Pratt, Misiorowski Dismantle Tampa Bay as Milwaukee Wins 4-1

Cooper Pratt drove in 2 runs on a 2-for-3 night, and Jacob Misiorowski held Tampa Bay to 2 hits and 0 earned runs over 5.2 innings as Milwaukee beat the Rays 4-1. The Brewers built a four-run cushion before Tampa Bay could even get on the board.

The game turned in the second inning and never really turned back. Pratt singled to center, scoring Turang — and while Pratt was thrown out trying to stretch it to a double, Frelick advanced to third in the process. That single play swung Tampa Bay's home win probability from 38% to 30%, an 8-point shift that set the tone for everything that followed. Milwaukee kept piling on from there: Hamilton singled to right in the fifth to score Pratt and push the lead to 2-0, then the sixth inning broke the game open entirely. Contreras doubled to left to score Yelich, and Pratt — back up in the same frame — hit a sacrifice fly to right to score Contreras, sending Turang to third. Just like that it was 4-0, and the Rays were staring down a four-run hole with nine outs left.

The story of the night was Misiorowski's efficiency. He worked 5.2 innings, allowed just 2 hits, walked 1, and struck out 2 without surrendering an earned run. That's the kind of outing that makes a bullpen's job feel almost ceremonial. Trevor Megill came on in relief and handled 2.0 innings, giving up 2 hits and 1 earned run while punching out 3. Tampa Bay's only run came in the ninth when Simpson doubled to right to score Hicks — a consolation run that made the final 4-1 but changed nothing about the outcome. On the other side, Drew Rasmussen gave Tampa Bay 4.0 innings, allowing 2 hits and 1 earned run with 4 strikeouts, but the Rays' offense couldn't give him anything to work with against Misiorowski.

Pratt finished 2-for-3 with 2 RBI and a run scored — the most complete individual line of the night. Turang went 2-for-4 with a run, and Contreras added a 1-for-4 night with an RBI and a run. For Tampa Bay, Simpson was the lone bright spot offensively, going 2-for-4 with an RBI, but it came far too late to matter. Milwaukee's lineup looks like a machine right now — multiple contributors, no wasted at-bats in the big innings, and a pitching staff that gave the Rays almost nothing to hit. The Rays, for their part, appear to be running out of answers.