BREWERS DO IT AT LAST: First World Series Title in 57 Years

The Milwaukee Brewers are World Series champions for the first time in franchise history, closing out the Tampa Bay Rays with a 4-1 win in Game 5 on Wednesday night, October 28, at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Milwaukee won the best-of-seven series four games to one, ending a wait that stretched back to the franchise's founding 57 years ago and its only previous World Series trip, in 1982.

Rookie shortstop Cooper Pratt drove in the first run in the second inning and later scored again, continuing a remarkable series in which he recorded a hit in six straight World Series at-bats. William Contreras added a double in a two-run sixth inning as Milwaukee pulled away.

On the mound, Jacob Misiorowski threw five scoreless innings with triple-digit fastballs before leaving with a cramp in his right calf in the sixth. The Brewers' bullpen, led by Trevor Megill over the final two innings, finished the job.

The win capped a postseason in which Milwaukee went 11-2, surviving the San Diego Padres in the National League Division Series and then beating the two-time defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL Championship Series. Contreras was named World Series MVP after a series in which he threw out three would-be base stealers and helped guide a pitching staff that held Tampa Bay to a .182 batting average.