Analysis
World Series 2026 Game 1: the Brewers beat the Rays 3-2 to lead 1-0, with Game 2 in Milwaukee at 9 a.m. on October 25, Korea time
Milwaukee beat Tampa Bay 3-2 at home in Game 1 of the World Series on Saturday, October 24, Korea time, to lead the best of seven 1-0. Game 2 is in Milwaukee at 9 a.m. on Sunday, October 25, and Games 3 and 4 are in Tampa Bay on Tuesday, October 27 and Wednesday, October 28. Milwaukee need three more wins and Tampa Bay four. It ends no earlier than October 28 and no later than Sunday, November 1.
Clinch Desk · Sun, Oct 25
Game 1 of the World Series went to Milwaukee by one run. The Brewers won 3-2 at home at 9 a.m. on Saturday, October 24, Korea time, Friday night, October 23 in the US, in nine innings. The meeting of the two No. 1 seeds starts 1-0 to Milwaukee. The result and the schedule come from the ESPN postseason data behind this site's postseason page and series pages, and the cut-off is Sunday morning, October 25, Korea time, before Game 2. This piece covers results and the arithmetic of the games left only, with no forecasts and no probabilities.
With Game 1 added, Milwaukee are 8-1 in nine games this postseason, 5-0 at home and 3-1 on the road, with 37 runs scored and 23 allowed. Tampa Bay are 7-3 in ten games (4-1 at home, 3-2 on the road), with 37 scored and 26 allowed. As our previous piece noted, Milwaukee came into Game 1 after eight days off since the Championship Series and Tampa Bay after four.
The rest of the schedule is unchanged. Game 2 is in Milwaukee at 9 a.m. on Sunday, October 25 (8 p.m. Eastern on October 24 in the US). Games 3 and 4 on Tuesday, October 27 and Wednesday, October 28, and Game 5 on Thursday, October 29, are at 9 a.m. in Tampa Bay. Games 6 and 7 on Saturday, October 31 and Sunday, November 1 are at 9 a.m. back in Milwaukee. Games 5 to 7 are played only if needed.
The arithmetic of the games left. The first club to four wins takes it, so Milwaukee need three more and Tampa Bay four. The earliest the series can end is still Game 4 on Wednesday, October 28, and only Milwaukee can finish it that day, by winning Games 2, 3 and 4. Tampa Bay can finish no earlier than Game 5 on Thursday, October 29, with a 4-1 result. Whichever club wins, ending in Game 4 or 5 means ending in Tampa Bay, and going to Game 6 or 7 means ending in Milwaukee, with Game 7 on Sunday, November 1 the latest. After Game 2 the series moves to Tampa Bay either 2-0 to Milwaukee or level at 1-1.
Korea start times for every game are on the schedule page and the World Series page. Each club's postseason record is on its page: Milwaukee and Tampa Bay. The seeding and tiebreaker rules are in our explainer. This site's clinch and tragic numbers are a regular-season calculation and stay frozen at the final standings of September 28.