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Nick Martinez and Rays bullpen beat Brewers to keep World Series alive

The Rays beat the Brewers 4-3 in 12 innings, with Nick Martinez and the bullpen helping secure the Game 4 win. The victory cut the Rays’ World Series deficit to 3-1.

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What happened

Key facts

  • The Rays won Game 4 with a walk-off in the 12th inning (per CBS Sports, sportsnet.ca).
  • The Rays won Game 4 by a score of 4-3 (per CBS Sports, roundtable.io, foxsports.com).
  • Nick Martinez had been scheduled to start Game 5 if necessary and pitched in Game 4 (per CBS Sports).
  • Martinez had made 160 starts and 151 relief appearances in the regular season (per CBS Sports).
  • Jacob Misiorowski was set to start Game 5 for the Brewers (per bvmsports.com, CBS Sports).

The brief

The Rays beat the Brewers 4-3 in 12 innings in Game 4 of the World Series, extending the series and cutting their deficit to 3-1. The Rays won on a walk-off in the 12th, according to CBS Sports; the same late-inning finish is identified in headlines from Roundtable, FOX Sports and Sportsnet. Nick Martinez, who had been scheduled to start Game 5 if needed, pitched in Game 4.

CBS Sports described him as an All-Star starter and said he had been used for six outs. Martinez had thrown 73 pitches over five innings as the Rays’ starter in Game 1. The outlet also noted that he had made 160 starts and 151 relief appearances during the regular season.

The Rays’ relievers handled eight of the game’s 12 innings, allowing one run on four hits, CBS Sports reported. The outlet placed the move to use Martinez and the bullpen in the context of the series score: the Rays entered Game 4 trailing 3-0 and needed a win to continue the series.

CBS Sports also described Martinez’s recent workload, saying he had velocity issues and had not pitched more than one inning at a time since Aug. 17. The outlet said the Rays had not settled what would happen with the Game 5 plan. That uncertainty matters because Martinez had been slated to start that game if it became necessary.

The Brewers’ Game 5 starter was identified as Jacob Misiorowski in a BVM Sports headline. Freddy Peralta had pitched Game 3, while Griffin Jax started Game 4, CBS Sports reported. The Game 4 win means the series continues to Game 5, where the Rays’ previously scheduled starter and the Brewers’ announced starter are the named pitching plans.

The victory followed a difficult run for the Rays, in CBS Sports’ account: the outlet said they had blown Game 1 of the ALCS, struggled in Game 6 of that series, lost Game 2 of the World Series, and been heavily beaten in Game 3. The Game 4 result did not erase the series deficit; it moved it from 3-0 to 3-1 and kept the Rays in the competition.

Why it matters

  • The Rays faced elimination from the World Series after falling behind 3-0; their 4-3 win cut the deficit to 3-1.
  • The bullpen’s eight innings of work, allowing one run on four hits, was a central part of the Game 4 win.
  • Nick Martinez’s Game 4 use affected the pitching plan: he had been scheduled to start Game 5 if needed, while Jacob Misiorowski was named as the Brewers’ Game 5 starter.

What to watch next

  • Whether Nick Martinez starts Game 5, as the Rays had scheduled if needed.
  • Whether Jacob Misiorowski starts Game 5 for the Brewers, as BVM Sports’ headline states.
  • How the Rays deploy their bullpen after relievers covered eight innings in Game 4.

How it's being covered

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  1. The Seattle Pilots began play as a Major League Baseball expansion team.
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  2. The franchise moved to Milwaukee and became the Milwaukee Brewers.
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  3. The Brewers won the American League pennant and reached their first World Series.
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  4. Milwaukee moved from the American League to the National League.
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  5. Tampa Bay entered the American League as the expansion Devil Rays.
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  6. Tampa Bay dropped “Devil” from its name and became the Rays.
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  7. Tampa Bay reached its first World Series and lost to the Philadelphia Phillies.
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  8. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated Tampa Bay in six games in the World Series.
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  9. The Dodgers swept the Brewers in the National League Championship Series.
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How we got here

Before Game 4, Milwaukee had won the first three games of the series, leaving Tampa Bay one loss from elimination; Nick Martinez had been used as both a starter and reliever, recording 160 regular-season starts and 151 relief appearances. The Rays entered Major League Baseball as the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in 1998, changing their name to the Tampa Bay Rays before the 2008 season.

They reached their first World Series in 2008 and returned in 2020, losing both series.

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