Brewers take 2-0 World Series lead over the Rays with two one-run wins

Long Island, the Milwaukee Brewers have won two one-run games, and they lead the Tampa Bay Rays 2-0 in the World Series.

Game 1: Brewers 3, Rays 2

Milwaukee struck first on Friday night. Christian Yelich tripled in a run in the 1st and William Contreras singled in another for a 2-0 lead. The Rays got one back in the 4th when Liam Hicks grounded out and Jonathan Aranda scored. Jackson Chourio answered with an RBI single in the 7th to make it 3-1.

Tampa Bay pushed in a run in the 9th on another Hicks groundout, this one after a challenge, but Trevor Megill stranded the tying run to close it out. Jacob Misiorowski got the win with five innings of one-run ball in front of 43,250 fans.

Game 2: Brewers 5, Rays 4

Saturday started badly for Milwaukee. The Rays scored four in the 1st on RBI singles from Chandler Simpson and Junior Caminero and a two-run homer from Hicks. The Brewers got two back right away on RBI singles from Contreras and Garrett Mitchell.

Then they chipped away. Cooper Pratt scored on an Aranda error in the 4th. Sal Frelick tied it 4-4 with a solo homer in the 6th. In the 7th, Pratt singled home Brice Turang for the lead. Abner Uribe got the win and Aaron Ashby got the save.

What’s next

The series moves to Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg for Games 3, 4 and 5. Game 3 is Monday at 8:00 PM ET, with Robert Gasser starting for Milwaukee and Freddy Peralta going for Tampa Bay. Can the Rays get back in it at home? Tell us on Instagram at @wlitfm. And keep it locked to WLIT.FM.

Source: MLB.com. Photo: DiscoA340, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.