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Rays walk off the Brewers 4-3 in 12 innings to force World Series Game 5

Pinch hitter Ben Williamson's chopper in the 12th sent Tampa Bay past Milwaukee 4-3 in Game 4. The Brewers still lead the World Series 3-1.

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Rays third baseman Junior Caminero on the field in June 2026

The Tampa Bay Rays are still alive. Pinch hitter Ben Williamson bounced the first pitch he saw into shallow right field with the bases loaded in the 12th inning Tuesday night. It gave Tampa Bay a 4-3 win over the Milwaukee Brewers in Game 4 of the World Series.

Milwaukee still leads the series 3-1. Game 5 is Wednesday night at Tropicana Field.

The ending came minutes after the Brewers looked ready to celebrate. Cooper Pratt homered in the top of the 12th to give Milwaukee a 3-2 lead. That put the Brewers three outs from the first championship in franchise history.

A wild 12th inning

Junior Caminero started the rally with a ground ball that Brewers third baseman Joey Ortiz threw away. Caminero aggravated a left foot injury on the play but still raced from first to third on a single by Liam Hicks before Cedric Mullins ran for him.

Jonny DeLuca then tied the game with an RBI single. It was the Rays' first run since the fourth inning. Williamson, hitting for Victor Mesa Jr., jumped on a 96 mph sinker from left-hander Shane Drohan. The ball hit the hard infield in front of the plate and hopped into right field to score Nick Fortes.

"Jokingly, in my head I was thinking, 'Yeah, I've been ready to hit since the fourth or fifth inning,'" Williamson said.

All hands on deck

Rays manager Kevin Cash used 21 players in the game, including seven pitchers. Game 1 starter Nick Martinez threw two scoreless innings in relief. Closer Bryan Baker worked two innings in a game for the first time this year.

It was the Rays' first World Series win at Tropicana Field since 2008. It also came one night after Milwaukee routed them 10-1 in Game 3.

Caminero insisted he will play in Game 5. "If my foot is broken," he said, "I'll play tomorrow."

"We can win four in a row," Martinez said. "This team is capable of doing that."

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