Brewers rout Rays 10-1 in Game 3 to stand one win from World Series title

Milwaukee moved to the brink of their first World Series title after demolishing the Tampa Bay Rays 10-1 in Game 3 on Monday night, taking a commanding 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven series.

Jackson Chourio and Brice Turang were at the heart of an eight-run fifth inning at Tropicana Field that turned a tight contest into a rout, according to Guardian Sport.

Rookie left-hander Robert Gasser was almost untouchable across six innings, allowing just one hit while facing only 18 batters, the minimum possible across that span.

The only blemish was a leadoff line-drive single from Yandy Díaz in the bottom of the first. Gasser then retired 14 consecutive Rays batters before Victor Mesa Jr walked to begin the sixth.

A caught stealing and a double play wiped away the baserunners Gasser did allow, meaning no starting pitcher had taken a World Series game that deep while facing so few batters since Arizona's Curt Schilling managed the feat in 2001.

Milwaukee manager Pat Murphy credited his team's application rather than any sense of the series being settled. "The guys play hard," he said. "They don't give in. They make every pitch count, and that's what it takes to win."

Murphy was also careful to praise the opposition, noting Tampa Bay's capability across the regular season, and added: "This is a best-of-seven series. It looks like we're in the driver's seat, but it's baseball. Anything can happen."

Rays third baseman Junior Caminero acknowledged the gulf on the night. "I assure you 100% that we want to give the best of each of us," he said. "But they're just playing better and things are going their way."

Tampa Bay managed only one run from three hits across the nine innings, a return that leaves them facing the first World Series sweep since the San Francisco Giants completed one against the Detroit Tigers in 2012, as noted by Yahoo Sports.

Plenty of travelling Brewers supporters were present at Tropicana Field for Game 3, with fans reported to have gathered behind the Rays' own dugout to cheer their side on.

Game 4 is scheduled for Tuesday night at Tropicana Field in St Petersburg, Florida, with first pitch at 8pm ET and the broadcast carried on Fox, according to Yahoo Sports.

Griffin Jax, who posted an 8-10 record and a 3.52 ERA in the regular season, is set to start on the mound for the Rays as they try to extend the series.

Milwaukee had not confirmed their starter as of Yahoo Sports' report, though Dustin May, who finished the regular season 2-2 with a 5.65 ERA, was described as a likely candidate.

The series opened with a 3-2 Brewers win at American Family Field, where right-hander Jacob Misiorowski threw the fastest pitch recorded in World Series history at 103.5mph, eclipsing the 103.2mph mark Aroldis Chapman set for the Chicago Cubs in 2016, per BBC Sport.

Misiorowski, 24, restricted the Rays to a single run across five innings in that opener and became the youngest starting pitcher since 1997 to win a World Series Game 1. "It was amazing - just to have the city behind me, it means the world, we couldn't ask for anything better," he said afterwards.

That opening match drew 43,250 fans to a stadium with an official capacity of 41,900, and marked Milwaukee's first World Series appearance since losing to the St Louis Cardinals in 1982.

Tampa Bay must now win Game 4 simply to keep the series alive, with Milwaukee needing just one more victory anywhere to secure the franchise's first World Series championship.