Hard to tell where Game 3 between the visiting Milwaukee Brewers and the host Tampa Bay Rays was being played, judging by the crowd noise. Tampa Bay was third worst in attendance this year, even with a $60 million restoration project that followed Hurricane Milton. While the crowd was evenly split in Tampa, a sold out stadium in Milwaukee was going nuts.

I like Milwaukee Brewer’s manager, Pat Murphy’s lineup. Lefty Jake Bauers in the two spot makes a ton of sense. Not sure about putting lefty Christian Yelich in the three spot as it makes life easier for Tampa Bay Rays manager Kevin Cash later in the game.

Also not sure why Chandler Simpson doesn’t call off Junior Caminero on a Texas Leaguer in the first inning. This is a series of opportunities.

Robert Gasser looks like he’s trying to fool every hitter instead of going after them.That’s going to be a lot of pitches in a short amount of time.

Simpson is putting an interesting stamp on this game. He pulls up on the ball in the outfield and then gets on base the next half inning by way of a force out. I have never seen a runner turn his body toward second base the way he does. After two pick-off attempts by Gasser, Simpson takes off. He has the bag stolen no problem, but he slides so late and so far to the outfield side of the bag that he can’t hang on. Cooper Pratt tags him out.

The next half inning, Sal Frelick slices one into the corner and Simpson hits the left field wall like a shopping cart headed for your driver’s side door. No brakes. Nothing you can do but watch. Simpson hangs on. Garrett Mitchell gets thrown out two pitches later. 0-0 going into the bottom of the second.

No problem for Gasser in the second.

Jackson Chourio continues to look like a future hall-of-famer. He singles to start the third. Bauer’s walks. Yelich goes opposite field, scoring Chourio. 1-0. Victor Mesa Jr. makes yet another mental mistake this series as he looks for the runner before catching a ball off the bat of William Contreras. Bauer’s scores. 2-0. Contreras makes a mental mistake of his own in getting caught off first base.

Brice Turang does a magic trick to come up with a high hop off the bat of Ben Williamson. The farther back your hands are, the more likely you are to get your elbow down and your hands/bat moving in the right direction. Taylor Walls hands are moving back as he tries to start a swing against Freddy Peralta. Cooper Pratt does something similar. I keep hearing, “Get your foot down.” Forget the foot. Don’t even move it (see Shohei Ohtani, Game 4 NLCS). Get your hands back.

With a little help from William Contreras’ challenging abilities (on hiatus in Game 3), Gasser breezes through the fourth.

Top 5: David Hamilton tries to poke a ball into left field. Caminero thwarts the effort with a leaping grab. Chourio takes a pitch on the outside half of the plate and goes the other way with it.

Caminero makes a fine play to snare a play in the hole of the bat of Contreras. But, Yelich beats the throw to the bag. Little things. Cam Booser comes in to face the lefty Turang. Turang lines a shot up the middle that Walls tries to field while taking a seat. Two runs score: 5-0. Cooper Pratt smokes one down the left field line. 7-0. Frelick goes opposite field. This one falls. Pratt scores. 8-0.

Cash brings Cole Sulser in. Hamilton pulls one into right center. It’s the seventh two-out base runner in a row.9-0. Chourio smokes the ninth pitch from Sulser to -I repeat myself- the opposite field. 10-0. Seven, two-out hits ties a World Series Record.

It didn’t get better. Sulser is inducing ground balls right and left with no help. Contreras gets on board by way of Caminero error. Turang gets on by way of swinging bunt. Sulser finally gets help with the first successful appeal of a called ball.

That was the extent of Ray rallies through five innings: “Finally got an appeal right.” Nick Fortes is the starting catcher for Game 3. It’s his time to shine, to show the organization that he, and not Liam Hicks-should be starting. Or not… Sixth inning: he hits a 4-6-3 double play.

Moral victory: a Rays pitcher finally retires Chourio in the seventh.

Gasser is replaced in the seventh. The 18 batters he faced six innings as a left handed pitcher in the World Series was last turned in by some guy named, Ko..Koo…Kow… No, that’s not it. Koufax. That’s it. 1965, Game 5. Curt Schilling also faced 18 to start a game in 2001.

What does a ten-run lead in a World Series allow a manager to do? Bring in someone outside the circle of trust. Anthony Senzatela. He gets six outs. Brandon Woodruff and Gary Sanchez get in the game. Woodruff’s been with the club for a decade. Luis Lara and Cedric Mullins for the Rays also get into the act.

Sal Frelick makes a sensational grab for the second out of the ninth. He also did exactly what you are supposed to do on a high, soft hit. Your’re supposed to dive because the ball can’t get by you.

How bad was it? Brad Williamson fouled a ball off of his own foot, and then the ball shot up and almost knocked his helmet off. At least Yandy Diaz finally made contact and an RBI. 10-1. Brice Turang ended it with a play going toward shortstop and throwing across his body to get Jonathan Aranda by many steps.

Final score: 10-1. Was it really that close? The crowd seemed to enjoy it. That is ten wins in 11 games for Milwaukee this postseason. Maybe Rays fans will show up tomorrow.