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Brewers Lead Rays 3-1 in World Series, With First Title at Stake
The Milwaukee Brewers lead the Tampa Bay Rays 3-1 in the 2026 World Series.
The series is Major League Baseball’s championship, played each fall.
Both teams are seeking their first World Series title, so the winner will end its franchise’s wait for a championship.
Milwaukee has reached the World Series once before, in 1982, but lost to the St. Louis Cardinals in seven games.
The Brewers returned to the series after 44 years, following a 103-59 regular season and playoff wins over the Padres and Dodgers.
The Rays reached the World Series for the first time in 2008, when they also lost to the Phillies.
The next game could bring Milwaukee within one win of the title, while Tampa Bay needs to win to stay in the series.
The Milwaukee Brewers lead the Tampa Bay Rays 3-1 in the 2026 World Series.
The Rays won Game 4, avoiding a sweep.
Both teams are seeking their first World Series title.
The series guarantees that one of the five MLB franchises that have never won the championship will claim its first title.
Milwaukee reached the World Series for the first time in 44 years.
- Who
- The Milwaukee Brewers and Tampa Bay Rays.
- What
- The Brewers lead the World Series 3-1. Both teams are seeking their first title.
- When
- The 2026 World Series; a specific game date is not stated.
- Where
- Not stated.
- Why
- The teams are competing for the World Series championship, and neither franchise has won it before.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The Brewers recorded a franchise-best 103-59 record, the best in MLB.
Milwaukee beat the Padres in four games in the NLDS and swept the Dodgers in the NLCS.
The Brewers took a 3-1 lead over the Rays.
Tampa Bay won to avoid a sweep.
- Series score
- Brewers lead 3-1
- Game 4
- Rays won
- Brewers’ 2026 record
- 103-59
- Brewers’ NLDS
- Beat the Padres in four games
- Brewers’ NLCS
- Swept the Dodgers
- Title history
- Neither the Brewers nor the Rays has won the World Series