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Brewers take Game 2

Sports · Heat 3.3 / 10 · 4 shows · 35m airtime

The Milwaukee Brewers beat the Tampa Bay Rays 5-4 in Game 2 of the World Series on October 24, 2026, taking a 2-0 series lead. Yandy Diaz was called out on a check swing in the ninth to end the game, and the discussion is over whether he actually swung. Sal Frelick tied it with a sixth-inning homer and rookie Cooper Pratt drove in the go-ahead run in the seventh; the Brewers have trailed in seven of their ten postseason games. Aaron Ashby is one out from tying Andrew Miller's 2016 record of 16 postseason scoreless innings, with Goose Gossage's 14 1/3 innings in 1981 the mark before that. Tampa's potential tying run was on third at the end of…

How 4 podcasts covered it

  1. Baseball Tonight with Buster Olney, 2026-10-25 (0:47 to 2:22)
    Interviews Frelick on the comeback and ninth
    On-field interview with Sal Frelick after Game 2: he retells the 4-0 deficit, his game-tying homer in the sixth, Cooper Pratt's go-ahead hit and Aaron Ashby's scoreless ninth. First-hand color, but it stays inside the facts already on the record.
  2. Baseball Tonight with Buster Olney, 2026-10-25 (2:22 to 8:13)
    Adds Gossage's 1981 scoreless benchmark
    Recaps Game 2 from Milwaukee with postgame audio from Murphy and Cash. The one addition to the record is the benchmark Ashby is chasing: Goose Gossage's 14 1/3 scoreless innings in 1981, which Ashby has now passed at 14 2/3.
    New angle: Goose Gossage held the previous postseason scoreless record at 14 1/3 innings in 1981.
  3. Baseball Tonight with Buster Olney, 2026-10-25 (9:30 to 20:05)
    Breaks down Game 2 from the ninth backward
    Sciambi and Mendoza break down Game 2 from the ninth inning backward: Murphy sticking with Ashby over McGill, Henderson settling in after the four-run first, Frelick's tying homer and Pratt's in-game adjustment. Analysis and reaction, all inside the Game 2 story.
  4. The Herd with Colin Cowherd, 2026-10-25 (0:00 to 1:19)
    Questions the check swing that ended it
    Reacts to the Brewers' 5-4 Game 2 win and spends most of the open on the check-swing call that ended it, arguing Diaz did not go and that postseason check swings get called tighter than in the regular season.
    New angle: Yandy Diaz was called out on a check swing in the ninth inning of Game 2, ending the game.
  5. The Herd with Colin Cowherd, 2026-10-25 (1:21 to 6:23)
    Reacts to the Brewers' resilience and deep bullpen
    Reacts to Game 2 through the Brewers' resilience: they have trailed in seven of ten postseason games and erased a 4-0 first-inning deficit. Credits the deep bullpen and relentless contact at-bats, and notes Logan Henderson could not put hitters away.
    New angle: The Brewers have trailed in seven of their ten postseason games.
  6. The Herd with Colin Cowherd, 2026-10-25 (8:02 to 11:40)
    Walks through the errors and the comeback
    Walks through Game 2's defensive miscues and the Brewers' comeback, naming the specific plays: Aranda's error at first, Pratt's first-inning error, Frelick's game-tying homer in the sixth and Pratt's go-ahead hit in the seventh.
    New angle: Sal Frelick tied Game 2 with a sixth-inning homer and rookie Cooper Pratt drove in the go-ahead run in the seventh.
  7. The Herd with Colin Cowherd, 2026-10-25 (11:46 to 13:02)
    Names the bullpen and counts Ashby's streak
    Names the Brewers bullpen Playas of the Game after six shutout innings in Game 2 and puts a number on Aaron Ashby's streak: 15 and two-thirds scoreless, one out shy of Andrew Miller's 2016 record of 16.
    New angle: Aaron Ashby is one out from tying Andrew Miller's 2016 record of 16 postseason scoreless innings.
  8. The Herd with Colin Cowherd, 2026-10-25 (12:55 to 14:16)
    Argues teams should fly home immediately
    Picks up after Game 2 with Kevin Cash's postgame remark that the Rays fly home the next day, and argues teams should fly immediately to keep their routine. A travel-logistics aside rather than a development in the game itself.
    New angle: Kevin Cash said the Rays will fly home the day after Game 2, not that night.
  9. The Rich Eisen Show, 2026-10-26 (2:02 to 2:57)
    Notes the Brewers' 2-0 series lead
    A brief welcome note that the Brewers have won the first two games of the World Series, with Game 3 in Tampa tonight. It sets up the hour and stays inside the series scoreline already on the record.
  10. PTI, 2026-10-26 (8:28 to 11:59)
    Previews Game 3 with Milwaukee up 2-0
    Previews Game 3 in Tampa with Milwaukee up 2-0, noting the tying run reached third in each of the first two games. Wilbon picks Tampa to win Game 3 but not the series; Kornheiser argues Milwaukee is better in the significant categories.
    New angle: Tampa's potential tying run was on third at the end of each of the first two games.
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