The 2026 World Series will be played among the No. 1 seeds in the American and National Leagues, as the Tampa Bay Rays and Milwaukee Brewers each seek the first championship in franchise history. Game 1 begins at 8 p.m. ET Friday at American Family Field in Milwaukee.
The Rays entered the playoffs with the best record in the American League and took a lot of momentum into the World Series after sweeping the New York Yankees in the ALDS and climbing out of a 2-1 hole to win three straight against the Cleveland Guardians in the ALCS.
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Right-hander Nick Martinez (15-6, 3.10 ERA) gets the ball for the Rays in Game 1, making his third postseason start. He recently pitched in Game 4 of the ALCS, allowing two hits and one earned run in 5 1/3 innings.
The Brewers are 7-1 in the postseason, having swept the Los Angeles Dodgers in the David-and-Goliath NLCS finale.
Milwaukee will counter with right-handed ace Jacob Misiorowski (16-5, 1.80 ERA), who is making his third postseason start. In 8 1/3 innings over his first two starts, Misiorowski allowed 9 hits and 3 earned runs while striking out 11.
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Taylor Walls shows up, then Victor Mesa Jr. tries to steal third. He is brought down by Brewers catcher William Contreras and this inning is over. It was quite a decision with Yandy Díaz at the plate.
Misiorowski is at 78 shots on five. With a rested bullpen ready, we’ll see if the Brewers want him out for the sixth and third time in the Rays’ order.
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Jake Bauers makes a nifty play at first base to recover an errant throw from third baseman David Hamilton. This avoids a two-on, no-out situation for Milwaukee, but the Rays still have the tying run in scoring position with one out.
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Nick Martinez has struck out eight straight batters and is up to 61 pitches in four.
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DeLuca flies out to end the round. Jacob Misiorowski is at 56 pitches in four innings. If he gets more than two outs in the next inning, it will be his longest postseason start.
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Liam Hicks comes in slowly first, but that’s all the Rays need for Aranda to score. It’s a one-run game, with a runner on third and two outs for Jonny DeLuca.
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Oh boy. Junior Caminero smashes a line drive to center field that Garrett Mitchell misjudged. The ball goes over the outfielder’s head and it’s a double to put runners on second and third with one out.
Misiorowski, the hardest pitcher in MLB, threw this pitch at 101.5 mph. Caminero, the hardest swinger in MLB, hit 112.7 mph right off the bat.
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Jonathan Aranda leads off the fourth with a walk.
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After a rough start, Rays starter Nick Martinez is doing much better. He posted a 1-2-3 inning at the bottom of the third and was at 51 pitches.
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Yandy Díaz lines up to end the top of the third. Jacob Misiorowski is at 38 pitches in three shutout innings.
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