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Frelick and Pratt lift Brewers to 5-4 comeback win over Rays and 2-0 World Series lead

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Blum, R. (2026, October 25). Frelick and Pratt lift Brewers to 5-4 comeback win over Rays and 2-0 World Series lead. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/sports/baseball/milwaukee-brewers-erase-4-run-deficit-beat-tampa-bay-rays-5-4-to-take-2-0-lead-in-world-series/article_6de8ceeb-66f4-561d-b29b-fcfadefe85ae.html

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Sal Frelick and Cooper Pratt led the Milwaukee Brewers to a 5-4 comeback win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday night, giving the Brewers a 2-0 lead in the World Series. The Brewers overcame a four-run deficit for the second time during this postseason. Despite the Rays' strong start with Liam Hicks hitting a two-run homer and taking an early 4-0 lead, Milwaukee rallied with their seventh comeback win of the playoffs.

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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Sal Frelick tied the score with his first home run in three months, Cooper Pratt hit a go-ahead single in the seventh inning and the Milwaukee Brewers stunned the Tampa Bay Rays 5-4 on Saturday night for a 2-0 World Series lead by overcoming a four-run deficit for the second time in the post-season. asserted

Brewers → tie → season

Tampa Bay, which won the AL pennant by forcing opponents into mistakes, committed one error, made two other misplays that could have been charged as errors, and had a runner thrown out at the plate. uncertain

runner → win → plate

Tampa Bay backcatcher Liam Hicks, of Toronto, hit a two-run homer in the first inning for the Rays. asserted

Hicks → hit → Rays

Hicks became the fourth Canadian-born player to homer in a World Series, joining George Selkirk (1936), Larry Walker (2004) and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (2025). asserted

Hicks → become → Selkirk

Down 4-0 after the first inning, Milwaukee rallied for its seventh comeback win of this post-season. asserted

Milwaukee → rally → season

The Brewers also rebounded from a 4-0 deficit to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-4 in Game 4 of the NL Championship Series, completing a four-game sweep. asserted

Brewers → rebound → sweep

After losing Friday’s opener 3-2, the Rays burst ahead against rookie Logan Henderson but the Brewers started to claw back with two runs in the bottom half against Tampa Bay ace Drew Rasmussen. asserted

Brewers → lose → Rasmussen

Frelick and Pratt lift Brewers to 5-4 comeback win over Rays and 2-0 World Series lead

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