The Brewers aim to wrap up the franchise’s first World Series title in Game 4 against Tampa Bay

Game 4 is here : The Milwaukee Brewers are nine innings away from the franchise’s first World Series title. After a massive 10-1 win Monday, the Brewers hold a dominant 3-0 lead over the Tampa Bay Rays .

One win away: The Brewers last appeared in the World Series in 1982 and lost in a Game 7. They appear on track to rewrite franchise history – unless Tampa has a miracle comeback in store.

Tampa Bay faces long odds : Twenty-five previous teams have gone down 0-3 in a World Series. None of them have come back to win. That’s the task that the Rays face tonight.

History predicts a sweep: Of the 25 previous teams to take a 3-0 World Series lead, 21 of them have won Game 4 to sweep the series. The Brewers hope to make it 22 tonight.

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

The Brewers really just are this good

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The first two games of the World Series were close – each ended with the tying run 90 feet from home on third base.

The crazy part is, they didn’t feel close. They felt like legitimate and legible depictions of how the Brewers never waver on the way to ultimate success. They felt like the Brewers were the better team.

But if there was any doubt, Game 3 should have convinced you.

The Rays – a great team, the other one-seed! – managed just three hits. They made outs on the basepaths again , and their regular season aggressiveness on the bases has started to look like a liability this series. Chandler Simpson made the catch of the postseason early on, but errors plagued them elsewhere.

It’s not their fault, though.

What are you supposed to do against a team that can put up double-digits on small ball? The Brewers scored 10 runs without the ball leaving the park once. They scored eight of them with two outs in the fifth inning on a history-making seven-straight hits (no team has had that many consecutive hits in a postseason…ever).

The next time they came to the plate, they managed another couple singles that never came around to score, but the point is: These guys do not let up.

Jackson Chourio was 4-for-5. Robert Gasser – a 27-year-old rookie – faced the minimum through six innings. And the bullpen is usually the Brewers’ biggest strength!

It’s very probable the Brewers will win the World Series, possibly as soon as tonight. It will be the first in the team’s history.

When they do, it will be because they undeniably deserve it. They have lost just one game this entire postseason. They swept the two-time champion Dodgers who are regularly and accurately compared to Goliath. They had the best regular-season record. They had the best regular-season record last year.

And, even if you’re uninterested in the labor implications, we should never stop marveling that a team which plays in the smallest media market in the sport, with a bottom-10 payroll, has established this level of consistent dominance.

Or, we’re about to witness an all-time comeback by the Rays.

About last night: The Brewers' historic rally

There were nine innings of Monday’s Game 3, but it really all came down to one half-inning of history.

The Milwaukee Brewers used seven consecutive hits to score eight runs, all of which came with two outs, to trounce the Tampa Bay Rays and move within one win of claiming the franchise’s first World Series. Both those seven consecutive two-out hits and eight two-out runs were World Series records.

The final score: 10-1.

The Brewers got on the board first in the third with a couple of soft hits that found the right holes in the Rays’ defense. Jackson Chourio laced a single – his second in a day where he would go 4 for 5 – and Jake Bauers drew a walk. They cashed in when Christian Yelich hit his second bloop single of the game to bring Chourio in.

On the very next pitch, William Contreras dropped a single into right field where Victor Mesa, Jr. struggled to field it cleanly, allowing Bauers to score.

The Rays quickly went down in order repeatedly, dominated by Brewers’ starter Robert Gasser. When the Brewers came up in the top of the fifth, they were poised to make history.

With Chourio and Yelich having reached on a hit and walk, Contreras hit a chopper to third base, but replay showed Yelich beat the throw from a spinning Caminero at second, setting up a bases loaded situation. After a pitching change, Brice Turang then smashed a ball right back through the box and off the glove of Taylor Walls. Chourio and Yelich scored as the ball trickled into center field.

That started the hit parade.

The Brewers kept the pressure on with a single from Garrett Mitchell and a double from Cooper Pratt to plate three more runs and suddenly the game was out of hand. Sal Frelick then hit a double into the left field corner to bring Pratt in for with yet another run.

After a pitching change, David Hamilton smacked a single into center field off Cole Sulser to score Frelick. Chourio, who is just 22, then came up and collected his second hit of the inning, a double to plate Hamilton from first base.

After that, things were pretty much academic (even if Frelick was diving in the outfield up 10 runs on his injured shoulder). The Rays scored once in the bottom of the ninth on Yandy Díaz’s long double to make it 10-1.

The Brewers look nailed on to win this series – and if they don’t, it’ll be a historic comeback for the Rays. No team has ever come back from 0-3 in the World Series to win the championship.

The Brewers are on the verge

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After one of the most dominant performances in recent World Series history, the Milwaukee Brewers are on the verge of history.

The Brew Crew have never won a World Series title since the team was founded as the Seattle Pilots in 1969. They’ve been within a game of a championship before, losing in seven games to the St. Louis Cardinals.

They’ve got a few more cracks at it now with a 3-0 lead over the Tampa Bay Rays.

After 10-1 laugher on Monday, the Rays will need to start making a historic comeback happen tonight if they want to have any shot at shocking the baseball world with a comeback. No team has ever come from 0-3 down to win the World Series. And of the 25 teams who have faced that deficit, 21 of them got swept.

That’s a lot of history staring Tampa in the face. The question is now how they respond.

The game airs at 8 p.m. ET on Fox and streams on Fox One and MLB.tv. We’ll be here all night with all the news, analysis, highlights and live reactions you could want from this edition of the Fall Classic.

第四场比赛开始了：密尔沃基酿酒人队距离队史首个世界大赛冠军仅差九局。周一以10比1大胜之后，酿酒人队目前以3比0领先坦帕湾光芒队。

距离胜利仅一步之遥：酿酒人队上次打进世界大赛是在1982年，当时他们在第七场比赛中失利。他们似乎有望改写球队历史——除非坦帕湾光芒队上演奇迹般的逆转。

坦帕湾光芒队面临着巨大的挑战：此前共有25支球队在世界大赛中0-3落后，但没有一支球队最终逆转取胜。这就是光芒队今晚要面对的挑战。

历史预测将横扫对手：此前25支在世界大赛中取得3-0领先的球队中，有21支赢得了第四场比赛，最终横扫对手。酿酒人队希望今晚能将这一纪录延续到第22次。

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

酿酒人队真的就是这么强。

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世界大赛的前两场比赛都很胶着——每场比赛都以追平比分的跑垒员在三垒距离本垒90英尺处结束。

最不可思议的是，他们并没有觉得比赛胶着。他们反而觉得这些比赛真实可信地展现了酿酒人队在通往最终成功的道路上从未动摇的决心。他们感觉酿酒人队才是更胜一筹的球队。

但如果还有任何疑虑，第三场比赛应该足以让你信服。

光芒队——一支强队，也是头号种子！——全场仅击出三支安打。他们再次在垒上出局，常规赛中积极的跑垒策略在本轮系列赛中似乎成了他们的弱点。钱德勒·辛普森在比赛初期完成了一次季后赛最佳接球，但其他位置的失误却困扰着他们。

但这并非他们的错。

面对一支能靠短打战术拿下两位数得分的球队，你该怎么办？酿酒人队在没有一次击球出界的情况下就拿下了10分。其中8分是在第五局两出局的情况下，凭借着创造历史的连续7支安打拿下的（季后赛历史上没有任何球队取得过如此多的连续安打）。

下次他们上场打击时，又打出了几个安打，但都没能得分，但重点是：这些人永不放弃。

杰克逊·乔里奥5打数4安打。27岁的新秀罗伯特·加瑟在前六局只面对了最少的打者。而牛棚通常是酿酒人队最大的优势！

酿酒人队很有可能赢得世界大赛冠军，甚至可能就在今晚。这将是该队历史上首次夺冠。

当他们最终夺冠时，那绝对是因为他们实至名归。他们在整个季后赛中只输了一场比赛。他们横扫了两届冠军道奇队，而道奇队经常被比作巨人歌利亚，这种比喻也并非毫无道理。他们拥有最佳常规赛战绩。他们去年也拥有最佳常规赛战绩。

即使你对劳动力市场的影响不感兴趣，我们也永远不应该停止惊叹，一支在体育界媒体市场最小、工资总额排名倒数前十的球队，竟然能够建立起如此稳定的统治地位。

或者，我们即将见证光芒队史最伟大的逆转。

昨晚回顾：酿酒人队的历史性逆转

周一的第三场比赛打了九局，但最终的胜负却取决于历史性的半局。

密尔沃基酿酒人队凭借连续七支安打攻下八分，其中全部是在两出局的情况下取得的，最终大胜坦帕湾光芒队，距离队史首个世界大赛冠军仅差一场胜利。这七支连续两出局安打和八分两出局得分均创造了世界大赛纪录。

最终比分：10-1。

酿酒人队在第三局率先得分，凭借几次软弱的安打找到了光芒队防守的漏洞。杰克逊·乔里奥击出一垒安打——这是他当天5打数4安打的第二支——杰克·鲍尔斯随后获得保送。克里斯蒂安·耶利奇也击出本场比赛的第二支软弱安打，将乔里奥送回本垒得分。

紧接着的下一个球，威廉·孔特雷拉斯击出一记安打，落到右外野，维克托·梅萨二世未能干净利落地接住，让鲍尔斯得分。

光芒队很快就连续三上三下，完全被酿酒人队的先发投手罗伯特·加瑟压制。当酿酒人队在第五局上半局进攻时，他们即将创造历史。

乔里奥和耶利奇分别靠安打和保送上垒后，孔特雷拉斯击出一记滚地球到三垒，但回放显示，耶利奇抢在卡米内罗在二垒的传球之前跑回本垒，形成满垒局面。换投手后，布莱斯·图朗击出一记强劲的球，球从泰勒·沃尔斯的手套边飞过，乔里奥和耶利奇趁机得分，球滚入中外野。

这开启了它的流行之路。

酿酒人队继续施压，加勒特·米切尔击出一垒安打，库珀·普拉特随后击出二垒安打，再添三分，比赛形势瞬间失去悬念。萨尔·弗雷利克接着击出左外野角落的二垒安打，将普拉特送回本垒，再添一分。

换投手后，大卫·汉密尔顿从科尔·苏尔瑟手中击出一垒安打，将弗雷利克送回本垒得分。随后，年仅22岁的乔里奥上场，击出本局第二支安打——一支二垒安打，将一垒上的汉密尔顿送回本垒得分。

此后，比赛基本失去了悬念（即便弗雷利克带伤上阵，在外野奋力扑救，当时球队领先10分）。光芒队在第九局下半凭借扬迪·迪亚兹的一记长打二垒安打再得一分，将比分改写为10比1。

酿酒人队看起来胜券在握——如果他们最终输了，那将是光芒队史无前例的逆转。历史上还没有哪支球队能在世界大赛中0-3落后的情况下最终夺冠。

酿酒人队即将

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在打出近年来世界大赛中最具统治力的表现之一后，密尔沃基酿酒人队即将创造历史。

自1969年西雅图飞行员队成立以来，酿酒人队从未赢得过世界大赛冠军。他们之前曾距离冠军仅一步之遥，在七场比赛中输给了圣路易斯红雀队。

现在他们以 3-0 领先坦帕湾光芒队，还有几次机会。

周一以1比10惨败之后，光芒队今晚必须上演历史性的逆转，才能有机会震惊棒球界。历史上从未有球队在世界大赛中0比3落后最终夺冠。而在25支曾面临过这种劣势的球队中，有21支最终被横扫出局。

坦帕面临着巨大的历史压力。现在的问题是，他们将如何应对。

比赛将于美国东部时间晚上8点在福克斯电视台播出，并在福克斯一台和MLB.tv网站进行网络直播。我们将整晚为您带来本届世界大赛的所有新闻、分析、精彩集锦和实时评论。