The Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 3-2 in Game 1 of the World Series on Friday.
Brewers closer Trevor Megill loaded the bases in the ninth inning but stranded the tying run at third base to secure the win. Megill struck out Jonny DeLuca after the Rays overturned a potential game-ending double play the batter prior on replay review.
"Megill kept his composure," Brewers manager Pat Murphy said when speaking about the long replay review.
"We talk about it all the time. When there's a challenge, do not walk off the mound. Kept his composure, and that was the biggest at-bat of the game."
Milwaukee ace Jacob Misiorowski allowed one earned run over five innings. The Brewers right-hander broke the record for the fastest first pitch thrown in the World Series when his opening offering to Yandy Díaz was clocked at 103.5 mph.
"I thought Miz was great tonight," Murphy said. "What we're used to seeing in the regular season was Miz just mow through people and have two strikeouts an inning.
"That's unrealistic. This is the best team in the American League. They proved that during the regular season and proved that in the postseason so far. One of the ways they do that is to make contact better than anybody in baseball."
The 24-year-old Misiorowski is the youngest pitcher since 1997 to win Game 1 of the World Series.
"Electric. The fans were - it was crazy," Misiorowski said. "It's everything I dreamed of. It's really cool that we got to do it here in Milwaukee. It's been awesome to feel the city and feel the atmosphere they've been creating. It's been amazing."
Christian Yelich, William Contreras, and Jackson Chourio each had an RBI for the Brewers. Contreras was also stellar on the defensive end, throwing out two base stealers.
"Contreras was incredible," Murphy said. "If anybody doesn't notice the contributions of Contreras, he was the player of the game."
Jonathan Aranda and Chandler Simpson combined for five of the Rays' seven hits, but Tampa Bay was 0-for-6 with runners in scoring position.
Despite the loss, Rays manager Kevin Cash remains confident in his club.
"This is an extremely confident group. You know that, we know that," Cash said. "They're going to be fine. I think the frustration comes from we were one swing of the bat away right at the end of potentially taking the lead.
"We came up a little bit short, but there's some benefit maybe from a loss. We saw (Aaron) Ashby. We saw (Abner) Uribe. We saw Megill. I'd like to think that's going to help us moving forward a little bit."
It's the first time Milwaukee's won a World Series game since 1982 - the organization's lone appearance in the Fall Classic.
The Brewers have won six straight postseason games, and are 8-1 this October.
Game 2 goes Saturday at 8 p.m. ET. Drew Rasmussen takes the hill for Rays opposite Logan Henderson for the Brewers.
