Brewers win World Series game after comeback

🗞️ Story file #604

Brewers win World Series game after comeback

Oct 18, 2 AM ET to Oct 26, 5 AM ET · 1 outlet not rated for lean

17outlets carried it
🫏7 · 4 · 5🐘left · center · right
8.1 dayson the front pages
12front pages at once, at its peak
12 minof TV captions
19radio newscasts
3 of 4parts of a saga

👣 How this story traveled: from the front pages that broke it, out through TV, radio and the shows, into what people retold and what fact-checkers examined, and on into the saga it is part of. Everything here is matched to the story by our tools, so a link can be wrong; the trackers' pages say how each is made.

Oct 18, 2 AM ETfirst on a front page: New York Post
Oct 19, 2 AM ETfirst on the radio: NPR News Now
Oct 19, 5 AM ETfirst on TV: MSNOW
Oct 21, 6 AM ETpeak: on 12 front pages

the front pages that ran it, hour by hour

Front pages carrying it at each hourly run, Oct 18, 2 AM to Oct 26, 5 AM ET (peak 12), by the outlets' lean: left · center · right · not rated

Who carried it and when: each outlet in the order it picked the story up, a bar for each headline from when we first saw it on the front page to when we last did, in the outlet's lean color (dashed: not rated); a dot marks a new headline. Beneath, its captions on TV, the radio newscasts that carried it (bigger: the lead) and when people were found retelling it. Hover for details.

📡 wire copy: 3 outlets ran the AP headline nearly word for word (Chicago Tribune, NBC News, The Washington Times)

📌 linked by aggregators: Google News

💬 quoted: “easy to see”

🗣️ only one side says: 🫏 2-0 world 🐘 44 years

✏️ 13 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)

AP (8 wordings): “Guardians to open with Shawn Armstrong; Rays start Nick Martinez in ALCS Game 4” → “Drew Rasmusssen can't make it through 4th inning as Rays blow 4-0 lead in Game 2 loss to Brewers”
CNN (2 wordings): “Rays beat Guardians to book a World Series showdown with the Brewers” → “Sports 4 reasons to get excited about the World Series showdown between the Brewers and Rays”
Chicago Tribune (8 wordings): “Tampa Bay Rays capitalize on Cleveland Guardians errors for 7-3 win to even ALCS at 2-2” → “World Series: Milwaukee Brewers take 2-0 lead after 5-4 comeback win over Tampa Bay Rays”
Fox News (4 wordings): “Tampa Bay Rays move one win from World Series after Drew Rasmussen dominates Cleveland Guardians” → “The Rays and Brewers' World Series secret weapon has rivals playing catch-up”
NBC News (5 wordings): “Drew Rasmussen shines as Rays beat Guardians 3-1 in Game 5 to take ALCS lead” → “Sal Frelick, Cooper Pratt lift Brewers to comeback win”
New York Post (6 wordings): “Rays roll past Guardians in Game 4 to even ALCS as offense busts out” → “Brewers stun Rays to take commanding World Series lead”
Scripps News (2 wordings): “Sports World Series stage is set as Rays advance to face Brewers AP via Scripps News Group” → “Sports Brewers, Rays defy the odds to reach World Series with history at stake AP via Scripps News Group”
Tampa Bay Times (14 wordings): “Rays hang on to beat Guardians and even ALCS, ensuring a return to Trop • Sports comment” → “Ace isn’t sharp, Rays waste chance in World Series Game 2 loss to Brewers • Sports comment”
The Epoch Times (2 wordings): “Rays-Brewers World Series Features 2 Managers With Similar Stories” → “Brewers Hold Off Rays Twice to Win First World Series Game in 44 Years”
The Guardian (7 wordings): “Rays punish Cleveland defensive lapses to square ALCS at two games apiece” → “Brewers erase four-run deficit to stun Rays and take 2-0 World Series lead”
The Washington Sun (2 wordings): “The Rays Are in the World Series. That’s a Nats Story, Too.” → “This Brewers-Rays World Series Is the Brainiac Classic”
The Washington Times (3 wordings): “Halpin’s go-ahead homer flips Game 3 as Guardians beat Rays for 2-1 ALCS lead” → “Peralta, Caminero, Diaz lead Rays to win over Guardians and a trip to the World Series”
USA Today (16 wordings): “Guardians, Rays battle in pivotal ALCS Game 4” → “Brewers are two games from immortality in MLB World Series”

Every outlet's first headline (17), left to right by AllSides rating

HuffPost World Series Begins As Tampa Bay Rays Face Milwaukee Brewers Oct 23, 9 PM ET
The Guardian Rays punish Cleveland defensive lapses to square ALCS at two games apiece Oct 18, 12 AM ET
AP Guardians to open with Shawn Armstrong; Rays start Nick Martinez in ALCS Game 4 Oct 16, 5 PM ET
CNN Rays beat Guardians to book a World Series showdown with the Brewers Oct 20, 12 AM ET
NBC News Drew Rasmussen shines as Rays beat Guardians 3-1 in Game 5 to take ALCS lead Oct 18, 10 PM ET
NPR Rays will face Brewers in World Series to produce a first-time champion Oct 20, 3 AM ET
USA Today Guardians, Rays battle in pivotal ALCS Game 4 Oct 16, 9 PM ET
BBC Fastest pitch in World Series history as Brewers win opener Oct 24, 4 AM ET
Chicago Tribune Tampa Bay Rays capitalize on Cleveland Guardians errors for 7-3 win to even ALCS at 2-2 Oct 18, 1 AM ET
Scripps News Sports World Series stage is set as Rays advance to face Brewers AP via Scripps News Group Oct 20, 8 AM ET
Tampa Bay Times Rays hang on to beat Guardians and even ALCS, ensuring a return to Trop • Sports comment Oct 18, 12 AM ET
The Epoch Times Rays-Brewers World Series Features 2 Managers With Similar Stories Oct 22, 12 AM ET
The Washington Times Halpin’s go-ahead homer flips Game 3 as Guardians beat Rays for 2-1 ALCS lead Oct 15, 7 PM ET
Fox News Tampa Bay Rays move one win from World Series after Drew Rasmussen dominates Cleveland Guardians Oct 18, 9 PM ET
IJR Brewers Win World Series Opener After 44 Years Oct 25, 6 AM ET
New York Post Rays roll past Guardians in Game 4 to even ALCS as offense busts out Oct 18, 2 AM ET
The Washington Sun The Rays Are in the World Series. That’s a Nats Story, Too. Oct 21, 6 AM ET

TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it

📺 On TV

CNN10 min

Fox News2 min

MSNOW27 s

MILWAUKEE BREWERS DEFEAT TAMPA BAY RAYS 3-2 IN GAME 1 CNN, 4 min
BREWERS AND RAYS BOTH VYING FOR FRANCHISE'S FIRST WS TITLE CNN, 87 s
MILWAUKEE BREWERS SCORE KEY HITS TO WIN GAME 1 OF WORLD SERIES CNN, 61 s
BREWERS AND RAYS BOTH VYING FOR FRANCHISE'S FIRST WS TITLE. Andy Scholes | @WN World Sport CNN, 46 s
BREWERS VERSUS RAYS IN WORLD SERIES GAME ONE CNN, 45 s
BREWERS' PITCHER SETS WORLD SERIES VELOCITY RECORD Fox News, 44 s
RAYS BEAT GUARDIANS IN GAME 5, ON CUSP OF WC MSNOW, 27 s
SEATGEEK: BREWERS-RAYS SERIES SETS NEW WS TICKET PRICE RECORD CNN, 25 s