ST. PETERSBURG -- The Brewers didn’t just take control of the World Series in Game 3. They flattened it.
A 10-1 win pushed Milwaukee to a 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven series, and the margin matched the feel of the night: one side landing clean shot after clean shot, the other side staggering through it. The Brewers have now won seven straight in the NLCS and World Series, and they can reach 8-0 for the first time in MLB history with a victory in Game 4.
The headliner, again, was Jackson Chourio.
The 22-year-old kept pouring it on from the top of the lineup, opening the game with a line drive single and then adding singles in each of his next two trips. He finished the night with a double in the Brewers’ eight-run fifth inning, the swing that helped turn a lopsided game into a complete wipeout.
"Yeah, I think that you could say this is one of my better games," Chourio said after the game. "Really, I was just taking every at-bat like it could be my last and trying to find any way I could to get on base. Because I know, as long as I get on base, there's guys behind me who could score."
That fifth-inning double was actually the softest of his four hits at 99 mph, while the rest of his damage came earlier and often. By the time five innings were in the books, Chourio had four hits, two runs and an RBI. The Rays, by comparison, had nothing going for them: zero runs and one hit through eight innings, with their only run coming later in the ninth when the outcome was already out of reach.
It was a night that backed up everything Milwaukee has seen from him all season, and then some. Chourio became the youngest player with a four-hit World Series game since Joe Garagiola in 1946, a stretch of 80 years. The moment didn’t look too big for him, because nothing about him seems too big for him right now.
"Nobody's surprised that Jack Jack's doing this. Nobody's surprised.
He's turning into -- 20, 21, 22, he's turning into a fine player. He's understanding what it takes, the discipline that it takes.
He's coming into his own. Nobody's shocked.
He's just really, really good," Brewers manager Pat Murphy said after Game 3.
"He's also played incredible defense, and he stole a base tonight. He's a total player.
Like we talked about, you ask about Kobe Bryant and him. Kobe strived to get better and better and better every year because he was so disciplined.
He was such a worker. He had such an attitude.
Jackson's on that same track."
Chourio’s World Series line now sits at 8 for 14, a .571 average, and he’s added two postseason home runs and three World Series steals. He also threw out an important Rays runner at home in Game 2, another reminder that the showpiece talents he’s flashing aren’t limited to the batter’s box.
That’s the thing with Chourio: the power, the speed, the glove, the arm. Milwaukee keeps getting it all.
The Brewers have a knack for pulling production out of every corner of the roster, whether it’s a rebound piece like Jake Bauers or a pitcher such as Game 3 starter Robert Gasser. Chourio is the top shelf version of that formula - the superstar prospect who looks every bit like the face of the franchise.
The numbers from the regular season still matter, too. Injury limited him to 127 games, but he still finished with 4.9 WAR and has already posted 20-20 seasons in three straight years.
He won’t wind up high in MVP voting this season, but that may not be the case for long. With his team-friendly contract running through 2031 and two club options through 2033, the Brewers have him locked in for the long haul.
For now, though, the spotlight is on this series, and Milwaukee has made the Rays look helpless. Tampa Bay had its best opening in Game 2, putting up four runs in the first inning before going silent the rest of the way in a 5-4 loss. Since then, the offense has vanished, and Game 3 was more punishment than contest.
The Brewers are simply better in every way right now. And in a series that has looked increasingly one-sided, one of the youngest players on the field has been the one acting like the biggest man in the room.
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