Brewers Are World Series Champions at Last: a 4-1 Game 5 Win Over the Rays Closes a 103-Win Season
Milwaukee's first title arrived the efficient way — Misiorowski's 5⅔ scoreless innings, Pratt's two RBIs, Contreras' MVP series, and a parade of 750,000 waiting at home.
The Milwaukee Brewers are World Series champions for the first time in franchise history. Milwaukee beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-1 in Game 5 at Tropicana Field to close the series 4-1, one night after Tampa Bay had rallied in Game 4 with the Brewers three outs from the title — and this time there was no comeback to survive.
The clincher was built from the mound out. Jacob Misiorowski threw 5⅔ scoreless innings, allowing two hits and a walk with two strikeouts, before leaving with calf cramping in the sixth; Abner Uribe and JoJo Romero bridged the middle, and Trevor Megill took the final six outs, surrendering only a ninth-inning RBI double to Chandler Simpson. The runs came in singles and sacrifice flies, not home runs — neither team homered. Cooper Pratt, the rookie, singled home Brice Turang in the second and finished 2-for-3 with two RBIs; David Hamilton's RBI single made it 2-0 in the fifth, his fourth straight World Series game driving in a run; William Contreras doubled home a run in the sixth and Pratt's sacrifice fly pushed it to 4-0. Contreras was named World Series MVP after hitting .381 with four RBIs.
The numbers behind the banner season are as clean as the finish: an MLB-best 103 regular-season wins and an 11-2 postseason. The celebration has already had its second act — more than 750,000 fans at Friday's championship parade in Milwaukee, the Journal Sentinel reported, and a cameo by the champions on 'Saturday Night Live' during Saturday's Halloween episode. Tampa Bay's season ends in a third World Series loss in franchise history. For Milwaukee, after decades of Octobers that ended early, this one ended with a trophy.
