Brewers Win World Series 4-1

The Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 4-1 on Wednesday night at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida, to claim their first World Series title in franchise history. The victory ended a 44-year wait for the club, which began as the Seattle Pilots in 1969 before moving to Milwaukee in 1970. Their previous appearance in the championship series was in 1982, when they lost Game 7 to the St. Louis Cardinals, 6-3.

Rookie Cooper Pratt, 22, drove the offensive surge. He set a Series rookie record with six consecutive hits before hitting a sacrifice fly in the sixth inning. Pratt put Milwaukee ahead 1-0 in the second inning with a single off Rays starter Drew Rasmussen. He scored in the fifth inning on a single by David Hamilton. World Series MVP William Contreras added an RBI double in the sixth inning. Pratt's sacrifice fly in the sixth extended the lead to 4-0.

Jackson Chourio set a five-game Series record with 11 total hits. Pratt made his major league debut in June 2026. He described the title as one of the greatest moments of his life, noting that it only took four months to achieve. Captain Christian Yelich told fans that the city had waited a long time for this moment. Owner Mark Attanasio told the crowd from the postgame stage that Milwaukee now had its world championship.

Jacob Misiorowski, 24, pitched 5 2/3 scoreless innings for Milwaukee. He allowed two hits and struck out two batters while throwing 86 pitches. The right-hander threw on four days' rest. He opened the game with 12 straight four-seam fastballs, with velocities ranging from 100.9 to 103 mph. He had set the World Series velocity record with a 103.5 mph fastball on the first pitch of the series last Friday. Misiorowski left the game with a right calf cramp and received a standing ovation from fans in the section behind the dugout.

Relief pitchers JoJo Romero and Abner Uribe each recorded two outs. Closer Trevor Megill threw the final two innings. He ended the game by retiring Richie Palacios on a grounder to second base. Chandler Simpson drove in Tampa Bay's only run with a double in the ninth inning.

The Brewers recovered from a 4-3, 12-inning loss in Game 4, where they were three outs from being swept. They led the major leagues with 103 regular-season wins. The team went 11-2 in the postseason, including a sweep of the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League Championship Series. Manager Pat Murphy, 67, said the 2026 group would be remembered forever because they played as a team. Murphy survived a heart attack in 2020 and won the National League Manager of the Year award in both 2024 and 2025.

The Rays fell to 0-3 in World Series appearances, following previous losses in 2008 and 2020. Manager Kevin Cash said his players were physically hurt but grateful for how they carried themselves during the season. The result occurred while owners pressed the players' association for a salary cap, arguing that small-market teams cannot regularly succeed. A management lockout is likely to begin on Dec. 2. This was the first World Series since 1991 between teams in the bottom half of payrolls, with the Brewers ranked 19th and the Rays 25th as of Aug. 31.