Rays vs Brewers, World Series Game 4: Rays Rally for Two in the 12th to Win 4-3 and Force Game 5
Milwaukee was three outs from its first championship. Then came a throwing error, four straight singles and a pinch-hit walk-off: Tampa Bay scored twice in the bottom of the 12th to beat the Brewers 4-3 on Tuesday night, cutting the series lead to 3-1 and forcing Game 5 on Wednesday.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The Tampa Bay Rays were down to their final three outs of the season twice on Tuesday night, and survived both times. Pinch hitter Ben Williamson bounced a walk-off single into right field in the bottom of the 12th inning, capping a two-run rally that beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-3 in Game 4 of the World Series and staved off elimination, Reuters reported. Milwaukee, which squandered the 12th-inning lead, still leads the best-of-seven series 3-1, with Game 5 set for Wednesday in St. Petersburg.
The 12th inning swung the whole night. Rookie Cooper Pratt, capping a four-hit performance, led off the top half with a home run off Ian Seymour (2-0) to give Milwaukee a 3-2 lead and move the Brewers within three outs of their first title. In the bottom half, Junior Caminero reached on a throwing error by third baseman Joey Ortiz, chasing Antonio Senzatela. Shane Drohan (0-1) relieved and did not retire a batter: Liam Hicks singled to put runners at the corners, Jonny DeLuca singled up the middle to drive in pinch runner Cedric Mullins and tie the game 3-3, Chandler Simpson singled to load the bases, and Williamson ended it, driving in pinch runner Nick Fortes.
The game had been tied 2-2 since the fifth. Simpson ripped an RBI double in the second - DeLuca scoring from a fielder's choice - and made a leaping catch at the wall in the ninth; Pratt's RBI double tied it in the fourth, Caminero scored on David Hamilton's throwing error to put Tampa Bay back ahead, and Hamilton atoned an inning later with a game-tying home run off Griffin Jax. Milwaukee's Jackson Chourio recorded two hits, giving him 10 in the first four games of a World Series - a feat previously accomplished only by Babe Ruth in 1928. None of it was enough: the Brewers' first championship waits at least one more night, and the Rays, who at least temporarily prevented it, get one more home game to keep the season alive.
