The Milwaukee Brewers are one win away from the first World Series title in franchise history. They buried the Tampa Bay Rays with an eight-run fifth inning on Monday night and rolled to a 10-1 win in Game 3 at Tropicana Field for a 3-0 series lead.

Every one of those eight runs came with two outs. That had never happened in a single inning in World Series history. The Brewers also strung together seven straight hits, which set a postseason record. They did it all without hitting a home run.

Jackson Chourio led the way with four hits, including a double. Rookie left-hander Robert Gasser was nearly perfect on the mound. He allowed one hit over six scoreless innings as Milwaukee won its eighth straight game.

The big inning

Chourio started the rally with a one-out single and then stole second. Christian Yelich walked. Tampa Bay starter Freddy Peralta, a former Brewer, left after William Contreras beat out an infield single to load the bases. That play was first ruled a forceout at second but was overturned on replay.

Brice Turang then hit a sharp liner that skipped off the glove of shortstop Taylor Walls for a two-run single. Garrett Mitchell, Cooper Pratt, Sal Frelick, David Hamilton and Chourio all followed with run-scoring hits.

"Knife to the chest," Walls said afterward. Rays manager Kevin Cash called the inning "deflating" and added, "How could it not be?"

Gasser shines again

Gasser gave up a leadoff single to Yandy Díaz in the first inning and then retired 14 batters in a row. With the help of a caught stealing and a double play, he faced the minimum 18 hitters through six innings. The last lefty to do that in a World Series game was Sandy Koufax in 1965.

The rookie has allowed one run in 15 innings over three postseason starts. He said the Brewers fans who filled the ballpark made the road feel like home. "Normally it's 35,000 against nine, but tonight we had 20,000 people behind us," he said.

Chourio, who is 22, now has eight hits in the series. "Really I was just taking every at-bat like it could be my last and trying to find any way I could to get on base," he said through a translator.

Woodruff gets his moment

Brandon Woodruff, the longest-tenured Brewer, pitched the ninth inning in his first game since hurting his shoulder on July 4. "What better way to make your re-debut in the playoffs than in the World Series?" he said.

One more to go

Twenty-five teams have taken a 3-0 lead in the World Series before this one. Every one of them went on to win the title. Only one team in baseball history, the 2004 Boston Red Sox, has come back from 0-3 in a best-of-seven postseason series.

Manager Pat Murphy is not celebrating yet. "It looks like we're in the driver's seat, but it's baseball. Anything can happen," he said.

Game 4 is Tuesday night in St. Petersburg. Griffin Jax is set to start for Tampa Bay. A win would make Milwaukee the first team since the 1976 Cincinnati Reds to sweep both the league championship series and the World Series.