MILWAUKEE (Interstat) — Sal Frelick hit a game-tying home run in the sixth inning and rookie Cooper Pratt delivered a go-ahead opposite-field RBI single in the seventh as the Milwaukee Brewers rallied from an early four-run deficit to beat the Tampa Bay Rays 5-4 on Saturday in Game 2 of the World Series at American Family Field. The Brewers lead the best-of-seven series 2-0.

Tampa Bay seemed poised to even the series after ambushing Milwaukee in the first inning. Yandy Diaz reached on shortstop Cooper Pratt’s throwing error, Chandler Simpson singled home Diaz, Junior Caminero followed with an RBI single and Liam Hicks hit a two-run homer to right-center. The Rays had four runs before Milwaukee had recorded its second out, but they managed only three hits the rest of the way.

Milwaukee answered with two runs in the bottom of the first. Jackson Chourio singled, Jake Bauers singled and William Contreras drove in Chourio with a single to center. Garrett Mitchell then lined an RBI single to right that scored Bauers and cut the deficit to 4-2. The Brewers pulled closer in the fourth when David Hamilton reached on first baseman Jonathan Aranda’s fielding error, allowing Pratt to score. Frelick tied it in the sixth with a homer to center. Brice Turang doubled in the seventh and scored on Pratt’s single to right.

Tampa Bay threatened in the sixth after Hicks was hit by a pitch and moved to second on Richie Palacios’ sacrifice bunt. Victor Mesa Jr. singled, but left fielder Jackson Chourio threw out Hicks at home, and a Tampa Bay challenge of the tag play was upheld. The Rays also challenged a home-plate collision call in that inning, and the call stood. Milwaukee had a similar rally end in the eighth when William Contreras reached on a fielder’s choice and Jackson Chourio was thrown out at home by shortstop Taylor Walls; a Milwaukee challenge was upheld.

The Rays finished with seven hits and two sacrifice hits, including Taylor Walls’ bunt in the second and Palacios’ bunt in the sixth. Milwaukee had 11 hits. The game drew 43,245 and took 3 hours, 38 minutes.

Abner Uribe earned the win in relief for Milwaukee and improved to 7-3. Tyler Wells took the loss for Tampa Bay and fell to 5-4. Aaron Ashby recorded the save, his seventh. Ashby worked 1 2/3 innings, allowed one hit, no earned runs and struck out three. Uribe pitched 1 1/3 hitless innings, walked one and struck out one. JoJo Romero, DL Hall and Dustin May each threw a scoreless inning in relief for Milwaukee. Romero and Hall each allowed one hit and struck out one, while May allowed one hit. Steven Matz recorded one out with no hits or earned runs for Tampa Bay. Cam Booser worked 1 1/3 hitless innings with one walk. Kevin Kelly allowed two hits over 1 1/3 scoreless innings with one walk.

Hicks went 1 for 2 with a two-run homer for Tampa Bay. Frelick went 2 for 4 with a home run and one RBI for Milwaukee. The Brewers’ comeback denied a strong early offensive start for the Rays, who scored all four of their runs in the first. Tampa Bay’s season record is now 105-68, while Milwaukee’s is 112-60.

Milwaukee will take a 2-0 series lead to St. Petersburg for Game 3. The Brewers’ bullpen protected the one-run edge after Pratt’s go-ahead hit, retiring Tampa Bay in order in the eighth before Ashby worked around Jonny DeLuca’s leadoff double in the ninth. DeLuca moved to third on Ben Williamson’s groundout, but Ashby struck out Yandy Diaz to end the game.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected Milwaukee to win 8-6, and Interstat’s ELO system gave the Brewers a 61.6 percent probability before the game. Tampa Bay had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -1.5. The total score of 9 went under the over/under line of 6.5.