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Ben Williamson's RBI single in the 12th inning of Game 4 of the World Series allowed the Tampa Bay Rays to extend their season another day on Wednesday, Oct. 28.
The ending to the Rays' 4-3 win over the Milwaukee Brewers also put them in elite company in baseball history.
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According to Opta Stats on Twitter/X, Tampa Bay became the fourth team in World Series history to stave off elimination with an extra-inning comeback. The other three teams — the 1912 Boston Red Sox, the 1986 New York Mets, and the 2011 St. Louis Cardinals — all went on to win their series.
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Williamson's single off Shane Drohan came 15 years to the day after David Freese's solo home run in Game 6 of the 2011 World Series helped the Cardinals stun the Texas Rangers in 11 innings.
The Rays' win snapped the Brewers' nine-game postseason winning streak, and prevented them from sweeping both the World Series and the National League Championship Series — what looked to be an anticlimactic finish to the 2026 season.
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Instead, the Rays erased a 3-2 deficit with four consecutive singles against Brewers pitcher Shane Drohan to end the game.
Milwaukee snapped a 2-2 tie in the top of the inning on Cooper Pratt's solo home run against Ian Seymour. That put the Brewers one win away from the first championship in franchise history.
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Instead, the Rays orchestrated the 17th walk-off win by a team facing elimination in World Series history — the 14th in extra innings. Only the 1910 Cubs did so when facing the possibility of a sweep.
According to Sarah Langs on Twitter/X, 44 teams had fallen behind 3-0 in a World Series, and only 11 managed to avoid losing in a sweep.
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Now, the Rays will look to win back-to-back games after a short sleep Wednesday night. Game 5 is later today in St. Petersburg.
Win or lose, the Tropicana Field denizens will have at least one warm memory from the World Series to cherish.
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