Brewers win the first World Series title in their history, beating the Rays in five games
CBS Sports' wrap explains how a 103-win team won it with the bottom of its lineup and a rookie who set a World Series record; NPR's Game 4 story has the Rays' wild 12th-inning escape.
The Milwaukee Brewers won the World Series on Wednesday night, Oct. 28, beating the Tampa Bay Rays 4-1 in Game 5 at Tropicana Field to take the series four games to one. Neither franchise had won a title before.
According to CBS Sports, presumptive NL Cy Young winner Jacob Misiorowski made his best start of the postseason and three relievers held Tampa Bay to one run the rest of the way. Rookie Cooper Pratt drove in two runs and, with hits in six straight at-bats going back to Game 4, set a World Series record for a rookie. CBS says the Brewers went 11-2 in the postseason after beating the two-time defending champion Dodgers in the NLCS.
The Rays had avoided a sweep the night before. NPR (via AP) reports that Pratt's 12th-inning home run put Milwaukee ahead in Game 4, but Tampa Bay rallied in the bottom half, with pinch-hitter Ben Williamson's chopper over first base winning it 4-3. The Rays were the fourth team in World Series history to avoid elimination with an extra-inning comeback.
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Seattle Pilots
After exploring Brewers win 2026 World Series: How Milwaukee's first championship in franchise history came together - CBS Sports, the franchise's one-season beginning is told in Seattle Pilots.
The Pilots played a single season in Seattle, 1969, finishing last in the AL West at 64-98, before the franchise moved to Milwaukee on April 1, 1970, and became the Brewers.
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