Finally, the World Series, with the timestamp attached. At 7:12 p.m. Eastern on Wednesday, Game Five had not started. Milwaukee led Tampa Bay three games to one, with the game scheduled for eight. This is the pre-Game-Five position, not a claim about where the series stands on Thursday morning.
The latest completed game in that snapshot was Tampa Bay’s four-three win in twelve innings. Ben Williamson delivered the pinch-hit, walk-off single. Keeping the series alive also changed the next game’s pitching: the Rays used intended Game Five starter Nick Martinez for two scoreless innings in relief.
Rasmussen was therefore set to start Game Five on three days’ rest, against Misiorowski. Tampa Bay had used Martinez’s two scoreless innings to help survive Game Four, leaving a different starter to take the next game on short rest.
That’s LEON for Thursday, October 29. One final timestamp: Game Five had not begun at our Wednesday-evening audio cutoff. Have a good Thursday, Leon.