The Brewers got the kind of bullpen answer that can change a World Series game in a hurry, and Pat Murphy was quick to notice.
After Jacob Misiorowski worked five innings in Game 1 of the 2026 World Series, Murphy turned to Abner Uribe with Yandy Díaz due up to open the sixth, even though Misiorowski was only at 78 pitches. From there, Uribe handled the toughest part of the Tampa Bay Rays’ order and helped set up Milwaukee’s 1-0 lead into the late innings.
Uribe’s line was sharp, and it came with a few tense moments. Jonathan Aranda managed a one-out single in the sixth, but Uribe erased that threat almost immediately with a strikeout-caught stealing double play.
He came back out for the seventh and needed only three pitches to punch out Junior Caminero. In all, Uribe delivered four important outs before handing things off to Aaron Ashby and Trevor Megill.
Murphy didn’t hold back when asked about the outing. "Incredible. It was the best I've seen him in a while, really special," he said.
That reaction carries extra weight because Uribe’s last postseason appearance before Friday had gone sideways. In Game 3 of the NLCS, he lost the strike zone, walked the bases loaded, and then gave up a go-ahead two-RBI double to catcher Will Smith.
Murphy pointed to the workload as the reason for that rough patch, saying, "You've got to remember he pitched every single game in the postseason. Maybe it was our fault we pitched him too much."
The time off appears to have done the trick. Uribe had eight days to reset before his World Series debut, and Murphy sounded comfortable saying the Brewers may lean on him again in similar spots. After saying they may have used him too much early in the postseason, Murphy added, "we might do it again."
That’s the reality of October baseball. If Uribe keeps looking like this, he’s going to stay right in the middle of Milwaukee’s late-inning plans.
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