Tampa Bay returns home to face a must-win Game 3 of the World Series with Milwaukee up 2-0

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Game 3 is here: The Rays need a win to make this World Series competitive. The Milwaukee Brewers lead the series 2-0 after winning both games at American Family Field.

Brewers in command : Both games of this Fall Classic have come down to the wire, but it’s the National League champions who are fully in control of this series. Of the 57 teams that have taken a 2-0 World Series lead, 46 of them have won the title.

Series gets juicy: The series has moved to Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida, where the Rays will hope to use home-field advantage to get back in this thing.

How to watch: The game is scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. ET and is airing on Fox and streaming on Fox One and MLB.tv.

Catch up on what happened in Game 2

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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.

Everything on the line in Game 3

Tonight’s game on Florida’s Gulf Coast isn’t an elimination game but it’s pretty close.

The Milwaukee Brewers are up 2-0 in the 2026 World Series and history says they should be the heavy favorites to win the Fall Classic. The Tampa Bay Rays, meanwhile, are returning home and are facing a must-win game at Tropicana Field.

Of the 57 teams who have fallen behind 2-0 in the World Series, nine of them have come back to win the title. None of the teams who have fallen behind 3-0 have pulled off the comeback.

That makes Tampa’s task tonight fairly simple: Win, at all costs.

But it won’t be an easy one, if the high-flying Brewers have anything to do with it.

The game starts at 8 p.m. ET and is airing on Fox/streaming on Fox One and MLB.tv. Follow along with us here for all the developments, highlights and analysis from CNN Sports!

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第三场比赛即将打响：光芒队必须赢下这场比赛才能让世界大赛的悬念重燃。密尔沃基酿酒人队在美式家庭球场连赢两场后，以2比0的总比分领先。

酿酒人队掌控大局：本届世界大赛的两场比赛都打得异常胶着，但国联冠军酿酒人队完全掌控着系列赛的走向。历史上共有57支球队在世界大赛中取得过2-0的领先优势，其中46支最终赢得了总冠军。

系列赛进入白热化阶段：系列赛已移师佛罗里达州圣彼得堡的纯品康纳球场，光芒队希望利用主场优势扳回一城。

观看方式：比赛定于美国东部时间晚上 8 点开始，将在 Fox 电视台播出，并在 Fox One 和 MLB.tv 上进行流媒体播放。

回顾一下第二场比赛的情况

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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。

第三场比赛，一切都取决于此。

今晚在佛罗里达州墨西哥湾沿岸举行的比赛虽然不是淘汰赛，但也非常接近淘汰赛了。

密尔沃基酿酒人队在2026年世界大赛中以2比0领先，历史数据表明他们应该是最终夺冠的大热门。与此同时，坦帕湾光芒队回到主场，将在纯品康纳球场迎来一场必须赢的比赛。

在世界大赛历史上，共有57支球队曾以0比2落后，其中9支最终逆转夺冠。而所有以0比3落后的球队，没有一支能够完成逆转。

这使得坦帕湾今晚的任务相当简单：不惜一切代价赢球。

但如果势头正劲的酿酒人队想要取胜，这场比赛就不会轻松。

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