They had won eight straight games against the San Diego Padres, Los Angeles Dodgers and Tampa Bay Rays.The hottest team in baseball in the second half of the season, a high-powered, star-studded, expensive roster that won 100 games, and the best team in the American League that also won 98 games.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.It seemed like every single move manager Pat Murphy made worked perfectly.
Better than perfectly.When they started light-hitting utility infielder David Hamilton, he hit a home run off Edwin Diaz to give the Brewers an insurance run in the ninth inning of a clinching Game 4 in the NLCS.
Sal Frelick was perfectly positioned to run down a 106 mph line drive to right center field off the bat of Freddie Freeman, potentially changing the course of game two.RAYS STAY ALIVE IN WORLD SERIES, WALK OFF BREWERS IN THRILLING EXTRA-INNING GAME 4Milwaukee Brewers manager Pat Murphy speaks to the media before Game 4 of baseball's National League Championship Series between the Brewers and the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday, Oct.15, 2026, in Los Angeles.
(AP Photo/Gregory Bull)Aaron Ashby, a very good reliever, had become the best reliever in postseason history.Better than Mariano Rivera, better than Kenley Jansen, or Billy Wagner, or other elite pitchers.
His 18 scoreless innings to start a postseason set a new baseball record.Robert Gasser, an average to below average starter, had allowed just one run in 15 innings, despite getting few swings and misses or strikeouts.In Game 4 of the World Series, Hamilton, who had just four homers in the regular season, hit another one to tie the score at two.
Then rookie shortstop Cooper Pratt hit a go-ahead homer in the top of the 12th inning, putting the Brewers three outs away from clinching their first ever championship.If that doe...