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Milwaukee Brewers win first World Series title
The Milwaukee Brewers beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-1 in Game 5 to win the World Series.
The championship is the first in the Brewers’ history, which began in 1969 as the Seattle Pilots before the team moved to Milwaukee.
Milwaukee had the best regular-season record in Major League Baseball, with 103 wins, and went 11-2 in the postseason.
The title comes after the Brewers’ only previous World Series appearance, in 1982, ended in a loss to the St. Louis Cardinals.
In the final game, pitcher Jacob Misiorowski allowed no runs over 5⅔ innings, while rookie Cooper Pratt drove in two runs.
William Contreras was named World Series MVP, and teammate Jackson Chourio set a record with 11 hits in a five-game series.
Brewers captain Christian Yelich said the team looked forward to returning to Milwaukee to celebrate with fans.
The Milwaukee Brewers beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-1 in Game 5 to win the World Series four games to one.
It was the first World Series title in the Brewers’ 57-year history.
Jacob Misiorowski pitched five and two-thirds scoreless innings, and Cooper Pratt drove in two runs.
William Contreras was named World Series Most Valuable Player after batting .381 with four RBIs.
The title ended a wait that began after the Brewers’ previous World Series appearance in 1982.
- Who
- The Milwaukee Brewers and Tampa Bay Rays.
- What
- Milwaukee won Game 5 by 4-1 and took the World Series four games to one, earning its first title.
- When
- Wednesday, October 28, 2026.
- Where
- St. Petersburg, Florida.
- Why
- The Brewers won the best-of-seven World Series by taking four games.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Milwaukee beat Tampa Bay 3-2 in Game 1.
Milwaukee beat Tampa Bay 5-4 in Game 2.
Milwaukee beat Tampa Bay 10-1 in Game 3.
Tampa Bay beat Milwaukee 4-3 in 12 innings in Game 4.
Milwaukee beat Tampa Bay 4-1 in Game 5 to clinch the World Series.
- Game 5 score
- Brewers 4, Rays 1
- Series result
- Milwaukee won four games to one
- Jacob Misiorowski
- Five and two-thirds scoreless innings
- Cooper Pratt
- Drove in two runs
- World Series MVP
- William Contreras
- Brewers’ franchise history
- First World Series title in 57 years
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What people are saying
I know the city’s waited a long, long time for this and we’re so happy to bring it home to them
I don’t even have words
This is one of the greatest moments of my life. Oh my gosh. It doesn’t even feel real.
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World Series Champions for the first time ever!! Soak it all in Milwaukee!!!
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