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Jacob Misiorowski will take the mound Wednesday night as the Milwaukee Brewers attempt to clinch their first championship in franchise history against the Tampa Bay Rays in World Series Game 5.
Milwaukee leads the series 3-1 after the Rays became the first team ever to force a Game 5 after trailing 3-0 in the World Series. Tampa Bay rallied for a 4-3 victory in Game 4 on Ben Williamson's walk-off single in the bottom of the 12th, a chopper that capped a two-run comeback and erased Milwaukee's one-run advantage.
Brewers rookie Cooper Pratt, 22, launched a solo HR off Ian Seymour in the top of the 12th and finished 4-for-5. Milwaukee manager Pat Murphy removed Aaron Ashby with one out in the 11th to save him for later games and said he never considered using Misiorowski in relief. "You can't blow that type of situation on a one-run lead on the road," Murphy said.
The 24-year-old Misiorowski, the expected NL Cy Young Award winner who throws a 105-mph fastball, has made three postseason starts, lasting 4 IP against the Padres, 4⅓ IP against the Dodgers, and 5 IP in Game 1 against Tampa Bay.
Ashby offered a measured response to the defeat, noting that the loss stinks but is part of the team's story.
Source: CBS Sports - Wed Oct 28, 10:23 AM ET
Written by the SportsMafia Wire desk in our own words from the original reporting (AI-assisted, checked against the source).