The Milwaukee Brewers won the first World Series title in franchise history on Wednesday, beating the Tampa Bay Rays 4-1 in Game 5 at Tropicana Field to take the series 4-1. Milwaukee led 2-0 and then 4-0 by the sixth inning before Tampa Bay's lone run came on a two-out double in the ninth. Starter Jacob Misiorowski threw 5 2/3 scoreless innings for the win, and closer Trevor Megill retired Richie Palacios on a groundout for the final out.
Catcher William Contreras was named World Series MVP after batting .381 with four RBIs and going 10-for-13 on automated ball-strike challenge calls — the first catcher to win the award since Salvador Perez in 2015. According to team coverage, the Brewers lost just two games across the entire postseason, falling once in the NL Division Series to San Diego and once more to Tampa Bay in Game 4 of the World Series itself, a run widely described as among the most dominant in baseball's modern postseason history.
The title caps a breakthrough season built around a young core: outfielder Jackson Chourio, infielder Cooper Pratt, infielder David Hamilton and the 24-year-old Misiorowski all played prominent roles across the postseason run. For a franchise that had never won a championship since relocating to Milwaukee in 1970, the victory ends one of baseball's longer title droughts and set off celebrations across Wisconsin that organizers say will culminate in a victory parade through downtown Milwaukee.
