Reliever Aaron Ashby tops players in Brewers’ World Series Game 2 win Saturday

Brewers closing pitcher Aaron Ashby earned Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors in Saturday’s World Series Game 2 win over the Rays.

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Brewers closing pitcher Aaron Ashby earned Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors in Saturday’s World Series Game 2 win over the Rays.

Ashby struck out three over 1.2 scoreless innings, allowing one hit and no walks while picking up the save as Milwaukee beat Tampa Bay 5-4 to take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven series.

The Brewers rallied from an early four-run deficit after Tampa Bay struck for four first-inning runs, capped by Liam Hicks’ two-run homer. Sal Frelick tied the game at 4-4 with a solo home run in the sixth, and Cooper Pratt delivered the go-ahead RBI single in the seventh to score Brice Turang. Milwaukee pitchers, led by Ashby, held the Rays scoreless over the final eight innings.

Ashby has now earned Player of the Game honors three times this postseason—the most of any player in 2026. He previously won top player honors on Oct. 7 in National League Division Series Game 4 and Oct. 12 in NL Championship Series Game 2.

Ashby earned Player of the Game by posting a game-high +3.2 Box-Toppers game score. He also recorded a game-high +4.2 score in Friday’s Game 1, but did not qualify for top player honors because he pitched fewer than three innings without recording a win or save (1.2IP 0H 0R 0BB 3K ND). Teammate Jacob Misiorowski was Game 1 Player of the Game.

Ashby 2026 Regular Season

Ashby earned 5.0 Box-Toppers points in 2026 (184th overall, 56th among NL pitchers, 6th among NL middle relievers). All five of his regular season Player of the Game honors came as a middle reliever. Two of his three postseason honors have come as a closing pitcher.

Sal Frelick had the best Box-Toppers game score among Brewers batters in World Series Game 2.

Most 2026 postseason Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors: 3—Aaron Ashby #Brewers* 2—Drew Rasmussen #Rays 2—Ian Seymour #Rays 2—Gavin Williams #Guardians *Player of the Game in #WorldSeries Game 2 Saturday: www.box-toppers.com/blog/2026/10...

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Notable Box-Toppers Game Scores

  • Aaron Ashby (+3.2)—Player of the Game winner with a game-high score (1.2IP H 0R 0BB 3K Sv).

  • Abner Uribe (+1.1)—Brewers reliever who earned the win as the pitcher of record when Milwaukee took the lead in the seventh (1.1IP 0H 0R BB K W).

  • Sal Frelick (0.0)—Brewers top batter, who hit a game-tying solo home run in the sixth inning (HR 2-4 R BI).

  • Logan Henderson (-4.0)—Brewers starting pitcher, who recorded the lowest game score among Milwaukee players (3IP 3H 4R 3ER BB 4K ND).

  • Drew Rasmussen (-6.8)—Rays starting pitcher who recorded a game-low game score in the loss (3.2IP 6H 3R 2BB 4K ND).

  • Ian Seymour (-2.8)—Rays reliever who gave up Sal Frelick's game-tying home run (0.2IP 2H R BB 2K ND).

  • Tyler Wells (-2.8)—Rays reliever who picked up the loss, giving up a seventh-inning double to Brice Turang, who later scored the go-ahead run on a single by Cooper Pratt (0.2IP H R 0BB 0K L).

  • Liam Hicks (+2.0)—Rays top batter, who hit a first-inning, two-run homer to give Tampa Bay a 4-0 lead (1-2 R 2BI).

Rays starting pitcher Drew Rasmussen recorded a game-low Box-Toppers game score in the World Series Game 2 loss.

The series resumes Monday in Tampa Bay after a travel day Sunday.

A look at Box-Toppers game scores of all Brewers players in World Series Game 2 (chart).

Top Brewers in World Series Game 2: Brewers 5, Rays 4

Here are the Box-Toppers game scores (BTG) of all Brewers players who appeared in World Series Game 2, listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score. Player of the Game (POG) is Aaron Ashby.

10/24 BTG Player AB R H BI   IP H R ER BB K
POG +3.2 Aaron Ashby (S, 3) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑   1.2 1 0 0 0 3
  +1.1 Abner Uribe (W, 1‑0) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑   1.1 0 0 0 1 1
  +1.0 JoJo Romero ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  +1.0 DL Hall ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  0.0 Sal Frelick RF 4 1 2 1   ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
  0.0 Cooper Pratt SS 3 1 1 1   ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
  0.0 Dustin May ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  ‑1.0 Jake Bauers 1B 3 1 1 0   ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
  ‑2.0 William Contreras C 5 0 2 1   ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
  ‑2.0 Jackson Chourio LF 5 1 2 0   ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
  ‑2.0 Garrett Mitchell CF 4 0 1 1   ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
  ‑2.0 Brice Turang 2B 4 1 1 0   ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
  ‑3.0 Christian Yelich DH 4 0 1 0   ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
  ‑3.0 David Hamilton 3B 4 0 0 1   ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
  ‑4.0 Logan Henderson ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑   3.0 3 4 3 1 4
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Box-Toppers point totals of the day’s Player of the Game winners

Here are Box-Toppers point totals of each of the Player of the Game winners. Players are ranked by their Box-Toppers point total in 2026 (’26). Also shown is their point total for this season and last (’25-26), the period 2021-2026 (’21-26) and each players’ career point total. Also shown is how their 2026 Box-Toppers point total compares with their 2025 total (+/-).
Player of the Game Pos Team ’26 ’25‑26 ’21‑26 Career +/‑
Ashby, Aaron 4511 pi mr mil nl 5.0 7.0 14.4 14.4 +3.0
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World Series Game 3, Brewers lead Rays 2-0

Monday’s pitching matchup (for more, see matchups chart below):

Brewers—Robert Gasser, 6.0 Box-Toppers points in 2026, 142nd overall, 48th among NL pitchers.

Gasser won Player of the Game on Oct. 14 in NLCS Game 3.

Rays—Freddy Peralta, 5.7 Box-Toppers points in 2026 (148th overall, 57th among AL pitchers).

He was Player of the Game Oct. 13 in the American League Championship Series Game 2.

He began the season with the Mets, but did not win Player of the Game honors in 2026 until Aug. 26, after his Aug. 2 trade to the Rays. In September, he won Player of the Game honors four times at a pace that would have given him 24 points over a full season.

Peralta, once the Brewers ace, matches up against the team that traded him to the Mets after last season. He earned 12 or more points in four of five seasons from 2021 to 2025, all with Milwaukee, including 14.7 in 2025, 12th overall and 8th among NL pitchers.

A Box-Toppers look at Monday’s pitching matchups

A Box-Toppers look at the upcoming day's probable pitching matchups. Teams are paired below with visiting teams on top and home teams on the bottom. Each team's starting pitcher is shown with their Box-Toppers point total from 2026 ('26), this year and last year ('25-26), over six years ('21-26), and their career point total.
Game Starter ’26 ’25‑26 ’21‑26 Career
MIL Gasser, Robert 4998 6.0 6.0 8.7 8.7
TB Peralta, Freddy 3965 5.7 20.4 71.6 90.3
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