Milwaukee Brewers fail to seal World Series sweep as desperate Tampa Bay Rays rally in dramatic 12-inning thriller to force Game 5

The Tampa Bay Rays managed to narrowly keep their World Series hopes alive in a tense Game 4 that rumbled on into the early hours of Wednesday morning. The Rays entered the do-or-die Game 4 on Tuesday night desperately needing a win to extend the series and avoid a championship sweep at the hands of the Milwaukee Brewers . It took four and a half hours and 12 innings but Tampa Bay finally managed to find their first win of the best-of-seven World Series deep into extra innings, beating the Brewers 4-3 shortly before 12:30am ET.