BéisbolRays flip the script: same 7-3 score, opposite winner five days later
Díaz homered and Aranda drove in two as Tampa Bay's 11-hit road win mirrored Cleveland's 7-3 from five days earlier.
Ohtani struck first, but two homers and a bullpen that held firm flipped October's script in Los Angeles.
Ohtani wasted no time, going deep early to put Los Angeles in front 4-0 — the kind of lead that usually ends arguments in October. Milwaukee disagreed. The Brewers answered with two home runs of their own, kept chipping away at the Dodgers' arms and left with a 6-4 road win.
Once the comeback was complete, the bullpen took over and closed the door on a lineup that had just been gifted a four-run cushion. Four days earlier, Milwaukee had edged LA 2-1 behind Brice Turang's homer to grab the series lead; this time the Brewers showed they could win from behind, too.
For Los Angeles, the bill is steep: a four-run cushion gone and real pressure settling in. For Milwaukee, it's proof its October formula — power, relief pitching and nerve — travels anywhere.
BéisbolDíaz homered and Aranda drove in two as Tampa Bay's 11-hit road win mirrored Cleveland's 7-3 from five days earlier.
BéisbolFour meetings in six days have split these clubs 2-2; the longer head-to-head tilts Tampa Bay's way.
BéisbolCleveland took two of three this week, but Tampa Bay leads the last eight meetings 5-3 — Sunday can shift it.