World Series: Milwaukee Brewers beat Rays 4–1 to win first title
Milwaukee clinched the series 4–1 at Tropicana Field as Jacob Misiorowski pitched 5⅔ scoreless innings, completing the franchise’s first championship season.
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Milwaukee clinched the series 4–1 at Tropicana Field as Jacob Misiorowski pitched 5⅔ scoreless innings, completing the franchise’s first championship season.
The Milwaukee Brewers won their first World Series championship on 28 October, beating the Tampa Bay Rays 4–1 in Game 5 at Tropicana Field to complete a 4–1 series victory. Final league figures show Milwaukee’s advantage in hitting with runners close to scoring and in preventing runs.
Milwaukee had waited 44 years since its only previous appearance in Major League Baseball’s championship series, in 1982. The Brewers’ first title also gave the city its first baseball championship since the Braves won in 1957.
Major League Baseball’s final figures show the Brewers hit more successfully with runners in scoring position—on second or third base, where a hit can often bring them home. Milwaukee also had a lower earned run average (ERA), which measures runs charged to pitchers per nine innings after accounting for fielding errors.
| Measure | Milwaukee Brewers | Tampa Bay Rays |
|---|---|---|
| Hits and at-bats with runners in scoring position | 17-for-52 (.327) | 8-for-35 (.229) |
| Team ERA |
Jonny DeLuca and Ben Williamson drove in runs in the 12th inning to cut Milwaukee’s series lead to 3–1 and force Game 5 on Wednesday night.
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| 1.91 |
| 4.89 |
Across the entire postseason, not just the World Series, Milwaukee’s bullpen—the relief pitchers who follow the starter—handled 65 of the team’s 118 innings. Those pitchers finished with a 1.38 ERA and a .173 opponent batting average, meaning opponents got hits in 17.3% of their at-bats.
Starting pitcher Jacob Misiorowski allowed two hits and no runs over 5⅔ innings. A right calf cramp forced him out with two outs in Tampa Bay’s sixth inning—the first time he had pitched beyond the fifth in these playoffs. He threw 86 pitches, striking out two batters, walking one and hitting another.
Milwaukee scored once in the second inning, once in the fifth and twice in the sixth. Cooper Pratt drove in two runs: he opened the scoring with a single—a one-base hit—and made it 4–0 with a sixth-inning sacrifice fly, a ball caught for an out that allowed a runner to score. Between those plays, Pratt singled and scored in the fifth, and William Contreras’s sixth-inning double brought home the third run.
Milwaukee’s relief pitchers allowed one run over the remaining 3⅓ innings, with Trevor Megill pitching the final two. ESPN described thousands of Brewers fans at Tropicana Field as the team secured the championship.
Tampa Bay started Drew Rasmussen on three days’ rest, bringing him forward from a planned Game 6 start on five days’ rest. The Rays had usually given him extra recovery time, but another loss would end their season. Manager Kevin Cash said Rasmussen wanted the ball. Rasmussen allowed one run on two hits over four innings, keeping Tampa Bay within reach before Milwaukee scored against the relief pitchers.
Catcher William Contreras won the series’ most valuable player award. He finished with eight hits in 21 at-bats, a .381 batting average, one double and four runs batted in. Behind the plate, he threw out four of nine runners attempting to steal a base and successfully challenged 10 of 13 ball-and-strike calls.
Pratt’s fifth-inning single completed a run of hits in six consecutive World Series plate appearances—six straight trips to bat. No rookie had done that before. His streak began with a fourth-inning double in Game 4 and included a go-ahead home run in the 12th inning of that game, which Tampa Bay ultimately won.
The rookie shortstop finished with eight World Series hits and 17 across the entire postseason, baseball’s playoff competition. The World Series was the final round of Milwaukee’s playoff run.
MLB also identified Jackson Chourio, Contreras and Antonio Senzatela as players who won both the World Baseball Classic, the national-team tournament, and the World Series in 2026. The three won with Venezuela in March, joining Alex Bregman and Luke Gregerson in 2017 as the only players to win both competitions in the same calendar year.
Among those five players, MLB identified Chourio as the only one to appear in both the Classic championship game and the World Series. Neither Contreras nor Senzatela played in the Classic final. Chourio finished the World Series with a .458 batting average and 11 hits.
Milwaukee won the first two games at American Family Field. In the 3–2 opener on 23 October, Chourio singled and scored on captain Christian Yelich’s triple, which took Yelich to third base. Contreras then hit a ball off a Tampa Bay player’s glove to score Yelich. The Rays cut the lead to 2–1 in the fourth, before Chourio’s seventh-inning single scored Pratt for Milwaukee’s decisive third run.
Two consecutive hits and a walk filled the bases for Tampa Bay in the ninth. Fireworks followed Liam Hicks’s apparent game-ending double play—two outs on one play—but a successful Rays challenge showed Pratt’s right foot was off second base when he caught the throw. Milwaukee still led 3–2, with runners at second and third and one out needed. A Jonny DeLuca hit could have put Tampa Bay ahead; Megill instead struck him out with a curveball, a bending pitch, that dropped into the dirt.
In Game 2 on 24 October, with Rasmussen starting for the Rays, Milwaukee recovered from a 4–0 first-inning deficit to win 5–4 and take a 2–0 series lead. Sal Frelick tied the game in the sixth by hitting left-hander Ian Seymour’s 92-mph fastball over the center-field wall. Frelick had hit only four regular-season home runs, with his previous one against a left-handed pitcher coming on opening day. Pratt’s seventh-inning single brought home the winning run.
Misiorowski earned the opening win with five innings, one run, four hits and three strikeouts, leaving Milwaukee ahead 2–1. He threw 40 pitches at 100 mph or faster, including 30 at 101 mph or faster. The 40-pitch total was a World Series record since pitch tracking began in 2008. Through Game 1, all four postseason outings with at least 30 pitches at 100 mph or faster belonged to him.
His first pitch to Yandy Díaz also set the tracked World Series speed record. Major League Baseball’s Statcast system measured it at 103.5 mph; it passed above the strike zone and was called a ball. The Associated Press account published by ESPN on 24 October said the stadium boards displayed 103.4 mph.
| Measure | Misiorowski’s mark | Previous high |
|---|---|---|
| Fastest World Series pitch | 103.5 mph, Game 1 on 23 October 2026 | Chicago Cubs pitcher Aroldis Chapman: 103.2 mph, Game 2 in 2016 |
| Pitches at 100 mph or faster in a year | 1,115 in 2026 | Jordan Hicks: 673 in 2018 |
Misiorowski’s postseason speed record was faster still: 104.8 mph in the National League Division Series opener on 3 October.
Milwaukee followed a franchise-record 103 regular-season wins with an 11–2 postseason. Before facing Tampa Bay, the Brewers beat the San Diego Padres in four games and swept the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers, winning every game of that series. The Dodgers had eliminated Milwaukee in its previous two National League Championship Series appearances, in 2018 and 2025.
The Brewers’ .846 playoff winning percentage is tied for third in Major League Baseball’s Wild Card Era, which began in 1995. ESPN Research said Milwaukee also became the third team to combine its first 100-win season with its first World Series title, following the 1910 Athletics and 1969 New York Mets.
The completed series leaves four current Major League Baseball franchises without a World Series title. Tampa Bay remains among them after losing its third appearance in the championship series.
Milwaukee scored eight runs in the fifth inning at Tropicana Field and needs one more victory to secure its first World Series championship.
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MLB’s historical comparisons give no clear answer on whether extra rest helps. Milwaukee can use the layoff to arrange its starting pitchers and refresh its relievers before Friday’s opener.
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