Pictured: Golden State’s Gabby Williams. Photo via Wikimedia Commons (author and license on file page).
Sports fans have a decision to make tonight. Two championship series go head to head at 8 p.m. ET: Game 5 of a tied WNBA Finals between the Golden State Valkyries and the Atlanta Dream, and Game 3 of the World Series, where the Milwaukee Brewers try to move within one win of their first title against the Tampa Bay Rays.
WNBA Finals: Valkyries vs. Dream, tied 2-2
Neither team has been able to pull away in this best-of-seven series. Golden State evened things up with a gritty 67-62 win in Game 4, behind 17 points from Gabby Williams and 16 rebounds from Kiah Stokes. Tonight’s winner will be one victory from a championship.
- Game 1: Valkyries 68, Dream 64
- Game 2: Dream 79, Valkyries 65
- Game 3: Dream 97, Valkyries 71
- Game 4: Valkyries 67, Dream 62
- Game 5: Tonight, Mon. Oct. 26, 8 p.m. ET, in San Francisco (USA Network / Peacock)
- Game 6: Thu. Oct. 29, 8 p.m. ET, in Atlanta
- Game 7 (if necessary): Sat. Oct. 31, 8 p.m. ET, in San Francisco
Catch up on every game in our WNBA Finals game-by-game coverage.
World Series: Brewers lead Rays 2-0
Milwaukee won both games at home, edging Tampa Bay 3-2 in Game 1 and then rallying from a 4-0 deficit to win Game 2, 5-4, on Sal Frelick’s game-tying homer and Cooper Pratt’s go-ahead single in the seventh. The series now shifts to Tropicana Field, where the Rays will try to get back in it with three straight home games. Robert Gasser is scheduled to start for the Brewers against Freddy Peralta.
- Game 1: Brewers 3, Rays 2
- Game 2: Brewers 5, Rays 4
- Game 3: Tonight, Mon. Oct. 26, 8 p.m. ET, at Tampa Bay (FOX)
- Game 4: Tue. Oct. 27, at Tampa Bay
- Game 5 (if necessary): Wed. Oct. 28, at Tampa Bay
- Game 6 (if necessary): Fri. Oct. 30, in Milwaukee
- Game 7 (if necessary): Sat. Oct. 31, in Milwaukee
For more, see our World Series game-by-game coverage and our series preview.
Times can change. Check your local listings before tip-off and first pitch.