{"id":440860,"date":"2026-10-28T21:42:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T21:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/440860\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T21:42:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T21:42:08","slug":"rays-seek-historic-comeback-in-game-5-after-extra-inning-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/440860\/","title":{"rendered":"Rays seek historic comeback in Game 5 after extra-inning win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hips.hearstapps.com\/rover\/profile_photos\/70e8db86-6087-48f3-84b3-b5ea95569980_1781272868.file?resize=100:*\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Christian Bussiere\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>TAMPA, Fla. \u2014<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">\u201cWe\u2019ll see you later tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">Joe Davis echoed Joe Buck\u2019s iconic call from Game 4 of the 2004 ALCS, when David Ortiz launched a walk-off home run to spark the Red Sox\u2019s historic comeback.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">This time, it was Ben Williamson\u2019s 12th-inning single, scoring Nick Fortes to give the Rays a thrilling Game 4 win.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">The Rays are hoping to do the same, with a chance to become the first team in MLB history to win a World Series after falling behind 0-3.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"5\">It won\u2019t be an easy fight, but after a thrilling Game 4 comeback, the momentum has certainly shifted.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"6\">The Rays used six pitchers in 12 innings in Game 4, leaving their Game 5 plans uncertain.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"7\">Nick Martinez threw two innings of relief, potentially setting up a bullpen game or a short-rest start for Drew Rasmussen. Cole Sulser, Steven Matz and Garrett Cleavinger are among the fresh arms available.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"9\">The Brewers will start right-hander Jacob Misiorowski.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"10\">The pressure will be on the Rays&#8217; bats to keep the game rolling; they have been unproductive through much of the first 3 games but have been reinvented after Game 4. Rather than relying on home runs, the Rays put the ball in play, pressured the defense, and strung together hits when it mattered, Chandler Simpson went 3-for-5 in Game 4, including an RBI double and a single during the decisive 12th-inning rally, and the bottom of the lineup sparked when Jonny DeLuca tied the game in the 12th, and Ben Williamson delivered the walk-off single.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"11\">The Brewers find themselves in a good spot, with the pressure not fully on them. They only need to win one game within the next 3 to be World Series champions.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"12\">Will tonight be the final game of a storied season for the Rays, or another step toward a historic finish to an unprecedented season?<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"13\">First pitch is at 8 p.m. at Tropicana Field. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TAMPA, Fla. \u2014 \u201cWe\u2019ll see you later tonight.\u201d Joe Davis echoed Joe Buck\u2019s iconic call from Game 4&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":440861,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[68616,171487,97678,916,64908,172050,89537,24627,23584,23181,202,204,203,199,201,200,172051,10209,111500,8007,78290],"class_list":["post-440860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-ben-williamson","tag-brewer","tag-cole-sulser","tag-game","tag-garrett-cleavinger","tag-historic-comeback","tag-innings","tag-pressure","tag-ray","tag-rays","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news","tag-thrilling-game","tag-tonight","tag-walk-off-home-run","tag-win","tag-world-series"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=440860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440860\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/440861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=440860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=440860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=440860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}