MILWAUKEE -- For a Milwaukee Brewers organization that waited 44 years between World Series game, nobody minded the few extra minutes it took to win Game 1 on Friday.

Undaunted after a seeming game-ending double play was overturned on replay review, Brewers closer Trevor Megill struck out Jonny DeLuca to secure the final out in a 3-2 win over the Tampa Bay Rays in front of 43,250 at a raucous American Family Field.

The victory came after a seven-day layoff for the Brewers, the best team in Major League Baseball this season and National League champions after a sweep of the reigning champion Los Angeles Dodgers .…