In the fifth inning of Game 3 of the 2026 World Series, Jackson Chourio laced a two-run double to make it 10-0 Milwaukee — and the inning wasn’t even over yet. The 22-year-old Venezuelan finished the night 4-for-4, giving him 8 hits in 13 World Series at-bats and a .615 average across three games. He also became the youngest player in baseball history to record multiple hits in each of the first three games of a World Series. The Brewers aren’t just winning — they’re watching a legend take shape in real time.
A fifth inning that got completely out of hand
The Rays came into Game 3 with genuine confidence. Tropicana Field had been one of the best home environments in baseball — Tampa went 59-27 there during the regular season — and ALCS MVP Freddy Peralta, the same pitcher who spent years in Milwaukee before landing in Tampa Bay, was on the mound. The plan made sense on paper.
It didn’t last long.
Milwaukee built the lead steadily before the fifth inning turned into a parade. Peralta exited with the bases loaded and two outs, his night complicated further when a reversed call on a force play made his final line even uglier. The relievers who followed couldn’t stop the bleeding either.
When Cole Sulser faced Chourio, the game was already well in hand. Chourio drove a double into the right-center gap, extending the lead to 10-0. It was the sixth consecutive RBI hit for Milwaukee in that inning, according to Yahoo Sports’ live blog. The inning still wasn’t over.
A Venezuelan rewriting the record books
Chourio’s 4-for-4 night left him with 8 hits in 13 at-bats in this World Series — a .615 average that speaks for itself. But what’s stopping baseball historians in their tracks isn’t just the batting average; it’s the company he’s keeping.
According to MLB Stats, Chourio became the 26th player in history to record multiple hits in each of the first three games of a World Series. At 22 years old, he’s the youngest to ever do it. Not the youngest in the last decade — the youngest of all time.
Fox Sports analyst Tom Verducci had already noted before Game 1 that Chourio was the youngest player to open a World Series with consecutive multi-hit games since Mickey Mantle in 1951, and the youngest with two hits and two stolen bases in a single World Series game since Ty Cobb in 1908. That was before Game 3.
In Game 2, he had already broken a 118-year-old record as the youngest player to steal two bases in a single World Series game. Game 3 added another chapter.
Brewers in their first Fall Classic as an NL franchise
Milwaukee’s only previous World Series appearance came in 1982 — when the franchise was still in the American League — and they fell to the Cardinals in seven games. This is their first time representing the National League, and they’ve come out swinging.
After winning Games 1 and 2 at home by scores of 3-2 and 5-4, the Brewers now lead the series 3-0. On the other side, the Rays finished the regular season 98-64 and were 4-1 in these playoffs heading into Game 3. None of that mattered on Tuesday night.
No team in MLB history has ever come back from a 3-0 World Series deficit. The Rays would need to do something that has never been done — and they’d have to do it against a Brewers team that has a 22-year-old Venezuelan who, right now, looks completely unstoppable.
The numbers behind the performance
Chourio’s presence at the top of these conversations isn’t a fluke. Here’s what Statcast tracked from his 2026 regular season:
- 573 plate appearances
- 25 home runs, 75 RBI
- AVG: .291 | OPS: .838
- xwOBA: .344 (expected production based on quality of contact)
- Average exit velocity: 91.6 mph
- Barrel rate: 12.3%
- Hard-hit rate: 47% (balls hit 95+ mph)
- Average bat speed: 74.4 mph
How that stacks up across MLB:
- xwOBA: 80th percentile
- Bat speed: 77th percentile
- Exit velocity: 88th percentile
- Barrel %: 81st percentile
- Hard-hit %: 83rd percentile
- Sprint speed: 90th percentile (elite)
