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Brewers’ bullpen cracks in Game 4 loss after Aaron Ashby breaks postseason scoreless relief mark

The Milwaukee Brewers missed a chance to clinch the World Series championship on Tuesday night, falling 4-3 in twelve innings to the Tampa Bay Rays after bullpen struggles and a costly defensive miscue. Aaron Ashby established a new postseason standard for consecutive scoreless innings by a relief pitcher, retiring seven straight batters before being pulled by manager Pat Murphy in the eleventh frame with a one-run lead.

Cooper Pratt had briefly provided the advantage via a solo home run, but third baseman Joey Ortiz committed a throwing error on Junior Caminero's grounder to begin the twelfth. Rookie reliever Shane Drohan subsequently surrendered four consecutive singles to Liam Hicks, Jonny DeLuca, Chandler Simpson, and Ben Williamson to allow the winning run and force a Game 5 matchup where ace Jacob Misiorowski is slated to start.

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