The Milwaukee Brewers blew out the Tampa Bay Rays in Game 3 of the World Series with a 10-1 beatdown, most of which came from a ridiculous eight-run fifth inning.
But while the offense took plenty of the attention for this win for the Brewers, their starting pitcher, Robert Gasser, deserves his flowers for his incredible performance. In fact, he actually made some history not seen in some time.
According to OptaSTATS, Gasser's Game 3 performance was the first time a pitcher in a World Series has gone at least 6.0 innings while facing the minimum since Don Larsen did so during his perfect game during the World Series in 1956.
Robert Gasser joins MLB World Series history with only Don Larsen
"Robert Gasser of the Brewers is the second pitcher in World Series history to finish a start of 6.0 or more innings having faced the minimum number of batters. The other was Don Larsen in his 1956 perfect game," OptaSTATS shared.
This is a ridiculous statistic for the Brewers' starter, who's sort of gone unnoticed with all of the popularity of Jacob Misiorowski and the dominance of Logan Henderson.
But now, on the biggest stage, Gasser has done something that only one other pitcher has done in the World Series before, and it was in a perfect game.
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Gasser didn't get a perfect game, and he didn't even leave the game when he did a no-hitter. He gave up a hit and a walk, but one base runner was thrown out trying to steal second base, while the other base runner got doubled up.
Gasser's 6.0-inning shutout with only three strikeouts might not seem extraordinary at first glance, but with the context that he faced the minimum through his six innings of work, it's quite an impressive feat for Gasser in his first World Series start.
After posting a 3.87 ERA in the regular season, Gasser had one of the more impressive performances in World Series history, thanks to some help from a double play and Chandler Simpson oversliding second base on a steal attempt.
It might've taken some luck, but Gasser's Game 3 performance in the 2026 World Series will be remembered forever as one of the more unique outings of all time.
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