Rays put on the brink of World Series flop by Brewers' historic 8-run, 2-out surge

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida — Tampa Bay's first World Series game at Tropicana Field in 18 years turned into a record-setter: for Milwaukee Brewers batters and Rays pitchers. Milwaukee became the first team to score eight runs with two outs in a World Series inning, taking a 10-0 lead in the fifth on Monday night and moving toward taking a 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven series. Brewers batters strung together a postseason-record seven straight two-out hits against starter Freddy Peralta and relievers Cam Booser and Cole Sulser. Brice Turang, Garrett Mitchell and Cooper Pratt combined to drive in five runs in a three-pitch span, opening a 7-0 lead, and Jackson Chourio had two hits in the inning, giving him four in the game. Milwaukee had three doubles and four singles. The previous high of seven runs with two outs was set by Boston in the fifth inning of the 2007 opener against Colorado and matched three years later by San Francisco in the eighth inning of Game 2 against Texas, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. Of 43 teams to trail 0-3 in a best-of-seven postseason series, only the Red Sox against the New York Yankees in the 2004 AL Championship Series rebounded to win. Of 25...