ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Taylor Walls stabbed at Brice Turang’s sharp grounder and felt it glance off his glove.<\/p>\n
“Knife in the chest,” the Tampa Bay Rays shortstop said.<\/p>\n
Tampa Bay’s first World Series game at Tropicana Field in 18 years turned into a record-setter for Brewers batters.<\/p>\n
Milwaukee became the first team to score eight runs with two outs in a World Series inning, routing the Rays 10-1 on Monday night to take a 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven series.<\/p>\n
Turang’s two-run single was the second of a postseason-record seven straight two-out hits against starter Freddy Peralta and relievers Cam Booser and Cole Sulser.<\/p>\n
Milwaukee turned a 2-0 lead into a 7-0 advantage with hits on three straight pitches by Turang, Garrett Mitchell and Cooper Pratt. The Brewers went on to score eight runs in a 17-pitch span to open a 10-run advantage. Jackson Chourio had a single and a double in the inning, part of his four-hit night.<\/p>\n
“Worst feeling in the world, feeling like you let your team down,” a downcast Booser said in the quiet Tampa Bay clubhouse.<\/p>\n
Among 25 previous teams that fell behind 3-0 in a World Series, 21 were swept and four lost in five games. Of 43 teams to trail 3-0 in any best-of-seven postseason matchup, only the Boston Red Sox against the New York Yankees in the 2004 American League Championship Series rebounded to win.<\/p>\n
“It’s kind of that chip and a chair mentality,” Rays manager Kevin Cash said. “We’ve got a seat at the table. We’ve got to do something with the chip. Obviously the only thing we can do is win tomorrow.”<\/p>\n
Coming off a pair of one-run wins at American Family Field, the Brewers took a 2-0 lead in the third when Christian Yelich and William Contreras hit opposite-field, one-out RBI singles on consecutive pitches.<\/p>\n
“They were very disciplined at the plate,” Peralta said. “Just tried to hit the ball the other way.”<\/p>\n
Chourio singled with one out in the fifth and Christian Yelich walked with two outs. Contreras grounded to third and Junior Caminero threw to second as umpire Dan Bellino signaled a forceout. But the call was reversed in the New York replay operations center by umpire Alfonso M\u00e1rquez, giving Contreras an infield single that loaded the bases.<\/p>\n
Caminero may have had a better chance of throwing out Contreras at first base.<\/p>\n