ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- With some pent-up energy and a fearless attitude, the Tampa Bay Rays extended their season at least one more day and will play host to Game 5 of the World Series on Wednesday.

With the Rays down to their last three outs, Jonny DeLuca and Ben Williamson provided the heroics to alter the narrative after Tampa Bay had been stymied at every turn over the first three games by the Milwaukee Brewers.

After falling into a 3-0 series hole, the Rays will now try to lean into their new-found momentum, but first they need to come up with a pitching plan.

Tampa Bay right-hander Nick Martinez would have been the probable Game 5 starter, but he was needed to pitch two innings on Tuesday.

"We're going to get together after this session and sit down and talk about pitching," Rays manager Kevin Cash said after the victory. "Going to check who's available. I'm going to guess most guys are going to say they're capable of an inning or more given it's Game 5 of the World Series, but nothing has been decided yet."

The Brewers tied the Tuesday game 2-2 in the fifth inning on a home run from David Hamilton, and the score remained even until the 12th when Cooper Pratt hit a home run for Milwaukee.

Down 3-2, Tampa Bay caught a rare break when Brewers third baseman Joey Ortiz committed a throwing error on Junior Caminero's grounder to open the bottom of the 12th. Liam Hicks singled before DeLuca delivered an RBI single to center to tie the game 3-all.

After a Chandler Simpson single loaded the bases with no outs, Williamson came on to pinch-hit and bounced a ball into right field to set off a Rays celebration on the infield.

"Cash just kind of turned around and said, 'Get ready to hit,'" Williamson said. "Jokingly in my head, I was thinking, 'Yeah, I've been ready to hit since the fourth or fifth inning.'"

The Brewers now have one more opportunity to clinch their first-ever World Series title on the road, then would play host to Games 6 and 7, if necessary.

"Nobody said any of this was going to be easy, but I think we have the right group to get a good night's sleep, flush it and be ready to go (Wednesday)," said Brewers first baseman Jake Bauers, who is 2-for-17 with three walks in the series after winning the National League Championship Series MVP award.

While Tampa Bay scrambles to put together a pitching plan, Milwaukee will send NL Cy Young Award favorite Jacob Misiorowski to the mound. The hard-throwing right-hander allowed one run over five innings to earn the win in Game 1.

In three starts and 13 1/3 innings this postseason, Misiorowski is 1-0 with a 2.70 ERA and 14 strikeouts, although he had just three against the Rays in the series opener.

"You can write it up and hope that they perform like the back of their baseball card, but that doesn't always happen," Brewers manager Pat Murphy said after announcing Misiorowski as his starter. "You go with what you believe is the deal. I trust our guys. They put themselves in a position to win."

While the Rays used seven pitchers to keep their season alive in Game 4, the Brewers went even deeper by using eight in an unsuccessful attempt to close out their first-ever World Series championship. Game 5 could come down to which bullpen bounces back best.

"You're seeing two elite contact offenses where strikeouts are very tough to come by," Cash said. "We weren't knocking balls in the gap or knocking balls out of the ballpark. We pieced together a big (12th inning), maybe the most important inning of our season."

--Field Level Media