Analysis
World Series 2026 Game 2: the Brewers edge the Rays 5-4 for another one-run win and a 2-0 lead, with Game 3 in Tampa Bay at 9 a.m. on October 27, Korea time
Milwaukee beat Tampa Bay 5-4 at home in Game 2 on Sunday, October 25, Korea time, to lead the best-of-seven World Series 2-0. Both games have been decided by one run. 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. Milwaukee need two 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 2 of the World Series also went to Milwaukee by one run. The Brewers won 5-4 at home at 9 a.m. on Sunday, October 25, Korea time, Saturday night, October 24 in the US, in nine innings. After 3-2 in Game 1, that is two one-run games in a row, and the meeting of the two No. 1 seeds stands 2-0 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 evening, October 25, Korea time, before Game 3. This piece covers results and the arithmetic of the games left only, with no forecasts and no probabilities.
With Game 2 added, Milwaukee are 9-1 in ten games this postseason, 6-0 at home and 3-1 on the road, with 42 runs scored and 27 allowed. Tampa Bay are 7-4 in eleven games (4-1 at home, 3-3 on the road), with 41 scored and 31 allowed. Over the two World Series games Milwaukee have scored eight runs and Tampa Bay six. Game 1 is in our previous piece.
The rest of the schedule. The series now moves to Tampa Bay. Game 3 on Tuesday, October 27, Game 4 on Wednesday, October 28 and Game 5 on Thursday, October 29 are all at 9 a.m. (8 p.m. Eastern the evening before) 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, and there is no game on Friday, October 30.
The arithmetic of the games left. The first club to four wins takes it, so Milwaukee need two more and Tampa Bay four. The earliest the series can end is Game 4 on Wednesday, October 28, and only Milwaukee can finish it that day, by winning Games 3 and 4. Two wins from the three games in Tampa Bay would give Milwaukee the title there. Tampa Bay would have to win Games 3 to 6 to finish in Game 6 on Saturday, October 31, so if Tampa Bay win the series, it ends in Milwaukee. Game 7 on Sunday, November 1 is still the latest it can go. After Game 3 Milwaukee lead either 3-0 or 2-1.
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.