Brewers Rout Rays 10-1 in World Series Game 3 to Take 3-0 Lead

The Milwaukee Brewers beat the Tampa Bay Rays 10-1 in Game 3 of the World Series on Monday night at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida, taking a 3-0 series lead and moving one win from their first championship. Milwaukee scored eight runs in the fifth inning, an inning sparked by Jackson Chourio and Brice Turang. Rookie left-hander Robert Gasser pitched one-hit ball and faced the minimum through six innings, allowing a leadoff single to Yandy Díaz in the first and a walk to Victor Mesa Jr. to open the sixth. He was the first left-hander to face the minimum 18 batters through six innings of a World Series game since Sandy Koufax in 1965. Chourio went 4 for 5 and William Contreras 3 for 5 as the Brewers collected 16 hits off Freddy Peralta and five relievers. It was Milwaukee's eighth straight postseason win and fourth in a row on the road. Game 4 is Tuesday night at Tropicana Field.

The right-leaning New York Post frames the game as proof of Milwaukee's dominance, with a headline calling a title win inevitable. It cites the franchise-record, MLB-high 103 wins, a 10-1 postseason record and Contreras going 4-for-4 on pitch challenges, but gives little detail on Gasser or the fifth inning. Fox News focuses on Tampa Bay's Chandler Simpson, who crashed face first into the wall while catching Sal Frelick's second-inning liner, which it says saved a run. The Guardian, on the left, leads with the score, the eight-run fifth, Gasser's Koufax comparison and hit totals, calling the Brewers ruthless. NPR looks past the result to how the Rays were built, noting that more than half their roster came from trades. All agree Milwaukee controlled Game 3; they differ on whether the story is season-long dominance, a Rays highlight, or the statistics. ESPN and Yahoo Sports largely match the Guardian's focus on the score.