Cheats is joined by former MLB outfielder Lewis Brinson and current professional player Justin Wylie to wrap up the 2026 MLB postseason. The Brewers were the best team in baseball. The Rays proved that small markets can slay giants (and the Yankees). From Jo Adell to Michael Harris to Chandler Simpson, Black baseball players made a real impact this postseason.

Cheats quarterbacks it all. Enjoy this very special episode.

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They were down to their last three outs. It was the 12th inning. The Brewers had the lead and the momentum. It didn’t matter. The Rays met the moment and scored two in the bottom of the 12th to survive for at least one more day.

The attendance at the Trop was listed at 40,514; I’m thinking 40% of them were Brewers fans. And those fans were elated after 22-year-old Copper Pratt hit what we all thought was the go-ahead, championship-winning homer in the top of the 12th. Pratt had four hits in the game, the first 22-year-old to have four hits in the World Series since the day before; that’s right, Jackson Chourio collected four hits the night before, but it is still very rare.

Brewers’ Skipper Pat Murphy started Dustin May in Game 4 with the idea of throwing a bullpen game. He turned to the pen in the fourth and rolled Romero, Uribe, Hall, Megill, and Ashby to the 12th. In the 12th, he turned to Antonio Senzatela and Shane Drohan. It did not end well. Caminero reached first on a lead-off error. The Rays tied the game on a Johnny DeLuca single, and then walked the game off on a Ben Williamson pinch-hit single.

Chandler Simpson had a big day: 3 for 5, 1 RBI, and a stellar catch against the wall in the 12th. Simpson is becoming a Black Baseball Mixtape breakout star this postseason.

Kevin Cash made it clear that their big three: Diaz, Aranda, and Caminero, have to get going if the Rays have a shot at a comeback.

Tonight, the Brewers will start their ace, Jacob Misiorowski, on his normal rest. Would you consider this game a must-win game for the Brew Crew?

I can already hear Mixtape Senior Contributor Flobo Boyce yelling, “I told you so, Cheats!” And the truth is, he did. The Brew Crew is one win away from not just their first World Series Championship, but also a truly dominant MLB season that has honestly flown way too far under the radar for them to be this good.

The Brewers destroyed the Rays 10-1 in a must-win game for the Rays. They sealed the victory in the 5th inning with a two-out, seven-hit, eight-run rally that really ended any hope for the Rays to win the game - and maybe the series.

The Brewers’ starter Robert Gasser pitched six shutout innings, lowering his postseason ERA to 0.60 over 15 innings. His teammates call him Bobby Gas, and he has been in rare form all postseason. Gasser, 27, a 2021 second-round draft pick from the University of Houston, was 5-5 in the regular season, but has elevated every phase of his game in the postseason. Last night, he became the first lefty to face the minimum over at least six innings of a World Series since Sandy Koufax in 1965.

Jackson Chourio had another tremendous game. He paced the Brewers with four hits, 1 RBI, 2 R, 1 SB. The 22-year-old Venezuelan is batting 286/308/429 this postseason with 2 home runs and 9 RBIs.

In closing, I have to give a nod to the Brewers fans. They showed up and showed out at the Trop. The TV broadcast said it was cheaper to fly to Florida, get a hotel, and buy a ticket at the Trop than to go to American Family Field. If that is true, that is unbelievable, but given the number of Brewers fans at the game, I wouldn’t doubt it.

Game 4 is tonight at the Trop. Will this be the end of a magical season for Milwaukee?