Rays-Brewers World Series Game 1 FAQ (Fri., 8 ET on FOX)
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Tampa Bay Rays
2026 Postseason
Reporting
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Injuries & availability
Current official injured-list and rehab status.
Jacob Melton
60-day IL
LF · Right hamstring strain.
Jonathan Heasley
60-day IL
RHP
Gavin Lux
60-day IL
LF · Right shoulder impingement
Edwin Uceta
60-day IL
RHP · Right shoulder impingement
Ryan Pepiot
60-day IL
RHP · Right hip inflammation
Schedule
Results and the next official games, shown in your local time.
Recent games
vs Cleveland Guardians
Oct 20 · Final · Postseason
WP: Peralta · LP: Armstrong
Notable: Peralta: 5.1 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 3 K · W
at Cleveland Guardians
Oct 18 · Final · Postseason
WP: Rasmussen · LP: Messick · SV: Baker
Notable: Rasmussen: 7.0 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K · W
at Cleveland Guardians
Oct 18 · Final · Postseason
WP: Martinez · LP: Espino
Notable: Martinez: 5.1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K · W
at Cleveland Guardians
Oct 15 · Final · Postseason
WP: Williams · LP: Jax · SV: Smith
Notable: Jax: 4.0 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 1 HR · L
vs Cleveland Guardians
Oct 14 · Final · Postseason
WP: Peralta · LP: Messick · SV: Baker
Notable: Peralta: 6.0 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 6 K · W
Upcoming games
Analytics
Team Quality
Record, run balance, and expected record from runs scored and allowed.
- Record
- 98-64
- Run differential
- +86
- Runs/game
- 4.5
- Runs allowed/game
- 4.0
- Expected record
- 91-71
- Actual vs expected
- +7.0 wins
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Based on runs scored and allowed.
Offense
Team hitting rates and production from verified season totals.
- Runs/game
- 4.5
- OPS
- .728
- OBP
- .326
- SLG
- .402
- AVG
- .258
- Home runs
- 169
- BB%
- 8.4%
- K%
- 18.8%
- Hits/game
- 8.7
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Pitching and Run Prevention
Pitching staff results and opponent production.
- Runs allowed/game
- 4.0
- ERA
- 3.70
- WHIP
- 1.14
- Strikeouts
- 1322
- Walks
- 409
- K/9
- 8.3
- BB/9
- 2.5
- HR allowed
- 201
- Opp AVG
- .229
- Opp OPS
- .678
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Basic Defense
Only basic fielding totals that are available reliably.
- Errors
- 92
- Fielding %
- .984
- Double plays
- 100
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Only audited basic fielding totals are shown; unsupported defensive metrics are intentionally omitted.
Recent form
2026 postseason · Retained completed games
- Last 5
- 4–1
W–L in the retained schedule window.
Team leaders
2026 regular season · Production credited to this team
Home runs
Junior Caminero
42 HR · 162 games
Runs batted in
Junior Caminero
101 RBI · 162 games
Pitcher strikeouts
Drew Rasmussen
174 K · 30 games
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