Brewers' Game 4 loss prevents them from matching postseason record co-owned by Yankees, White Sox

The Milwaukee Brewers' World Series Game 4 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays kept them from matching the two most dominant runs of the wild-card era. Milwaukee entered Game 4 with 10 wins and one loss in the 2026 postseason. The 1999 New York Yankees and 2005 Chicago White Sox are the only teams with 11-1 postseason records during the wild card era.

Tampa Bay won Game 4 4-3 in 12 innings. Milwaukee entered Game 4 with nine consecutive wins. Milwaukee beat the San Diego Padres in the first two games of the National League Division Series before losing Game 3. San Diego won Game 3 before Milwaukee ended the best-of-five series in Game 4.

Milwaukee swept the two-time defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers in four games in the NL Championship Series. The Brewers' four-game sweep reversed a four-game sweep by the Dodgers over Milwaukee in the 2025 NLCS.

The 1999 Yankees won their first five postseason games before losing Game 3 of the American League Championship Series 13-1 to the Boston Red Sox. New York swept the Texas Rangers in the AL Division Series. After beating Boston in five games in the ALCS, the Yankees swept Atlanta in the World Series.