Overview
- The Milwaukee Brewers won the World Series with a 4-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday to secure the franchise’s first championship.
- Starter Jacob Misiorowski delivered 5 2/3 scoreless, two-hit innings in the clincher before leaving with a right calf cramp, and relievers JoJo Romero, Abner Uribe and Trevor Megill finished the final 3 1/3 innings.
- Rookie Cooper Pratt extended a breakout postseason by recording a World Series rookie mark with six consecutive hits in at-bats and driving in two runs in Game 5.
- Left-hander Aaron Ashby set a single-postseason reliever record with 18 consecutive scoreless innings but Milwaukee’s bullpen faltered in extra innings of Game 4 before recovering to close out the series.
- The title caps a franchise-record 103 regular-season wins and an 11-2 postseason run, a triumph that spotlights how a lower-payroll, small-market club reached the top as MLB owners push for a salary cap and a likely management lockout in December.