{"id":950532,"date":"2026-10-29T10:34:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T10:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/950532\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T10:34:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T10:34:14","slug":"rays-become-third-team-to-lose-first-three-world-series-joining-brooklyn-dodgers-detroit-tigers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/950532\/","title":{"rendered":"Rays become third team to lose first three World Series, joining Brooklyn Dodgers, Detroit Tigers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<br class=\"clr\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"posted\">By Canadian Press on October 29, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/85bab7659de5a943ce34f42592220796a865703be2ce5404770fc668d907580d-400x267.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\"  \/>Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Trevor Megill celebrates their win in baseball&#8217;s World Series against the Tampa Bay Rays, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo\/Ashley Landis)<\/p>\n<p>ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) \u2014 Eyes red and voice soft, Drew Rasmussen stood in front of his locker.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFailure sucks. And to be this close, it\u2019s really, really hard,\u201d the Tampa Bay Rays pitcher said. \u201cThat\u2019s the best team I\u2019ve played at the major league level.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Predicted by many to finish at or near the bottom of the AL East, the Rays reached the World Series for the third time but remain without a title. Their year ended Wednesday night with a <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/brewers-rays-world-series-game-5-971f9fb8cad75042fc7f9919dd91c159\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">4-1 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers<\/a> in Game 5, leaving them among four teams without a title along with Colorado, San Diego and Seattle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re banged up and hurting right now,\u201d manager Kevin Cash said of his players.<\/p>\n<p>An expansion team that started in 1998, the Rays also lost in the World Series to Philadelphia in 2008 and to the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2020. The only other clubs to lose in their first three Series appearances were the Brooklyn Dodgers (0-7) and Detroit Tigers (0-4), according to the Elias Sports Bureau.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt hurts knowing that you got this close, you got this far,\u201d closer Bryan Baker said.<\/p>\n<p>A 31-year-old right-hander who has had three major elbow operations, Rasmussen started on short rest and allowed one run and two hits over four innings. He left with a 1-0 deficit.<\/p>\n<p>After the final out, Rays players stayed in their dugout to watch the Brewers celebrate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt should be motivating, right?\u201d Baker said. \u201cYou got to use this motivation to keep working.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tampa Bay led the AL East from mid-May and topped the American League with 98 wins.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe didn\u2019t end at the bottom of the division,\u201d Yandy D\u00edaz, who has been with the Rays since 2019, said through a translator. \u201cThose papers at the beginning of the year, those projections at the beginning of a year, we had the chance to rip them and we did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tampa Bay has a $20 million option on Rasmussen, while right-handers Freddy Peralta and Nick Martinez are eligible to become free agents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re scrappy. We fought hard all year,\u201d Baker said. \u201cWe\u2019ve picked ourselves up off the canvas and fought tooth and nail to be here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">See AP\u2019s full MLB coverage here<\/a>\n              <\/p>\n<p>Ronald Blum, The Associated Press<\/p>\n<p>19<br \/> -18\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<br class=\"clr\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Canadian Press on October 29, 2026. 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