Brewers come from behind to win Game 2 and take a 2-0 World Series lead

The Milwaukee Brewers take a commanding 2-0 lead in the World Series after a 5-4 win over the Tampa Bay Rays in Game 2.

CNNKyle Feldscher, Kevin Dotson, Don Riddell, Hannah Keyser, Jacob Lev2026-10-24 23:04查看原文 ↗

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Milwaukee takes a 2-0 World Series lead: The Brewers once again came from behind in this postseason, rallying from four runs down to for a 5-4 win in Game 2, taking a 2-0 lead in the World Series.

A wild game: The Rays opened the game with a four-run barrage in the top of the first but the Brewers came all the way back to take the lead, 5-4.

New Brewer heroes: Sal Frelick’s home run in the bottom of the sixth tied the game and Cooper Pratt drove in a run in the seventh for another Brew Crew postseason comeback.

Tension all the way to the end: The opening game of the series went all the way down to the final pitch as both teams played up to expectations. Game 2 was more of the same as it went all the way down to the final pitches and the Rays, once again, left the tying run on base.

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.

Brewers erase big, early deficit to take Game 2 of World Series

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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 Milwaukee’s rookie sensation Logan Henderson, scoring four runs in the first inning, highlighted by Liam Hicks’ two-run home run.

But as the Brewers have proved all season, an early hole doesn’t affect them in the slightest.

Milwaukee clawed back in the bottom of the first, adding two runs to make it a 4-2 game.

After a shaky start to the game, both starting pitchers — Henderson and Drew Rasmussen found their grove until the bottom of the fourth inning when Rays first baseman Jonathan Aranda’s error at first allowed the Brewers to make it a one-run game.

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Both teams turned to their respective bullpens, but the tide truly turned in the bottom of the sixth inning.

Rays’ relief pitcher Tyler Wells allowed a moonshot home run to Brewers’ outfielder Sal Frelick to tie the game at 4-4.

With the sold-out Milwaukee faithful behind them, they quickly took the lead the next inning with Cooper Pratt RBI single.

The drama did not stop there.

Brewers reliever Aaron Ashby has proved to be a workhorse for the team all postseason and after getting out of the eighth inning with ease, his ninth inning lift was a bit harder.

A leadoff double by Jonny DeLuca put the tying run in scoring position right away. However, the 28-year-old struck out Victor Mesa Jr, made pinch hitter Kevin Williamson ground out and struck out Yandy Diaz on a controversial check swing.

The Brewers clawed back from four runs down and yet again proved why this team loves playing from behind.

They improved 41-37 when allowing the first run this season, including the postseason and find themselves two games from bringing home the franchise’s first World Series title.

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 soundtrack does for a movie scene: Subconsciously tell you how to feel.

And the sound of 40,000-plus Midwesterners losing their minds did a lot over the past two nights to make the Brewers seem like the main characters in this World Series.

Recency bias factors, too. We forget how a team can set a home run record one night and get literally no-hit the next (see the Phillies in the World Series in 2022). The Brewers have enjoyed their home field advantage this weekend and the Rays may do the same when the series turns to Tropicana Field on Monday.

But it’s not just the W that makes Milwaukee feel inevitable. After the Rays jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first, we highlighted an utterly absurd statistic. This year the Brewers have a better than .500 after falling behind .

The best team in baseball got that way by beating the other team more often than not when they’re up, and when they’re down. Combined with the best bullpen in the National League and the games go a little something like this: They always have a good chance to come back, but the opposition does not.

Destiny, though, requires more than just dominating stats. It requires the ball bouncing your way and an unexpected hero coming through in a big moment.

On Saturday night that was Sal Frelick.

He was, perhaps, the least likely member of the Brewers lineup to hit a 408-foot home run to straightaway center off a lefty reliever. And so of course that’s exactly what he did, to tie the game and complete the comeback.

Some home runs have their importance underscored by the author taking his time to admire his moon shot and round the base paths, milking every moment. But Frelick scampered out of the box and sped around the bases like he was eager to keep the momentum moving.

The next inning, rookie shortstop Cooper Pratt smacked the go-ahead single. It was his error in the first that had kicked off the Rays’ four-run frame and then there he was: the living embodiment of the Brewers overcoming early failures for ultimate victory.

It’s a potent fallback to winning easily.

Of course, twice now the Rays have ended the game with the tying run on third base – which you a testament to just how well-matched these two teams are. Or could draw your attention to how Tampa has gone 3-20 with runners in scoring position through the first two games of this Fall Classic.

Extremely not Team of Destiny behavior.

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 Díaz went too far.

The longtime Ray had to be restrained after the game and guided off the field by coaches and teammates. It’s a really close call – I’m honestly not sure what I think!

You be the judge – should this have been strike three?

Rays threaten again but the Brewers pull it out, take 2-0 World Series lead

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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 things close as the Brewers tried to seal the win.

Victor Mesa Jr. followed that up with a strike out and some nifty work behind the plate from William Contreras kept DeLuca from advancing on balls in the dirt. Ben Williamson pinch hit for Taylor Walls and Aaron Ashby got him to ground out to second, moving DeLuca over to third.

Yandy Díaz stepped to the plate and worked a full count. With American Family Field rocking, Ashby reared back and threw a nasty curve that Díaz tried to hold up on.

The first base ump ruled he went too far and called strike three, putting a ninth inning Tampa rally to bed for a second straight night.

Milwaukee now has a commanding 2-0 lead in this best-of-seven World Series!

Final Score: Brewers 5, Rays 4

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 challenged and upheld. There was a pitching change on top of the review, so that half inning sort of dragged.

Anyways, Aaron Ashby is staying out to try to close things out.

Score: Brewers 5, Rays 4

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 bullpens shorten games – meaning they make the last few frames essentially meaningless for the opposition – and you’re seeing that in action.

The Rays threatened earlier and failed to capitalize and now they’re facing the highest-leverage arms.

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.

Garrett Mitchell followed it up with a long sacrifice fly to move Turang to third.

The Brewers wanted to add more in the rest of the bottom of the seventh, but ultimately couldn’t get Pratt in – even though Sal Frelick thought he had another home run that fell just short of the wall.

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 Díaz, but the DH led the American League in hits this regular season and through most of two games he is hitless, with an uncharacteristic pair of Ks tonight.

Score: Rays 4, Brewers 4

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 likes to get after me pretty much 24/7,” Frelick said earlier this week. (“I don’t speak to the kid,” Murphy joked.)

But the razzing, of course, is borne of affection.

“I had a cool moment with him after Game 4 in LA, just embracing him,” Frelick said. “I know how much it means to him, how much he loves us.”

Before Game 2, Murphy described Frelick as the kind of player whose value defies analytics.

“I can’t tell you why Sal is just a little bit better than what anybody would rate him as,” he said. “I can describe it, but you can’t measure it.”

On the biggest stage, with the Brewers looking to battle back from an early four-run deficit, Frelick came through – his first home run of the postseason and just his fourth career homer off a left-handed pitcher – to tie it.

Score: Brewers 4, Rays 4

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 the inning.

The mistake led to William Contreras coming to the plate but relief pitcher Tyler Wells was able to get him to ground out.

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 reason to have not sent Hicks home on a ball hit to the left fielder Jackson Chourio, a literal Gold Glove finalist this year. And, indeed, the aggressive send backfires.

Hicks is thrown out at the plate for the final out of the frame. The Rays have put traffic on the bases all night but haven’t scored for five innings now.

Score: Rays 4, Brewers 3

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 seriously, and the bright lights of October will help showcase one of the most wonderfully ridiculous servings in sport: The slapstick sixth-inning sausage race.

It’s exactly as absurd as it sounds. Human runners, wearing 7-foot-tall foam costumes with goofy faces and colorful features depicting a Bratwurst, Polish, Italian, Hot Dog and Chorizo, race each other around home plate on the warning track. The comedically top-heavy sausages, which can easily topple forwards into the dirt, temporarily take center stage as the baseball players gaze on in amusement from their dugouts, sometimes wagering on the outcome.

Tonight’s winner? The Polish Sausage.

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 able to get out of the fifth inning with relative ease.

Rays shortstop Taylor Walls spoke pregame about Mesa’s defensive capabilities.

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 inning.

A double by Jonathan Aranda – an admirable feat of not taking his costly error with him, mentally, to the plate – gets them going briefly in the fifth. But he’s ultimately stranded at third in Brewers’ long reliever Dustin May’s first frame.

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 cooked up a double play ball, but it went through first baseman Jonathan Aranda’s glove, allowing Pratt to score.

The bleeding didn’t stop there as Rasmussen walked Jake Bauers, triggering a pitching change with the bases loaded.

Relief pitcher Cam Booser came in, threw two pitches and got Christian Yelich to ground out to second, escaping with limited damage.

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 on the action front.

Score: Rays 4, Brewers 2

Rasmussen looks settled as Brewers can't get anything going

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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 Rasmussen got Brice Turang to ground out to end the inning.

It remains a two-run game heading into the fourth inning.

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, sometimes: cupcakes, cookies, other sweets festooned with sugary food dye.)

However, I would like to make it known that Milwaukee is providing in other ways. This is, perhaps, the best press box soft serve ice cream I’ve had anywhere in baseball. Only quibble – maybe have some sprinkles?

Also, the Rays went down 1-2-3 in the third inning.

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?

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 any start since mid-August.

我们在这里观看了什么

密尔沃基酿酒人队在世界大赛中取得 2-0 的领先优势：酿酒人队在本赛季季后赛中再次上演逆转好戏，在第二场比赛中以 5-4 战胜对手，取得世界大赛 2-0 的领先优势。

一场疯狂的比赛：光芒队在第一局上半局就以四分的攻势开局，但酿酒人队奋起直追，最终以 5-4 反超比分。

新晋酿酒人队英雄：萨尔·弗雷利克在第六局下半击出本垒打扳平比分，库珀·普拉特在第七局打出一分，帮助酿酒人队再次上演季后赛逆转。

紧张刺激的比赛一直持续到最后一刻：系列赛首战双方都发挥出色，比分胶着到最后一球才分出胜负。第二场比赛同样精彩纷呈，双方鏖战至最后一球才分出胜负，而光芒队再次错失扳平比分的机会，让跑垒员留在垒上。

我们对2026年世界大赛第二场比赛的报道已经结束。请阅读下文，了解周六比赛的完整回顾以及CNN体育记者汉娜·凯泽的分析。

酿酒人队抹平了开局的巨大劣势，赢得了世界大赛第二场比赛。

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周六，密尔沃基酿酒人队在美式家庭球场以 5-4 击败坦帕湾光芒队，赢得了世界大赛第二场比赛。

周六的比赛对酿酒人队来说更加复杂，他们必须抹平开局的巨大劣势，才能在七场四胜制的系列赛中以 2-0 领先。

光芒队迅速压制了密尔沃基的新秀投手洛根·亨德森，在第一局就拿下四分，其中利亚姆·希克斯击出两分本垒打。

但正如酿酒人队整个赛季所证明的那样，开局的劣势对他们丝毫不会造成影响。

密尔沃基在第一局下半局奋起直追，再添两分，将比分改写为 4-2。

比赛开始阶段双方表现都不太理想，但先发投手亨德森和德鲁·拉斯穆森都逐渐找到了状态，直到第四局下半，光芒队一垒手乔纳森·阿兰达在一垒的失误让酿酒人队将比分追至仅差一分。

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两队都派出了各自的牛棚投手，但比赛的真正转折点出现在第六局下半。

光芒队的救援投手泰勒·威尔斯被酿酒人队的外野手萨尔·弗雷利克击出一记超远本垒打，将比分扳成 4-4 平。

在密尔沃基球迷的全力支持下，他们在下一局凭借库珀·普拉特的打点安打迅速取得领先。

剧情并未就此结束。

酿酒人队的救援投手亚伦·阿什比在整个季后赛中都证明了自己是球队的主力投手，他在第八局轻松投完后，第九局的投球就有些吃力了。

乔尼·德卢卡首局击出二垒安打，立即将追平比分的跑者送上得分位置。然而，这位28岁的投手随后三振了维克托·梅萨二世，让代打凯文·威廉姆森击出滚地球出局，并在一次颇具争议的挥棒过半时三振了扬迪·迪亚兹。

酿酒人队从落后四分的情况下奋起直追，再次证明了这支球队为什么喜欢在落后的情况下比赛。

本赛季，他们在先失一分的情况下取得了 41 胜 37 负的战绩，包括季后赛在内，距离赢得球队历史上第一个世界大赛冠军仅差两场比赛。

感觉今年好像是密尔沃基的天下。

这本来应该是分析，但感觉今年完全是酿酒人队的天下。

好吧，先说明几点：座无虚席的球场里挤满了愿意花高价观看家乡球队重返世界大赛的球迷，这确实会给比赛增添一种特殊的氛围。尤其是当他们赢球的时候。这就像电影配乐的作用一样：潜移默化地影响你的情绪。

过去两晚，四万多名中西部球迷疯狂呐喊，让酿酒人队看起来像是世界大赛的主角。

近因效应也是一个因素。我们常常忘记，一支球队可能前一晚刚刚打破全垒打纪录，下一晚就可能遭遇无安打比赛（例如2022年世界大赛中的费城人队）。酿酒人队本周末享受了主场优势，而当系列赛周一移师纯品康纳球场时，光芒队或许也能如愿以偿。

但让密尔沃基酿酒人队感觉势不可挡的，不仅仅是这场胜利。光芒队在第一局取得4-0领先之后，我们重点介绍了一项极其荒谬的统计数据：今年酿酒人队在落后的情况下，胜率竟然超过了50%。

这支棒球界最强的球队之所以能成为最强，是因为他们无论领先还是落后，都能赢下比赛。再加上他们拥有国联最强的牛棚，比赛的走向大致是这样的：他们总有机会逆转，而对手却很难做到。

然而，命运不仅仅需要强大的属性。它还需要运气眷顾，以及一位意想不到的英雄在关键时刻挺身而出。

周六晚上是萨尔·弗雷利克。

他或许是酿酒人队阵容中最不可能从左投救援投手手中击出408英尺直奔中外野的全垒打的球员。但结果他偏偏做到了，扳平了比分，完成了逆转。

有些本垒打之所以意义非凡，是因为作者会花时间欣赏自己击出的惊天一击，绕垒庆祝，尽情享受每一个瞬间。但弗雷利克却迅速冲出击球区，飞奔绕垒，仿佛急于保持这股势头。

下一局，菜鸟游击手库珀·普拉特击出制胜安打。正是他在第一局的失误导致光芒队单局拿下四分，而他正是酿酒人队克服开局不利最终取得胜利的活生生的化身。

这是轻松取胜的有效后备方案。

当然，光芒队已经两次在三垒有追平比分的跑者的情况下结束比赛——这足以证明这两支球队实力相当。或者，也可以看看坦帕湾光芒队在本届世界大赛前两场比赛中，得点圈有人时20次打击仅击出3支安打的成绩。

这完全不像命运之队该有的行为。

请自行判断：Yandy Díaz 挥棒了吗？

这是体育运动中最难判断的题之一：击球手在挥棒时何时会过头？

扬迪·迪亚兹显然认为自己及时挥棒，阿隆·阿什比的曲球本应是第四个坏球。美国家庭球场四万多名观众会说，这明显是一次挥棒，迪亚兹挥得太远了。

这位老将雷在赛后情绪激动，教练和队友们不得不把他拉住，搀扶着离开球场。这真是个险情——说实话，我也不知道该怎么评价！

请您自行判断——这是否应该算作第三次打击？

光芒队再次发起反扑，但酿酒人队最终守住胜果，以2-0领先世界大赛。

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光芒队再次没有轻易认输。

乔尼·德卢卡以一记沿右外野边线的二垒安打开启了这一局，在无人出局的情况下将追平比分的跑者送上得分位置。这几乎是周五晚第一场比赛的重演，当时光芒队在第九局上半奋起直追，将比分扳平，而酿酒人队则试图锁定胜局。

维克托·梅萨二世随后三振出局，威廉·孔特雷拉斯在捕手位置上的出色表现阻止了德卢卡利用滚地球推进到三垒。本·威廉姆森替补泰勒·沃尔斯上场打击，阿伦·阿什比让他击出滚地球出局，德卢卡因此推进到三垒。

扬迪·迪亚兹走上打击区，与打者打满球数。在全场沸腾的美国家庭球场，阿什比向后仰身，投出一记刁钻的曲球，迪亚兹试图挥棒击球。

一垒裁判判定他越位过重，判罚三振出局，连续第二个晚上终结了坦帕湾光芒队在第九局的反扑势头。

目前，密尔沃基在七场四胜制的世界大赛中以 2-0 领先！

最终比分：酿酒人队 5，光芒队 4

酿酒人队未能再添保险分，比赛进入最后一局。

各位，系好安全带，第九局已经来临。

酿酒人队在第八局下半两次有跑垒员分别站上二垒和三垒，但两次都未能得分。

杰克逊·乔里奥试图从三垒跑回本垒得分，但内野手站位靠前，他被触杀出局。这次触杀经过挑战后维持原判。由于这次挑战后又更换了投手，所以那半局的节奏有点慢。

总之，亚伦·阿什比将继续留在场上，力求锁定胜局。

比分：酿酒人 5，光芒 4

光芒队出局数即将用完

坦帕湾光芒队已经连续七局没有得分了，而酿酒人队在这段时间里一路追平比分，反超比分，并将比赛交给了他们最好的牛棚投手。

阿布纳·乌里韦和阿伦·阿什比联手投出三上三下，光芒队已经无力回天。优秀的牛棚能够缩短比赛时间——这意味着他们让对手的最后几局基本失去意义——而你现在就看到了这一点。

光芒队之前曾发起进攻但未能把握机会，现在他们面对的是实力最强的投手。

普拉特击出安打，为酿酒人队拿下制胜分。

库珀·普拉特在前两场比赛中的防守表现并不出色，但他在第七局下半击出制胜一分安打后，或许可以被原谅。

布莱斯·图朗以一记漂亮的二垒安打开启了这一局，他击出中外野二垒安打，迅速进入得分位置。

加勒特·米切尔随后击出一记长距离牺牲高飞球，将图朗送上三垒。

酿酒人队想在第七局下半局再添一分，但最终没能让普拉特得分——尽管萨尔·弗雷利克认为他打出了另一个本垒打，只是差一点就飞到墙边了。

光芒队将领先跑者送上三垒，就此结束比赛。

又一局，光芒队又一名跑垒员被困垒上。

这次轮到第九棒泰勒·沃尔斯上场打击，他率先保送上垒——这对光芒队来说是个好兆头。他凭借着惊人的速度一路杀到三垒，但也就止步于此了。

并非有意针对扬迪·迪亚兹，但这位指定打击手在本赛季常规赛中领跑美国联盟安打榜，但在两场比赛的大部分时间里，他却一无所获，今晚还罕见地被三振两次。

比分：光芒队 4，酿酒人队 4

向萨尔·弗雷利克正式道歉

在赛前帖子中，我引用了酿酒人队经理帕特·墨菲对萨尔·弗雷利克的赞美之词——乔·蒙塔纳、拉里·伯德——作为这位主教练喜欢使用夸张修辞的证据。

但默夫了解他的人——尤其是弗雷利克，他是默夫的铁杆粉丝。他们之间有着弗雷利克所说的“独特的关系”。

“他几乎一天24小时都想找我麻烦，”弗雷利克本周早些时候说道。（墨菲开玩笑说：“我根本不跟那小子说话。”）

当然，这种玩笑是出于喜爱。

“在洛杉矶的第四场比赛结束后，我和他拥抱了一下，那感觉很棒，”弗雷利克说。“我知道这对他意义重大，他有多爱我们。”

在第二场比赛之前，墨菲形容弗雷利克是那种无法用数据分析来衡量的球员。

“我无法告诉你为什么萨尔比任何人评价的都要好一点，”他说。“我可以描述这种感觉，但你无法衡量它。”

在最大的舞台上，酿酒人队试图从早期的四分落后局面中奋起直追，弗雷利克挺身而出——这是他在季后赛中的第一支本垒打，也是他职业生涯中从左投手手中击出的第四支本垒打——将比分扳平。

比分：酿酒人 4，光芒 4

萨尔·弗雷利克在密尔沃基扳回一城！

欢迎萨尔·弗雷利克加入派对！

这位 26 岁的外野手击出一记超远距离的中外野本垒打，将比分扳成 4-4 平。

美国家庭球场太热闹了！

在球迷们的支持下，酿酒人队威胁要再添一分，此前钱德勒·辛普森漏接了一个普通的飞球，可能就此结束这一局。

这个失误导致威廉·孔特雷拉斯上场打击，但救援投手泰勒·威尔斯成功让他击出滚地球出局。

猛烈的进攻最终以本垒出局告终，光芒队的攻势就此终结。

本赛季，Statcast 追踪了 567 名球员的冲刺速度，其中光芒队捕手利亚姆·希克斯排名第 501 位，速度为每秒 25.7 英尺。（相比之下，他的速度型队友钱德勒·辛普森在垒间奔跑的速度为每秒 29.4 英尺。）

这足以解释为什么没有让希克斯在被左外野手杰克逊·乔里奥（今年的金手套奖候选人）接住的球后跑回本垒得分。而事实证明，这种激进的派人策略适得其反。

希克斯在本垒被触杀出局，结束了这一局。光芒队整晚都有打者上垒，但已经五局未能得分了。

比分：光芒队 4，酿酒人队 3

来认识一下密尔沃基的奇葩香肠吧！

密尔沃基酿酒人队对本赛季的棒球比赛极其认真。

他们以MLB最佳战绩结束了常规赛，并已锁定世界大赛席位，希望今年能最终赢得世界大赛冠军。但这支球队并不总是那么严肃，十月的耀眼灯光将帮助他们展现体育界最滑稽有趣的环节之一：第六局的香肠赛跑。

这听起来确实荒诞至极。一群穿着七英尺高泡沫服装的“真人”——这些服装造型滑稽，五颜六色，分别代表德式香肠、波兰香肠、意大利香肠、热狗和西班牙辣香肠——在棒球场的警戒带上绕着本垒板赛跑。这些头重脚轻、滑稽可笑的“香肠”很容易向前倾倒在泥地上，它们短暂地成为了比赛的焦点，而棒球运动员们则在各自的休息区里饶有兴致地观看，有时还会打赌比赛结果。

今晚的赢家是？波兰香肠。

尽管梅萨二世那次精彩的接球令人叹为观止，但比赛仍然只差一分。

救援投手卡姆·布瑟回到佛罗里达后，可能要请外野手维克托·梅萨二世吃午饭了。

威廉·孔特雷拉斯在本赛季季后赛中势不可挡，但梅萨轻松地完成了一次滑垒接球，没收了这位明星捕手的第三次安打。

尽管保送了库珀·普拉特，但布瑟还是相对轻松地结束了第五局。

光芒队游击手泰勒·沃尔斯在赛前谈到了梅萨的防守能力。

光芒队发起进攻，但未能再添一分。

一楼靠近本垒板三垒一侧的一片座位似乎是光芒队的家人和朋友专区。

他们整晚都在进行反向加油，有条不紊地为坦帕队的每一位击球手加油。自从第一局以来，他们就没什么值得兴奋的事情了。

乔纳森·阿兰达在第五局击出一支二垒安打——他没有把之前代价惨重的失误带入打击区，这令人钦佩——帮助球队短暂打开局面。但最终，在酿酒人队长中继投手达斯汀·梅的第一局投球中，他还是被困在了三垒。

酿酒人队将比分追至仅差一分，但却错失了满垒的机会。

德鲁·拉斯穆森在第一局之后找到的节奏消失了，他也随之结束了比赛——但这并不全是他的错。