Rays vs Brewers live updates, lineups, where to watch: Nick Martinez, Jacob Misiorowski open World Series as both teams seek first title
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.
Follow Yahoo Sports for live updates, highlights and more as the Brewers host the Rays in Game 1 of the World Series, broadcast on Fox.
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Steven Matz is now for the Rays, as both starting pitchers’ day ends after five innings.
Nick Martinez’s day: 5 innings, 5 hits, 2 runs, 0 walks and 5 strikeouts on 73 pitches. Fairly solid against a good defense, but his team is still playing from behind after this difficult first round.
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The Rays are tied for the most stolen base attempts in MLB this season, but that trend has now ended back-to-back innings for them.
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The Brewers end the top of the sixth on a hit-and-run double play, as Abner Uribe swings Chandler Simpson on a slider, then William Contreras catches Jonathan Aranda stealing second.
There are just nine outs remaining for the rested Brewers bullpen.
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Jonathan Aranda hits a single against Uribe. He arrived at the base three times today.
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Abner Uribe is on the mound to start the sixth for the Brewers, so that’s it for Jacob Misiorowski. The final line of his World Series debut: 5 innings, 4 hits, 1 run, 1 walk and 3 strikeouts on 78 pitches.
It’s his best start to the playoffs, but it’s still not quite what he was doing in the regular season.
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Chourio goes to shortstop to end the fifth inning. We’ll see if that’s it for Nick Martinez on 73 pitches.
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Wow, David Hamilton draws a line down the right field line and attempts a triple, only for Victor Mesa Jr. to find redemption with a perfect throw to Ben Williamson, who then downs Hamilton at third. Hamilton seemed to stumble a bit around second place and it cost him a lot of time.
Milwaukee could have had a runner on second with one out and topped the standings for a third time. Instead, it’s empty bases and two outs for Jackson Chourio.
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As Nick Martinez starts the bottom of the fifth, Steven Matz and Kevin Kelly warm up in the Rays bullpen.
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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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