The Brew Crew took Game 1 of the Fall Classic over the Tampa Bay Rays in a sweaty 3-2 ballgame.This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners.If you sign up or place a wager, FOX News may be compensated.
This content was created by a team that works independently from the FOX newsroom.Down two, the Rays loaded the bases with one out in the ninth, but Liam Hicks grounded into what initially was ruled a game-ending double play.However, replay showed shortstop Cooper Pratt came off second base, instead making it a 3-2 game with runners on second and third and two outs.CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGEThe Brewers had already ignited their fireworks, creating a chaotic, fog-filled scene, before Johnny DeLuca came to the plate and struck out to end the game.2026 WORLD SERIES: HOW TO WATCH BREWERS AND RAYS AFTER SMALL BALL CARRIES THEM TO FALL CLASSICThe city of Milwaukee waited 46 years to see its team in the Fall Classic, and this year's Brewers wanted to stop wasting time.
An RBI triple by Christian Yelich, followed by a William Contreras single, put the Brewers up 2-0 in the first inning.However, that was all they'd get for a while, as Nick Martinez settled down to get through five innings of work.The Milwaukee pitching, though, was just as good.
Soon-to-be Cy Young Award winner Jacob Misiorowski held the Rays to just one run in his five innings, but certainly not without the help of some Rays baserunning blunders.Jacob Misiorowski of the Milwaukee Brewers pitches during Game 1 of the 2026 World Series against the Tampa Bay Rays at American Family Field on Friday, Oct.23, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
(MLB Photos via Getty Images)Tampa Bay had runners on first and second with one out in the first, but Junior Caminero lined out, and Jonathan Aranda was doubled off at second to end the threat.In the fifth, Victor Mesa Jr.
was caught stealing at third for the final out of the inning, a big baseball no-no.The Brewers matched that mistake w...