Rays Rally in 12th to Stun Brewers, 4-3

Cooper Pratt went 4-for-5 with a go-ahead homer in the 12th inning, and it still wasn't enough. Tampa Bay answered immediately with two singles to walk off Milwaukee, 4-3, in a World Series game that refused to end quietly.

Tampa Bay drew first blood in the second when Chandler Simpson doubled to right and DeLuca scored, but Milwaukee punched back in the fourth. Pratt doubled to left to score Frelick and knot it at one. The Rays grabbed the lead right back in the same inning on a grinding, ugly play — DeLuca grounded into a fielder's choice, and Caminero scored when third baseman David Hamilton threw it away. That error looked like it might haunt Milwaukee all night.

It didn't — at least not immediately. Hamilton atoned in the fifth, launching a 391-foot homer to right center to tie it at two. The game then went quiet for several innings, a pitching standoff that stretched into extra baseball. Then came the 12th, and the moment that looked, for one brief second, like it belonged to the Brewers. Pratt crushed a 396-foot shot to left center, and the win probability swung from 50% to 16% for Tampa Bay. Milwaukee led 3-2, and Pratt — already 3-for-4 on the night — had just authored what looked like the defining blow of the game.

Tampa Bay had other ideas. DeLuca singled to center to score Mullins and tie it at three, and then Ben Williamson — in his only at-bat of the night — singled to right to score Fortes and end it. Williamson went 1-for-1 with the walk-off RBI, and that's the kind of efficiency that wins October games. On the Milwaukee side, the story of the night was a tale of two Pratts — the offensive version was exceptional, going 4-for-5 with a homer and two RBI, while the Brewers' bullpen and defense gave the Rays just enough oxygen to survive. Dustin May worked 3.0 innings and allowed 2 earned runs on 3 hits, and Abner Uribe tossed 2.0 scoreless frames, but Milwaukee's pitching staff couldn't hold the 12th. Jackson Chourio went 2-for-6 and appears to have left little impact on the final outcome. Tampa Bay's Chandler Simpson was quietly excellent, going 3-for-5 with an RBI. The Rays needed every bit of it.