Field on FOX, with former Brewer Freddy Peralta starting for the Rays against Milwaukee left-hander Robert Gasser.
The World Series shifts to Florida on Monday night, with Milwaukee taking a 2-0 lead over Tampa Bay into Game 3 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg. First pitch is scheduled for 8 p.m. Eastern on FOX, FOX Deportes and streaming on FOX One, BVM Sports reported. Both teams enter after Sunday's off day with their bullpens rested.
Milwaukee won Friday's opener 3-2 and rallied from four runs down to win Game 2 on Saturday night, 5-4. Tampa Bay jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first inning of Game 2, but Milwaukee took the lead for good on Cooper Pratt's RBI single in the seventh, and the Rays put the tying run at third base in the ninth without bringing him home, Tampa Bay 28 reported.
Tampa Bay turns to right-hander Freddy Peralta, who is 2-0 with a 1.08 ERA and 12 strikeouts this postseason and will face the team he spent his first eight major league seasons with, Tampa Bay 28 reported. BVM Sports noted Peralta is 7-0 with a 0.89 ERA in his last 10 games. Milwaukee counters with left-hander Robert Gasser, who is 0-0 with a 1.00 ERA and six strikeouts this postseason and last pitched in Game 3 of the NLCS, throwing five scoreless innings against the Dodgers.
The numbers frame the hole Tampa Bay is in: 46 of the 57 teams that led a World Series 2-0 went on to win it, BVM Sports reported, and Milwaukee's relievers carry a 1.24 ERA through 10 postseason games. A Rays win on Monday brings the series to 2-1; a Brewers win puts Milwaukee within one victory of the franchise's first World Series title.
