Cooper Pratt’s 12th-inning home run has the Milwaukee Brewers on the brink of a title

Game 4 is beyond tense : The Milwaukee Brewers are one win away from the franchise’s first World Series title. But the Tampa Bay Rays are hanging with them, trying to delay their championship celebration.

Brewers take the lead in the 12th! Cooper Pratt has put the Brewers up a run in the 12th inning with a home run. The Brewers are now three outs away from their first title. It’s 3-2 in the 12th.

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.

Rays are down to their last 3 outs

Ian Seymour worked his way through the rest of the 12th inning with no further damage.

There was a bit of history made in the meantime as Brewers left fielder Jackson Chourio collected his second hit of the night and 10th hit of the series with a double into the right-center field gap.

Chourio’s 10 hits through four World Series games ties a record set by Babe Ruth in 1928.

Score: Brewers 3, Rays 2

Cooper Pratt puts the Brewers on the brink of World Series glory!

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Who’s gonna blink first in St. Petersburg? It didn’t take long to get an answer.

Cooper Pratt collected his fourth hit of the game, and the biggest hit of his career, with a towering homer to left-center off Rays pitcher Ian Seymour.

Yandy Díaz comes out of the game for a pinch runner and the Rays can't score

After Yandy Díaz works a walk, the Rays opt to compromise future innings for the chance to end it in the 12th by replacing him with pinch runner Jorge Mateo.

Mateo does his part and steals second, putting the go-ahead run that would save the Rays’ season into scoring position. But (alas, for all our sleep schedules) that’s as far as he makes it.

Jonathan Aranda flies out and the game continues into the 12th.

Score: Rays 2, Brewers 2

Brewers get another runner on but can't move him past first base

Tyler Wells took to the hill again for Tampa Bay as the 11th inning got underway, and he quickly retired Christian Yelich and William Contreras.

Manager Kevin Cash then made the call to the bullpen for Cam Booser, who had a disastrous appearance yesterday in Game 3.

Booser promptly walked Brice Turang on four pitches to bring up Sal Frelick, who has had a few clutch plays in this World Series. Booser was able rebound, though, and retired Frelick with a check-swing strikeout.

The Rays come to the plate with a chance to win Game 4 – again.

Rays down in order in the 10th. How many shutdown relievers can Milwaukee possibly have?

Aaron Ashby is back in for the 10th. (Using closer Trevor Megill for just one batter was A Choice, but because it’s the 2026 Brewers, it probably won’t backfire!)

He gets Jonny DeLuca to ground out quickly, makes a slick fielding play and fires a bullet to first to get Chandler Simpson, and strikes out Victor Mesa, Jr., who has five strikeouts in 13 plate appearances this series.

Rays escape the 10th with no damage done

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With the exception of the Game 3 blowout, every game in this series has been a nail-biter, and tonight is no exception.

With zero margin for error, the Rays turn to reliever Tyler Wells in the 10th inning.

After a lazy flyout from Joey Ortiz, Jackson Chourio stepped to the plate with visions of a World Series MVP award dancing in his head. Chourio squared one up, but it was a line drive straight at center fielder Jonny DeLuca, who barely had to move to make the catch.

A swinging strikeout of Jake Bauers sends Game 4 to the bottom of the 10th.

Aaron Ashby sets scoreless streak record and game goes to extras

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Aaron Ashby, who entered the ninth inning working on a historic scoreless streak this postseason, quickly ties Andrew Miller’s record of 16 innings without surrendering a run in October with a strikeout of Jonathan Aranda.

He gets Junior Caminero to ground out – with a help in the at bat from William Contreras’ impeccable pitch challenging – to set a new record. One more ground out by Liam Hicks and we are headed to extras!

Either the Rays’ season will end in heartbreakingly close fashion or they’ll stay alive in a walk-off.

The Rays' defense turns up huge to stymie the Brewers

Rays closer Bryan Baker was back on the bump for the ninth inning.

After quickly retiring Sal Frelick, Cooper Pratt collected his third hit of the game with a seeing-eye grounder into left field.

Garrett Mitchell gave the Rays’ faithful a scare with a fly ball to deep left, but Chandler Simpson was there to make a leaping catch at the wall.

On a pivotal play, Pratt tried to swipe second base and put himself in scoring position. Pratt was initially called safe, but the play was challenged by the Rays, and after a lengthy replay review, the call was overturned thanks to a great throw from catcher Liam Hicks and an even better tag from second baseman Richie Palacios.

A successful Rays challenge still leads to no offense and we head to the 9th

Taylor Walls tapped his head!

For just the second time this October, a Rays batter challenged a called strike and it worked! He won! It flipped the count from 2-2 to a hitter favorable 3-1…

And then two pitches later he lined out.

The Brewers call on closer Trevor MeGill to get the final out of the frame and he does. Successful challenge aside, the Rays go down in order and we’re headed to the ninth tied.

Exit Martinez, enter Baker as the Rays are pulling out all the stops

With Game 4 (and the Rays’ season) hanging in the balance, Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash made the call to the bullpen for his star closer Bryan Baker in the eighth inning.

Baker doesn’t usually pitch for more than a single inning, but after a breezy eight-pitch inning, the big right-hander will likely be back out again in the ninth inning.

The tension is rising as Tampa heads to the plate with another chance to save its season.

Rays get a baserunner, but fail to score

Chandler Simpson’s speed keeps the Rays from going down quietly in the bottom of the seventh.

D.L. Hall comes in to pitch for Milwaukee and gets two quick outs. But then Simpson singles on a ground ball that shortstop Cooper Pratt holds on to rather than risk sowing more chaos by trying to beat Simpson with a throw.

The American League stolen base leader draws a pair of pickoff attempts – which should have given him the chance to run freely as the next one would be a balk – but before gets the chance, Victor Mesa, Jr. grounds out to end the inning.

We’re headed to the eighth in a tied game with a championship on the line.

We're all tied up heading to the seventh inning stretch

Nick Martinez was back on the mound for the Rays in the seventh inning, with Fox Sports’ commentators speculating that manager Kevin Cash probably hopes to go with the Game 1 starter the rest of the way tonight.

Martinez appears up to the task with a 1-2-3 inning to send Game 4 to the seventh inning stretch.

Brice Turang flashes award-winning defense to turn two

Both these teams are good. One is probably better. But also, sometimes, the ball bounces your way and sometimes, well, you get doubled off when you desperately need a rally.

Yandy Díaz slaps a soft single to lead off the inning. And then Jonathan Aranda smacks a ball 108.1 mph off the bat. It had an expected batting average of .890.In other words, nearly nine out of ten times a ball hit just like that ball was hit would have cruised into the outfield and the Rays would have two on with no outs.

Not tonight, not against the Brewers.

Instead, Brice Turang, a Gold and Platinum Glove award winner, swiped the ball out of the air and doubled Díaz off at first. Bases empty, two outs. Next batter, Junior Caminero, grounds out to Turang for good measure and to end the inning.

Rays turn to Game 1 starter Nick Martinez in relief

Desperate times call for desperate measures. Enter Nick Martinez – the Rays’ scheduled Game 5 starting pitcher.

After a strong outing as the starter in Game 1, Martinez looked up to the pressure of the moment in his first inning of relief, retiring the Brewers in a scoreless sixth inning marred only by a bloop single from Cooper Pratt.

As for tomorrow? The Rays will cross that bridge when (if?) they come to it.

MLB's Stand Up To Cancer moment pulls at the heartstrings

It’s an annual tradition that means a lot to many – the Game 4 moment in which players and fans of both teams unite, along with nearly everyone else in the stadium, to remember those lost to cancer.

The pause in the game is powerful and provides a soft moment to remember all those affected by such a terrible disease.

Watch the moment below:

Brewers bringing in the big guns: Their unbeatable bullpen

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Pat Murphy, confident in his team’s ability to make a comeback, is going to his high-leverage arms already.

Abner Uribe comes out of the ‘pen and gets a pair of strikeouts and a soft ground out to sit down the bottom of the order in, well, order.

The game is still tied but that frame made it feel like Milwaukee is in control. Their bullpen – this month especially – is a force to behold.

If the Rays are going to live to play another day, they’ll have to get something going against a relief corps with a 1.34 ERA this postseason.

We're halfway home and Game 4 is tied 2-2

After a gutsy performance from starting pitcher Griffin Jax, Rays manager Kevin Cash handed the ball over to high-leverage reliever Kevin Kelly.

Kelly made quick work of the rest of the fifth inning, pitching around a two-out walk of Christian Yelich to preserve the tie score as Game 5 reached the midway point.

Score: Brewers 2, Rays 2

Brewers' game-tying home run is the end of the line for Griffin Jax

Brewers’ nine-hole hitter David Hamilton ambushed Griffin Jax with a home run to knot the game at 2-2.

Rays manager Kevin Cash was quick to come out to lift Jax from the game, but four-plus quality innings from a guy who had never started a postseason game before has to be viewed as a successful outing.

Rays take the lead on aggressive base running and Brewers' error

This World Series has not lacked for action on the basepaths. This time, it’s the Rays who benefit from a blunder by the Brewers.

A leadoff single from Junior Caminero on the first pitch of the frame ends Dustin Mays’ night. Against JoJo Romero, Liam Hicks moves Caminero to second on a ground out. So far pretty straightforward.

OK so. Caminero on second. Jonny DeLuca hits a ball to Brewers third baseman David Hamilton, who tries to tag Caminero running by.

Caminero evades the tag and Hamilton throws the ball away trying to get the out at first base. Caminero comes around to score.

Brewers challenge, alleging Hamilton got Caminero but the call is upheld. The Rays go ahead.

But that’s right where the Brewers want ‘em.

Score: Rays 2, Brewers 1

Why baseball teams party so hard and so often in October

At the end of this series, the final party will begin. It will be the last in a long line of them.

Every major US sport has multi-round postseason schedules, but none of them party like MLB teams. Locker room celebrations in the NFL tend to be subdued until the Super Bowl, and since hockey players are famously superstitious, popping bottles early is practically verboten in the NHL; the Stanley Cup is all that really matters.

Boston Red Sox clubhouse manager Tom McLaughlin has spent over 40 years with the Red Sox, and he says he’s lost track of how many celebrations he’s been involved in, but he counts them in the dozens. He told CNN Sports it was “pretty tame” when he started in the ‘80s, when the postseason was much shorter, but the back end of the season now can feel like one enormous bender for the most successful teams.

Clinched a playoff spot? Party.

Successfully navigate the wildcard round? Let’s get wild.

Made it through the Divisional Round? Get another round in.

Won the Championship Series? We’re going on a spree.

By the time a baseball club wins the World Series , let’s just say that the celebration will not be their first rodeo. Everyone will have had plenty of practice.

第四场比赛紧张刺激：密尔沃基酿酒人队距离队史首个世界大赛冠军仅差一场胜利。但坦帕湾光芒队紧咬比分，试图阻止他们庆祝夺冠。

酿酒人队在第12局取得领先！库珀·普拉特在第12局击出本垒打，帮助酿酒人队领先一分。酿酒人队距离队史首个冠军仅差三个出局数。第12局结束时，比分是3比2。

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。

光芒队只剩下最后3个出局数了。

伊恩·西摩在第 12 局剩余的比赛中没有再失分。

与此同时，酿酒人队左外野手杰克逊·乔里奥击出一记二垒安打，这是他当晚的第二次安打，也是本系列赛的第十次安打，这记二垒安打将球打入右中外野的空档，创造了历史。

乔里奥在世界大赛前四场比赛中击出 10 支安打，追平了贝比·鲁斯在 1928 年创下的纪录。

比分：酿酒人 3，光芒 2

库珀·普拉特让酿酒人队距离世界大赛的荣耀仅一步之遥！

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圣彼得堡谁会第一个眨眼？答案很快就揭晓了。

库珀·普拉特击出了本场比赛的第四支安打，也是他职业生涯中最重要的一支安打，他从光芒队投手伊恩·西摩手中击出了一记飞向左中外野的本垒打。

扬迪·迪亚兹被换下场，由代跑上场，光芒队未能得分。

在扬迪·迪亚兹获得保送后，光芒队选择牺牲接下来的局数，争取在第 12 局结束比赛，因此用代跑豪尔赫·马特奥换下了他。

马特奥不负众望，盗上二垒，将能拯救光芒队赛季的制胜分送上得分位置。但是（唉，尽管我们作息时间都很不规律），他也就止步于此了。

乔纳森·阿兰达被接杀出局，比赛继续进行到第 12 局。

比分：光芒队 2，酿酒人队 2

酿酒人队又有一名跑垒员上垒，但无法推进到一垒。

第 11 局开始时，泰勒·威尔斯再次代表坦帕湾队登场投球，他迅速三振了克里斯蒂安·耶利奇和威廉·孔特雷拉斯。

随后，主教练凯文·卡什从牛棚调来了卡姆·布瑟，他在昨天的第三场比赛中表现糟糕。

布瑟开场便四坏球保送布莱斯·图朗，随后轮到萨尔·弗雷利克打击，后者在本届世界大赛中曾有过几次关键表现。不过，布瑟很快调整状态，以一次挥棒落空三振了弗雷利克。

光芒队再次有机会赢得第四场比赛。

光芒队在第十局三上三下。密尔沃基到底能有多少个王牌救援投手？

阿伦·阿什比将在第十局重新登场。（让终结者特雷弗·梅吉尔只对付一个打者是个不错的选择，但考虑到这是2026年的酿酒人队，这可能不会适得其反！）

他迅速让乔尼·德卢卡击出滚地球出局，随后又漂亮地接球，快速传球到一垒，将钱德勒·辛普森出局，最后三振了维克托·梅萨二世，后者在本系列赛的 13 个打席中被三振了 5 次。

射线侠毫发无损地逃离了第十关。

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除了第三场大胜之外，本系列赛的每一场比赛都十分胶着，今晚也不例外。

容错空间为零，光芒队在第 10 局派出救援投手泰勒·威尔斯。

乔伊·奥尔蒂斯击出一记软弱无力的飞球出局后，杰克逊·乔里奥走上打击区，脑海中浮现出世界大赛MVP奖杯的画面。乔里奥击出一记强劲的平飞球，直奔中外野手乔尼·德卢卡而去，德卢卡几乎没怎么移动就轻松接住了球。

杰克·鲍尔斯挥棒落空被三振出局，第四场比赛进入第十局下半。

阿隆·阿什比创下连续不得分纪录，比赛进入加时赛。

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进入第九局时，亚伦·阿什比正努力保持着本赛季季后赛的历史性连续无失分纪录，他三振了乔纳森·阿兰达，迅速追平了安德鲁·米勒在十月份连续16局未失分的纪录。

他让小卡米内罗击出滚地球出局——威廉·孔特雷拉斯精准的投球挑战也帮了他一把——创造了一项新纪录。利亚姆·希克斯再击出一次滚地球出局，比赛就要进入加时赛了！

要么光芒队的赛季以令人心碎的惜败告终，要么他们将在绝杀中保留晋级希望。

光芒队的防守发挥出色，成功遏制了酿酒人队的进攻。

光芒队终结者布莱恩·贝克在第九局重返投手丘。

迅速将萨尔·弗雷利克三振出局后，库珀·普拉特击出一记左外野方向的滚地球，拿下本场比赛的第三支安打。

加勒特·米切尔击出一记飞向左外野深处的飞球，让光芒队的球迷们吓了一跳，但钱德勒·辛普森及时赶到，在墙边跃起接住了球。

在一次关键的攻防回合中，普拉特试图盗二垒，让自己进入得分位置。普拉特最初被判安全上垒，但光芒队对此提出挑战。经过长时间的录像回放审查，最终由于捕手利亚姆·希克斯的出色传球和二垒手里奇·帕拉西奥斯更加精准的触杀，判罚被改写。

光芒队挑战成功，但进攻仍然没有起色，比赛进入第九局。

泰勒·沃尔斯拍了拍自己的头！

这是十月份以来光芒队打者第二次挑战好球判罚，而且成功了！他赢了！比分从2-2变成了对打者有利的3-1……

两球之后，他被接杀出局。

酿酒人队派上终结者特雷弗·麦吉尔来拿下这局的最后一个出局数，他成功了。撇开挑战成功不谈，光芒队三上三下，双方战成平局进入第九局。

马丁内斯下场，贝克上场，光芒队使出浑身解数。

第四场比赛（以及光芒队的赛季）的胜负悬于一线，坦帕湾光芒队主教练凯文·卡什在第八局从牛棚派上了他的明星终结者布莱恩·贝克。

贝克通常不会投超过一局，但在轻松投完八球后，这位身材高大的右投手很可能会在第九局再次登场。

坦帕湾光芒队再次获得挽救赛季的机会，比赛气氛愈发紧张。

光芒队有跑垒员上垒，但未能得分

钱德勒·辛普森的速度让光芒队在第七局下半局没有轻易落败。

DL Hall代表密尔沃基队上场投球，迅速拿下两个出局数。但随后辛普森击出一记滚地球，游击手库珀·普拉特稳稳接住球，没有冒险传球抢在辛普森之前，以免造成更大的混乱。

美国联盟盗垒王维克托·梅萨 (Victor Mesa, Jr.) 两次吸引对方投手牵制——这本应让他有机会自由奔跑，因为下一次牵制将是投手犯规——但在他有机会跑垒之前，维克托·梅萨击出滚地球出局，结束了这一局。

比赛进入第八局，双方战成平局，冠军归属岌岌可危。

进入第七局休息时间，我们双方战成平局。

尼克·马丁内斯在第七局重返光芒队的投手丘，福克斯体育的评论员推测，主教练凯文·卡什可能希望今晚让第一场比赛的先发投手继续投完剩下的比赛。

马丁内斯似乎胜任了这项任务，三上三下，将第四场比赛拖入第七局休息。

布莱斯·图朗展现了其屡获殊荣的防守能力，成功拿下两分。

这两支球队都很强。其中一支可能更胜一筹。但是，有时候运气会站在你这边，而有时候，当你急需得分的时候，却往往被对手双杀。

扬迪·迪亚兹（Yandy Díaz）击出一记软弱的安打，拉开了这一局的序幕。随后，乔纳森·阿兰达（Jonathan Aranda）一记重击，球速高达108.1英里/小时。这记球的预期打击率高达0.890。换句话说，十次击球中，有九次球都会飞向外野，光芒队将无人出局，垒上将有两名跑者。

今晚不行，对阵酿酒人队不行。

布莱斯·图朗（Brice Turang）是金手套奖和白金手套奖的获得者，他接住了空中飞来的球，并将迪亚兹（Díaz）双杀出局。垒上无人，两出局。下一棒小卡米内罗（Junior Caminero）击出滚地球，被图朗接杀出局，结束了这一局。

光芒队派出第一场比赛的先发投手尼克·马丁内斯担任救援投手。

非常时期需要非常手段。于是，尼克·马丁内斯——光芒队原定第五场比赛的先发投手——登场了。

在第一场比赛中作为先发投手表现出色之后，马丁内斯在替补出场的第一局中顶住了压力，在第六局无失分地解决了酿酒人队，唯一美中不足的是库珀·普拉特击出了一支软弱的安打。

至于明天？光芒队到时候再说吧（如果真到了那一步的话）。

MLB的“Stand Up To Cancer”活动令人动容

每年第四场比赛都是一项意义非凡的传统，届时两队球员和球迷，以及体育场内几乎所有人，都会聚集在一起，缅怀那些因癌症而逝去的人们。

比赛中的暂停令人动容，让我们有片刻的宁静来缅怀所有受这种可怕疾病影响的人们。

请观看下方视频：

酿酒人队派出王牌：他们无敌的牛棚

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帕特·墨菲对自己的球队能够逆转取胜充满信心，已经开始启用他的王牌投手了。

阿布纳·乌里韦从牛棚上场，投出两次三振，并让对方击出滚地球出局，让对方下半区打者有序出局。

比赛目前仍是平局，但这一局让人感觉密尔沃基占据了主动。他们的牛棚——尤其是在这个月——实力不容小觑。

如果光芒队想要继续留在季后赛，他们就必须想办法对付本赛季季后赛ERA为1.34的牛棚投手群。

我们已经完成了一半的赛程，第四场比赛目前2比2平。

在先发投手格里芬·贾克斯（Griffin Jax）表现出色之后，光芒队主教练凯文·卡什（Kevin Cash）将球交给了关键时刻的救援投手凯文·凯利（Kevin Kelly）。

凯利迅速结束了第五局的剩余比赛，在两出局的情况下保送了克里斯蒂安·耶利奇，从而保住了平局，第五场比赛进行到一半时比分仍然持平。

比分：酿酒人 2，光芒 2

酿酒人队的扳平比分本垒打终结了格里芬·杰克斯的职业生涯。

酿酒人队的第九棒击球手大卫·汉密尔顿用一记本垒打偷袭了格里芬·贾克斯，将比分扳成 2-2 平。

光芒队主教练凯文·卡什很快就将杰克斯换下场，但对于一个以前从未在季后赛中首发过的投手来说，能投出超过四局的高质量比赛，必须被视为一次成功的出场。

光芒队凭借积极的跑垒和酿酒人队的失误取得领先。

本届世界大赛的垒上精彩纷呈。这一次，受益于酿酒人队失误的是光芒队。

小卡米内罗在第一球就击出一垒安打，结束了达斯汀·梅斯的投球。面对乔乔·罗梅罗，利亚姆·希克斯击出滚地球，将卡米内罗推进到二垒。到目前为止，一切都很顺利。

好的。卡米内罗在二垒。乔尼·德卢卡击出一记球，酿酒人队三垒手大卫·汉密尔顿试图触杀跑过的卡米内罗。

卡米内罗躲过了触杀，汉密尔顿试图在一垒出局，却把球传丢了。卡米内罗跑回本垒得分。

酿酒人队提出挑战，声称汉密尔顿对卡米内罗犯规，但裁判维持原判。光芒队继续比赛。

但这正是酿酒人队想要的效果。

比分：光芒队 2，酿酒人队 1

为什么棒球队在十月份如此频繁、如此疯狂地庆祝？

本系列节目结束后，将举行最终派对。这将是众多派对中的最后一次。

美国所有主要体育项目都有多轮季后赛，但没有哪个项目的庆祝方式能像MLB球队那样热闹。NFL的更衣室庆祝活动通常要等到超级碗才会热闹起来，而NHL的冰球运动员出了名的迷信，所以提前开香槟庆祝几乎是禁忌；对他们来说，斯坦利杯才是最重要的。

波士顿红袜队更衣室经理汤姆·麦克劳克林在红袜队工作了40多年，他说自己已经记不清参与过多少次庆祝活动了，但肯定有几十次之多。他告诉CNN体育频道，在他80年代刚入职时，季后赛的庆祝场面“相当平静”，因为那时的季后赛赛程远比现在短，但如今，对于那些最成功的球队来说，赛季末的庆祝活动简直就像一场狂欢。

锁定季后赛席位了？庆祝一下！

成功闯过外卡赛？让我们尽情狂欢吧！

通过了分区赛？那就再来一轮！

赢得了总冠军？我们要好好庆祝一番。

当一支棒球队赢得世界大赛冠军时，可以肯定地说，他们的庆祝活动绝非初次上演。每个人都已经积累了丰富的经验。