World Series will have first-time champion as Rays set up showdown with Brewers
7-3 Game 6 win set up by strong Freddy Peralta start
TL;DR
- Freddy Peralta pitched 5.1 innings, and home runs from Junior Caminero and Yandy Díaz secured the Rays' 7-3 victory over the Guardians.
- The Rays will face the Milwaukee Brewers in the World Series, marking the third World Series appearance for Tampa Bay and the first for Milwaukee.
- Both the Rays and Brewers are seeking their first World Series title.
- This World Series features two teams with low payrolls, a historical anomaly.
- The loss extends Cleveland's championship drought to 78 years.
- The Brewers, who started as the Seattle Pilots, have only one previous World Series appearance in 1982.
- The Rays, originally the Devil Rays, have appeared in the World Series twice before, losing in 2008 and 2020.