The 2026 World Series will have a Game 5!
The Tampa Bay Rays walked off Game 4 on Tuesday night to save their season, coming out on top of a back-and-forth battle that went 12 innings. After Cooper Pratt hit a solo blast in the top of the 12th to give the Milwaukee Brewers the edge, the Rays rallied in the bottom of the frame, with Junior Caminero getting things started by reaching first on a throwing error and pinch hitter Ben Williamson finishing things off by driving in the winning run. The Rays' 4-3 win in Game 4 means they avoid the sweep, allowing them to live to fight another day and try to send the Fall Classic back to Milwaukee.
We have you covered with all the in-game actions and postgame takeaways from Tropicana Field.
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Takeaways
Tampa Bay Rays 4, Milwaukee Brewers 3
Milwaukee leads series 3-1
Game 4 was over when: The baseball gods wanted it to be. They gave us rookie Pratt looking like he was going to hit an extra-innings, World Series-winning home run. And then they said not so fast, my friend. A rare Joey Ortiz error started it. Liam Hicks followed with a single. Jonny DeLuca followed with another. Chandler Simpson did the same. And Williamson's bases-loaded flare officially ended it, preserving the baseball season for at least another day. -- Jeff Passan
Game 4 star: Williamson's first hit of the World Series and second hit of the postseason kept Tampa Bay's season alive. After watching the first four hours and 19 minutes of this marathon, the infielder was summoned to pinch hit for Victor Mesa Jr. with left-hander Shane Drohan on the mound and the bases loaded in the 12th. He proceeded to bounce a walk-off single to right field to end the game. The 2026 Rays live on. -- Jorge Castillo
The stat that defined the game: 205. That's how many pitches the Rays need to outlast the Brewers and force a Game 5. Six relievers combined to hold the Brewers to one run over eight innings, allowing the Rays to finally get to a vulnerable spot in the Milwaukee bullpen. It took a lot of resources to get there, but then again, the Brewers burned through a lot of pitches and pitchers as well. We'll see what these teams have left Wednesday. For the Rays, that's all that matters: There will be a game tomorrow. -- Bradford Doolittle
What's next for the Brewers: With another chance to nail down the first championship in the franchise's 57-year history, it will be the Brewers' ace, Jacob Misiorowski, on the mound in Game 5. The hard-throwing 24-year-old right-hander is coming off his longest start of the postseason, pitching five innings of one-run ball in a Game 1 victory. Misiorowski has allowed just four runs across his three postseason starts, but he has yet to record an out in the sixth inning. The Padres, Dodgers and Rays have all done a good job fouling off pitches and taxing him out of his starts. And it might be crucial for him to overcome that his next time out. Brewers manager Pat Murphy used DL Hall for five outs, Abner Uribe for six outs and Aaron Ashby for seven outs in Game 4, which puts their availability for Game 5 up in the air. -- Alden Gonzalez
What's next for the Rays: Another day. The Rays survived by aggressively deploying their best available pitchers. All-Star starter Nick Martinez, who would've started Game 5, pitched two scoreless innings out of the bullpen. All-Star closer Bryan Baker followed him with two more scoreless innings. The Rays' pitching plan for Game 5 is unclear. What matters is they need one. -- Castillo