Brewers beat Rays 4-1 in Game 5 to win first World Series title

Mixed · 3The Milwaukee Brewers beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-1 in Game 5 of the World Series on Wednesday night, 28 October, at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida, winning the series four games to one and their first championship. 1 2 3 Mixed · 2Ace Jacob Misiorowski threw 5 2/3 scoreless innings of two-hit ball and left with a right calf cramp, to a standing ovation from Brewers fans. 4 2 Mixed · 2Rookie Cooper Pratt had two more hits and two RBIs, including a second-inning RBI single off Drew Rasmussen and a sacrifice fly in the sixth. AP reported that he set a World Series rookie record with six straight hits, and that Jackson Chourio set a five-game Series record with 11 hits. 4 5

Mixed · 2Milwaukee scored in the second and fifth innings and twice in the sixth; David Hamilton had an RBI single in the fifth, and Williams Contreras doubled in Christian Yelich in the sixth. 2 5 Left · 1Tampa Bay scored in the ninth when Chandler Simpson's two-out double drove in Liam Hicks, according to NBC News. Closer Trevor Megill then got a soft ground ball for the final out. 1 Centre · 1CNA reported that catcher William Contreras was named World Series MVP after batting .381 (8-for-21) with four RBIs, and that the 22-year-old Pratt was the first rookie with hits in six consecutive World Series at-bats. 6

Centre · 1Newsweek described Misiorowski's exit as a calf injury and named Richie Palacios's groundout as the final out; it put Milwaukee's postseason record at 11-2, against NBC's 12-2, and noted the Rays' 28-year history without a title. 7 Mixed · 2The title ended a wait that coverage put at 57 or 58 seasons. The franchise began as the Seattle Pilots in 1969 and moved to Milwaukee in 1970. Its only previous World Series, in 1982, ended in a seven-game loss to the St. Louis Cardinals. 4 2 Mixed · 2Milwaukee won a franchise-record 103 games, the most in MLB. It beat San Diego in the divisional round and swept the two-time defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL Championship Series. NBC News put its postseason record at 12-2. 1 2

Centre · 2The Brewers led the series 3-0 after winning Games 1 and 2 by one run and Game 3 by 10-1. The Rays avoided a sweep in Game 4 with a walk-off win in extra innings, which Fox News puts at the 13th, while CBS News, CNA and Newsweek say the 12th. 7 6 Mixed · 2Coverage stressed the contrast of small-market, mid-payroll teams. Milwaukee is MLB's smallest market, with a payroll ranked 19th of 30; the Rays' ranked 28th, according to Fox News. 1 5 Mixed · 2Yelich said, "I know the city has waited a long, long time for this and we're so happy to bring it back to them." Manager Pat Murphy, 67, was profiled by AP, carried by The Independent, as a former college coach who returned from an NCAA-related penalty and a 2020 heart attack to lead the team. 2 8

Left · 1Murphy, quoted by ABC News (Australia), said "This group of guys right here, the 2026 team, will be remembered forever"; that outlet also called Milwaukee an underdog and noted the title came in the franchise's 58th season. 9