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

The Milwaukee Brewers beat the Tampa Bay Rays 10-1 on Monday night in Game 3 of the World Series, taking a 3-0 series lead and moving one win from their first championship. Jackson Chourio and Brice Turang sparked an eight-run fifth inning, and Milwaukee had 16 hits off Freddy Peralta and five relievers. Chourio went 4 for 5 and William Contreras 3 for 5. Rookie left-hander Robert Gasser pitched one-hit ball and faced the minimum through six innings, the first left-hander to do that in a World Series game since Sandy Koufax in 1965. After Yandy Díaz's leadoff single, Gasser retired 14 straight until Victor Mesa Jr. walked to open the sixth. It was Milwaukee's eighth straight postseason win and fourth in a row on the road. The Brewers won a franchise-record, MLB-high 103 games this season. Game 4 is Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. Milwaukee is expected to use a bullpen game, with Shane Drohan or Dustin May possible, and Tampa Bay is expected to start Griffin Jax, though plans are unconfirmed.

Left-leaning outlets NPR and The Guardian US lead with the score and the players behind it. NPR credits a trio of young October standouts, while The Guardian's "ruthless" headline sits above Gasser's Koufax comparison, the hit totals and Chourio's and Contreras's lines. The New York Post, on the right, frames the game as proof of inevitability, citing the 103 wins, a 10-1 postseason record and a "peerless" performance. It singles out Contreras for successfully challenging pitches and gives little of the Gasser or inning-by-inning detail. Both sides agree on the 10-1 rout and the Brewers' dominance; they differ in focus, with box-score specifics on the left and season-long narrative on the right. Among alternative sources, ESPN matches the left's game recap, while CBS Sports looks ahead to Game 4 with odds and pitching probables.