Overview
- Milwaukee secured the championship on Wednesday, October 28, with a 4-1 win in Game 5 at Tropicana Field to close the series 4-1.
- Tampa Bay avoided a sweep the night before by beating the Brewers 4-3 in 12 innings after a Joey Ortiz throwing error allowed a rally that produced the tying and winning runs.
- Jacob Misiorowski started Game 5, retiring hitters scoreless through five and two‑thirds innings before leaving with leg cramps, and Milwaukee’s bullpen preserved the lead.
- The title caps a season in which the Brewers finished 103–59, swept the Dodgers in the NLCS and went 11–2 in the 2026 postseason.
- The championship ends Milwaukee’s 56‑year wait for a World Series trophy and leaves the Rays short of the four straight wins needed to overcome an 0‑3 World Series deficit, a comeback no club has achieved since 1903.