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Rays fall into 2-0 World Series hole | AL East roundup
The Tampa Bay Rays dropped Game 2 of the World Series 5-4 to the Brewers, who now hold a 2-0 lead in the series.
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The Tampa Bay Rays, who won the AL East at 98-64, suddenly find themselves in trouble on the biggest stage. A 5-4 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers has put them in a 2-0 hole in the World Series.
Rays let Game 2 slip away
On Saturday, Tampa Bay fell 5-4 to Milwaukee (TB 4 — MIL 5). As reported by La Presse, Sal Frelick pulled the Brewers even with his first home run in three months, and Cooper Pratt followed with a decisive RBI single in the seventh inning to complete the comeback. La Presse characterizes the result as a surprise and notes that Milwaukee now leads the World Series 2-0.
CBS Sports frames the matchup as a duel in which the Rays are making too many mistakes to keep up with what it calls a relentless Brewers club, emphasizing that Milwaukee is cashing in on nearly every opening Tampa Bay provides. In a separate Game 2 preview, CBS Sports had highlighted three major questions, including whether the Rays and their ace could even the series. The outcome has answered that question decisively against Tampa Bay.
Before reaching the Fall Classic, the Rays had knocked out the Cleveland Guardians in six games in the American League Championship Series, as MLB Trade Rumors points out in a piece focused on Cleveland’s offseason outlook.
Yankees’ offseason shaped by Austin Wells
For the New York Yankees, second in the division at 93-68, attention is already on the winter. MLB Trade Rumors notes that catcher Austin Wells will be central to their offseason planning. The site recalls that the Yankees were linked to almost every vaguely available catcher last season, looking to boost a lineup that at times had to cope without Aaron Judge and to address struggles from their in-house catching group.
According to MLB Trade Rumors, Wells was the key figure in those discussions at catcher, with his first half described as brutal and helping fuel speculation. How the organization now evaluates him is likely to weigh heavily on its priorities at the position in the coming months.