Rays Beat Brewers 4-3 in 12 Innings in World Series Game 4; Game 5 Set for Wednesday

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The Facts

  • The Tampa Bay Rays beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-3 in 12 innings in Game 4 of the 2026 World Series at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Fla., their first win of the series; Milwaukee leads 3-1. ✓2 · NPR, Fox News
  • Game 5 of the best-of-seven series is scheduled for Wednesday night at Tropicana Field, with first pitch shortly after 8 p.m. ET. ✓2 · NPR, Fox News
  • Tampa Bay became the fourth team in World Series history to avoid elimination with an extra-inning comeback, per Opta STATS, joining the 1912 Red Sox, 1986 Mets and 2011 Cardinals. ✓2 · NPR, Fox News
  • Jacob Misiorowski is slated to start Game 5 for the Brewers. Manager Pat Murphy said he was not an option in Game 4. Fox News only
  • Cooper Pratt homered in the top of the 12th to give Milwaukee a 3-2 lead. The Rays then got four straight hits in the bottom of the 12th after a throwing error on a grounder put Junior Caminero on first. They had only five hits in the first 11 innings. Fox News only
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  • Ben Williamson hit the game-winning single in the bottom of the 12th, scoring Nick Fortes after the Rays loaded the bases. A Fox News article describes the final hit as a pinch hitter's chopper over first baseman Jake Bauers' head. Fox News only
  • Jonny DeLuca hit an RBI single to tie the game in the 12th. Liam Hicks had a hit before it, and Chandler Simpson singled without scoring a run. Fox News only
  • Murphy used seven relievers after starter Dustin May pitched three innings. Shane Drohan, who entered in the 12th, did not record an out. Fox News only
  • Murphy said: "You can't blow that type of situation on a one-run lead on the road. If we were in the 13th inning and had a three-run lead, that might be a little bit different, and I probably still wouldn't have." Fox News only
  • Misiorowski led MLB in the regular season with a 1.80 ERA, 252 strikeouts and a 13.0 K/9. He was 16-5. In the postseason he has a 2.70 ERA with 14 strikeouts in 13.1 innings over three starts. Fox News only
  • Only one MLB team has ever come back from 3-0 down to win a postseason series: the 2004 Red Sox in the ALCS against the Yankees. Fox News only
  • Simpson's RBI double gave the Rays a 1-0 lead. Pratt's double tied it, and a throwing error by Brewers third baseman David Hamilton let the Rays go up 2-1. Hamilton homered in the fifth off Griffin Jax to tie it 2-2. Pratt, 22, went 4-for-5. Fox News only
  • Milwaukee took a 3-0 series lead with a 10-1 Game 3 win featuring an eight-run fifth inning. Robert Gasser threw six shutout innings. Fox News only
  • Milwaukee had the regular season's best record at 103-59 and swept the Dodgers in the NLCS. It is in its first World Series since 1982, when it lost to the St. Louis Cardinals. Fox News only

Context

The Tampa Bay Rays avoided a World Series sweep with a 4-3, 12-inning win over the Milwaukee Brewers in Game 4. They scored twice in the bottom of the 12th after Milwaukee had taken a 3-2 lead on a Cooper Pratt homer in the top half.

Milwaukee manager Pat Murphy used seven relievers and did not use Jacob Misiorowski, who is scheduled to start Game 5 on Wednesday at Tropicana Field. Murphy said he would not use him in that situation on a one-run lead. The Brewers lead the series 3-1.

Conflicting Reports

  • Fox News articles describe the winning hit differently: one names Ben Williamson's single scoring Nick Fortes with the bases loaded, while another describes a pinch hitter's chopper over Jake Bauers' head and does not name the batter. These may be the same play.

How the Agent Panel Scored This

Independent AI personas each scored importance 1–10; the story's score is a trimmed mean (highest and lowest votes dropped). Vote spread: 3.

6 News Editor A concrete World Series Game 4 result that keeps the series alive and sets up Game 5 is newsworthy sports coverage with broad fan interest but limited impact beyond the sport's audience.
5 Science & Tech Analyst A World Series Game 4 walk-off-style extra-inning win is a notable sports event with moderate broad interest, but it is a routine playoff game with limited impact beyond fans and does not change the series outcome decisively.
5 Policy Expert This is a sports result (a World Series game win) with notable drama and records, but it has no governmental or broad societal impact, so it is newsworthy yet moderate in importance.
4 Critical Reader A single World Series game result with a sports-fan-level impact, though it concerns a major event, the concrete outcome is one game in a series that remains open and mostly affects fans and teams.
4 Business Analyst This is a sports game result in a World Series that is notable and widely covered, but it has limited economic impact beyond routine sports coverage and betting or media interest, so it scores in the minor-to-moderate range.
4 Global Affairs Analyst This is a sports result (a World Series Game 4 win) that is widely covered but has limited geopolitical relevance, so it scores as a moderate-to-minor news item rather than a major event.
3 Informed Citizen This is a sports game result in a World Series, which is widely followed but has limited impact on ordinary people's lives beyond fans, so it scores in the minor range.

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