TAMPA (Interstat) — Robert Gasser allowed one hit over six scoreless innings, Jackson Chourio collected four hits, and the Milwaukee Brewers broke open a tight game with an eight-run fifth inning to beat the Tampa Bay Rays 10-1 on Monday at George Steinbrenner Field in Game 3 of the World Series. Milwaukee leads the best-of-seven series 3-0 and can complete a sweep in Game 4 on Tuesday. The Brewers improved to 113-60, while the Rays fell to 105-69.

Gasser, the winning pitcher, improved to 6-5 after allowing one hit and one walk with three strikeouts in six innings. He retired the side in order in the second, third, fourth and fifth innings and allowed only Yandy Diaz’s first-inning single. Antonio Senzatela followed with two scoreless innings, striking out one, before Tampa Bay scored its only run in the ninth on Diaz’s double. Freddy Peralta, the losing pitcher, lasted 4 2/3 innings and allowed seven hits and five earned runs with three walks and four strikeouts. He fell to 12-12.

Milwaukee finished with 16 hits, while Tampa Bay had three. Every Brewers starter reached base, eight of the nine drove in a run, and Chourio went 4-for-5 with one RBI, finishing one hit shy of the World Series single-game record by the end of the fifth. Brice Turang went 3-for-5 with two RBIs. Milwaukee’s pitchers combined for 12 strikes, 61 balls and 12 balls in play; Tampa Bay’s staff combined for five strikes, 35 balls and five balls in play. The game took 3 hours and drew 40,388 to George Steinbrenner Field.

The Brewers opened the scoring in the third. Chourio singled, Jake Bauers walked and Christian Yelich singled to center to score Chourio. William Contreras then singled to right, scoring Bauers, but Contreras was thrown out at second trying to advance. Milwaukee led 2-0. Tampa Bay had a chance in the first when Diaz singled, but Chandler Simpson grounded into a force out and was caught stealing, ending the threat. The Rays did not get another hit until the ninth.

The decisive inning came in the fifth, and it came entirely with two out. After David Hamilton lined out, Chourio singled and Bauers flew out. Yelich walked, and Contreras singled to load the bases after a challenge overturned the call on the field. Turang then singled to shortstop, scoring Chourio and Yelich. Garrett Mitchell singled to left to score Contreras, and Cooper Pratt doubled to left, scoring Turang and Mitchell. Sal Frelick doubled to left to score Pratt, Hamilton singled to center to score Frelick, and Chourio doubled to right to score Hamilton. When the inning ended on Bauers’ flyout, Milwaukee led 10-0. The eight-run outburst matched the kind of blowout the Brewers had delivered throughout the postseason and put the Rays in a 3-0 series hole.

Tampa Bay’s bullpen kept Milwaukee off the scoreboard the rest of the way. Tyler Wells pitched a scoreless inning with one strikeout, Steven Matz allowed one hit in a scoreless inning, Garrett Cleavinger struck out one in a scoreless inning, and Cole Sulser allowed one earned run over 1 1/3 innings with one strikeout. But the Rays could not solve Gasser or Senzatela. Tampa Bay’s only run came in the ninth when Cedric Mullins singled and Diaz doubled to center to score Mullins. Diaz finished 2-for-4 with one RBI. Jonathan Aranda grounded out to end the game.

The result put Milwaukee one win from a franchise-first title and one win from joining the 1976 Cincinnati Reds as the only clubs to sweep the league championship series and World Series in succession since the LCS became a best-of-seven in 1985. The Brewers have now won all three games of this series and remain unbeaten in the postseason. Tampa Bay, which had hoped Peralta could shut down his former team, instead saw the game turn in the fifth. The Rays will try to extend the series in Game 4 on Tuesday at George Steinbrenner Field.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Milwaukee 11, Tampa Bay 6. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Milwaukee with a 56.9 percent probability to win. Milwaukee had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -1, and the total score of 11 went under the over/under line of 7.5.