One of the reasons that the Tampa Bay Rays have won the American League Pennant and are facing the Milwaukee Brewers in the World Series is how fundamentally sound they play on the field.

The Rays would overwhelm opponents with their style of play, constantly putting pressure on them with their ability to put the ball in play. A sound defensive club, they rarely made the kind of mistakes that would sink a team.

Unfortunately, that wasn’t the case in Game 2. Tampa Bay had an uncharacteristically sloppy performance, and the Brewers took full advantage. Despite facing a 4-0 deficit before even taking their first at-bats, Milwaukee continued to chip away and took full advantage of the miscues the Rays made, pulling off a 5-4 comeback victory after taking Game 1, 3-2 .

The Brewers got back into the game immediately, scoring two runs off Drew Rasmussen in the bottom of the first.…