{"id":1434,"section":"sports","section_label":"Sports","url":"https://www.brokenews.co/sports/1434","headline":"Rays turn to Rasmussen on short rest for World Series Game 5","dek":"Tampa Bay, trailing the Brewers 2-0 in the series, will start Drew Rasmussen on three days' rest Wednesday night to avoid elimination.","body":"Drew Rasmussen is getting the ball again, sooner than usual. The Rays will send their 31-year-old right-hander to the mound on three days' rest for Game 5 of the World Series against the Brewers on Wednesday night, with Tampa Bay facing elimination.\n\nRasmussen already pitched in this series, taking the mound in Game 2 on Saturday. He threw 89 pitches over 3 2/3 innings that night but left without a decision as Milwaukee rallied late for a 5-4 win, pushing the Brewers ahead 2-0 in the series.\n\nNow the Rays need him to go deeper and keep them alive. A loss in Game 5 would end Tampa Bay's season, so the short-rest gamble is as much about necessity as strategy. If Rasmussen and the Rays can get through Wednesday night, Tampa Bay would force a Game 6 and keep its World Series hopes going a little longer.","published_at":"2026-10-28T22:35:19.308693+00:00","source_count":3,"written_from":[{"outlet":"ESPN","publisher":"ESPN","title":"Rays ace Rasmussen to start World Series Game 5 on short rest","url":"https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/50310280/rays-drew-rasmussen-start-world-series-game-5-short-rest"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Rays ace Drew Rasmussen to start World Series Game 5 on short rest against Milwaukee","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/rays-ace-drew-rasmussen-start-193507160.html"},{"outlet":"The Athletic","publisher":"The Athletic","title":"Drew Rasmussen to start Game 5 on short rest as Rays try to extend World Series","url":"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7733228/2026/10/28/drew-rasmussen-rays-world-series-game-5/"}],"more_coverage":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Does Rays’ Drew Rasmussen expect to pitch in World Series Game 5?","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/does-rays-drew-rasmussen-expect-184439585.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"World Series 2026: Rays to start ace Drew Rasmussen in Game 5 with season on the line","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/breaking-news/article/world-series-2026-rays-to-start-ace-drew-rasmussen-in-game-5-with-season-on-the-line-191629635.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Aces Misiorowski, Rasmussen to take mound for Game 5 of World Series","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/aces-misiorowski-rasmussen-mound-game-213439235.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Aces Misiorowski, Rasmussen to take mound for Game 5 of World Series","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/aces-misiorowski-rasmussen-mound-game-213439966.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"World Series Game 5 live score, updates, highlights from Brewers vs. Rays in 2026 MLB playoffs","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/world-series-game-5-live-220002637.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"World Series Game 5 Thread","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/world-series-game-5-thread-232359934.html"}],"image":null,"embed":null,"license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Analysis data is licensed CC BY 4.0. Credit brokenews and link to the story page you took it from. Source headlines, story titles taken from a source headline, and quoted passages remain the property of their publishers and are quoted for comparison, not licensed onward.","terms":"https://www.brokenews.co/about#reuse"}