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Rays beat Brewers 4-3 in extra innings to stay alive in World Series Game 4

The Tampa Bay Rays walked off the Milwaukee Brewers 4-3 in extra innings of Game 4, cutting the Brewers' lead to 3-1 and forcing Game 5. Outlets differ on whether the decisive inning was the 12th or 13th.

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Image: Fox News
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Mixed · 2The Tampa Bay Rays beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-3 in extra innings in Game 4 of the 2026 World Series at Tropicana Field, winning on a walk-off single by Ben Williamson and avoiding a series sweep. Mixed · 2Fox News says the decisive inning was the 13th, and calls it a two-run rally; Newsweek places Williamson's hit in the 12th inning. The accounts disagree on this point. Mixed · 2The game was tied 2-2 until Cooper Pratt, 22, hit a solo home run to put the Brewers ahead 3-2, leaving them close to their first World Series title in franchise history.

Mixed · 2Tampa Bay then rallied against Brewers pitcher Shane Drohan: Fox News describes an error putting Junior Caminero on base, a Liam Hicks single, a Jonny DeLuca RBI single that tied the game, a Chandler Simpson hit that loaded the bases with no outs, and Williamson's pinch-hit single to win it. Newsweek says the Rays scored with four consecutive singles. Right · 1Earlier, Simpson's RBI double gave the Rays a 1-0 lead, Pratt tied it with a double, a throwing error by Brewers third baseman David Hamilton let Caminero score for 2-1, and Hamilton homered off Griffin Jax in the fifth to tie it at 2-2, according to Fox News. Mixed · 2The Brewers, who had the best regular-season record at 103-59 and swept the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NLCS, had their nine-game postseason winning streak ended; Milwaukee last reached the World Series in 1982.

Centre · 1Newsweek, citing Opta Stats, says Tampa Bay became the fourth team in World Series history to avoid elimination with an extra-inning comeback; the other three (1912 Red Sox, 1986 Mets, 2011 Cardinals) all won their series. It also cites Sarah Langs saying 44 teams had fallen behind 3-0 and only 11 avoided a sweep. Mixed · 2Game 5 is set for Wednesday night in St. Petersburg.

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Framing
Newsweek frames the win historically, placing the comeback among rare extra-inning escapes from elimination.
Emphasis
Historical precedent and statistics from Opta and Sarah Langs.
Leaves out or plays down
Gives little play-by-play of the earlier innings.
Charged language
“Wild Victory”“elite company”
For example
“Tampa Bay became the fourth team in World Series history to stave off elimination with an extra-inning comeback.” — Newsweek

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Framing
Fox News (OutKick) tells it as a dramatic game narrative, building from the Brewers nearly winning to the Rays' comeback.
Emphasis
Inning-by-inning detail, individual players and Brewers near-misses.
Leaves out or plays down
Does not give the historical comparisons that Newsweek reports.
Charged language
“thrilling”“Not so fast!”
For example
“The Tampa Bay Rays live to play another day, coming through with a two-run 13th inning” — Fox News

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