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About last night: The Brewers' historic rally

There were nine innings of Monday’s Game 3, but it really all came down to one half-inning of history.

The Milwaukee Brewers used seven consecutive hits to score eight runs, all of which came with two outs, to trounce the Tampa Bay Rays and move within one win of claiming the franchise’s first World Series. Both those seven consecutive two-out hits and eight two-out runs were World Series records.

The final score: 10-1.

The Brewers got on the board first in the third with a couple of soft hits that found the right holes in the Rays’ defense. Jackson Chourio laced a single – his second in a day where he would go 4 for 5 – and Jake Bauers drew a walk. They cashed in when Christian Yelich hit his second bloop single of the game to bring Chourio in.

On the very next pitch, William Contreras dropped a single into right field where Victor Mesa, Jr. struggled to field it cleanly, allowing Bauers to score.

The Rays quickly went down in order repeatedly, dominated by Brewers’ starter Robert Gasser. When the Brewers came up in the top of the fifth, they were poised to make history.

With Chourio and Yelich having reached on a hit and walk, Contreras hit a chopper to third base, but replay showed Yelich beat the throw from a spinning Caminero at second, setting up a bases loaded situation. After a pitching change, Brice Turang then smashed a ball right back through the box and off the glove of Taylor Walls. Chourio and Yelich scored as the ball trickled into center field.

That started the hit parade.

The Brewers kept the pressure on with a single from Garrett Mitchell and a double from Cooper Pratt to plate three more runs and suddenly the game was out of hand. Sal Frelick then hit a double into the left field corner to bring Pratt in for with yet another run.

After a pitching change, David Hamilton smacked a single into center field off Cole Sulser to score Frelick. Chourio, who is just 22, then came up and collected his second hit of the inning, a double to plate Hamilton from first base.

After that, things were pretty much academic (even if Frelick was diving in the outfield up 10 runs on his injured shoulder). The Rays scored once in the bottom of the ninth on Yandy Díaz’s long double to make it 10-1.

The Brewers look nailed on to win this series – and if they don’t, it’ll be a historic comeback for the Rays. No team has ever come back from 0-3 in the World Series to win the championship.