ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Milwaukee Brewers are World Series champions for the first time.
Milwaukee beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-1 in Game 5 on Wednesday night at Tropicana Field to win the series 4-1 and the first World Series title in franchise history.
Jacob Misiorowski held Tampa Bay to two hits over 5 2/3 scoreless innings. He walked one and struck out two.
JoJo Romero and Abner Uribe followed with hitless relief, and Trevor Megill pitched the final two innings to close it out.
Milwaukee opened the scoring in the second inning. Cooper Pratt singled home Brice Turang with two out to put the Brewers up 1-0.
Pratt scored the second run in the fifth. He reached on a hit earlier in the inning and came home on David Hamilton's single off Kevin Kelly to make it 2-0.
The Brewers added two runs in the sixth. Christian Yelich scored on William Contreras's double to make it 3-0, and Contreras scored on Pratt's sacrifice fly to make it 4-0.
Pratt finished 2-for-3 with two runs batted in and a run scored. Turang finished 2-for-4 with a double, a stolen base and a run scored.
Jackson Chourio struck out three times in the game, including looking in the fifth inning.
Drew Rasmussen started for Tampa Bay and took the loss. He allowed one run on two hits over four innings, striking out four.
Tampa Bay's only run came in the ninth. Liam Hicks doubled with one out, and Chandler Simpson doubled him home with two out to make it 4-1.
Megill struck out Junior Caminero looking and Jonny DeLuca swinging in the inning, and Richie Palacios grounded out to end the game.
Simpson finished 2-for-4 with Tampa Bay's only run batted in. The Rays had four hits in the game, two of them in the ninth inning.
Milwaukee outhit Tampa Bay 8-4. Neither team hit a home run. The Brewers made two errors, the Rays none.
Tampa Bay was the third straight American League East team to reach the World Series, following the New York Yankees in 2024 and the Toronto Blue Jays in 2025. All three lost.
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