Christian Yelich and William Contreras set the tone early for the Milwaukee Brewers, jumping on former teammate Freddy Peralta in the third inning and giving the road club a jolt inside Tropicana Field.
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Yelich got the first big swing of the night, launching a drive to left field for the Brewers’ first RBI. He turned on a 95 miles per hour four seam fastball and made it count with one authoritative cut.
Contreras followed with another loud answer. Facing a first-pitch fastball from Peralta, he sent a fly ball toward right field to keep the pressure on and add to Milwaukee’s scoring.
The Brewers’ push comes with a bigger backdrop in view, as Yelich and Contreras are trying to help end the city’s World Series drought. Milwaukee last celebrated a baseball championship in 1957, back when the Braves were in town. The Brewers, meanwhile, have never won a World Series, with their only appearance coming in 1982, when the franchise was still in the American League.
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Tampa Bay, for its part, has reached the Fall Classic twice. The Rays lost to the Philadelphia Phillies in 2008 and fell to the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2020. Games were played at Tropicana Field during the 2008 series, while the 2020 matchup was staged in Texas because of the threat of COVID-19.
Milwaukee kept building from there. The Brewers were ahead 2-0 at the top of the fifth before Brice Turang turned a routine-looking moment into a blowout, lining an infield single toward shortstop that scored two runs. Garrett Mitchell and Cooper Pratt then kept the offense rolling with a single and a double, respectively, pushing the lead to 7-0.
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