Brewers rally from 4 down, take 2-0 World Series lead — SkimNews
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- Milwaukee Brewers erased a 4-0 first-inning deficit to win Game 2 of the World Series 5-4, taking a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven series and putting themselves two wins from a first championship.
- Sal Frelick tied the game 4-4 with a sixth-inning solo home run off reliever Ian Seymour — his first homer against a left-hander since Opening Day, after battling a shoulder injury and barely playing against lefties this season.
- Cooper Pratt committed the first-inning error that helped build Tampa Bay's four-run burst, then received a pep talk from hitting coach Daniel Vogelbach and answered with the go-ahead RBI single in the seventh off Kevin Kelly — the winning hit.
- Milwaukee fouled off 45 pitches, the most in a postseason contest since the 2023 Arizona Diamondbacks did, chasing starter Drew Rasmussen after 3⅔ innings and then grinding down the Rays' bullpen.
- Aaron Ashby earned the save after Milwaukee's bullpen covered the final six innings in relief of starter Logan Henderson, and has not allowed a run in the postseason.
- Milwaukee stole five bases and collected its second win in three postseason games after trailing early, with Brice Turang crediting team trust and Brandon Woodruff saying there is 'never any panic.'
- Tampa Bay Rays are characterized in other coverage as making too many mistakes against a relentless Brewers, though the game itself also included a costly Milwaukee first-inning error from Pratt.
Why it matters: With a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven series, Milwaukee sits two wins from its first championship while Tampa Bay must win the next three to extend it. The Rays' bullpen absorbed 45 fouled-off pitches and surrendered the go-ahead hit in the seventh, with Milwaukee's second postseason comeback in three games turning another four-run edge into a win.
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