The Miz caps a likely Cy Young season with poise in Brewers' World Series clincher

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Blum, R. (2026, October 29). The Miz caps a likely Cy Young season with poise in Brewers' World Series clincher. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/sports/baseball/the-miz-caps-a-likely-cy-young-season-with-poise-in-brewers-world-series-clincher/article_b0247e53-4503-56e4-aaba-9c89e363ea4d.html

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The Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Tampa Bay Rays in five games to win their first World Series title since joining the league as an expansion team in 1970. The series ended with a 4-1 victory for the Brewers on Wednesday night at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida.

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The win marks just the second time the Brewers have reached the World Series, with their previous appearance coming in 1982 when they lost to the St. Louis Cardinals. The team has been waiting 57 years for this moment, and thousands of fans traveled from Wisconsin to support them throughout the series. Captain Christian Yelich expressed his joy at bringing the championship back home to Milwaukee.

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📰 Brewers Win First World Series Title
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Fla. ST. PETERSBURG Tampa Bay World Series the Milwaukee Brewers

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Misiorowski PERSON · 2× Brad Epstein PERSON · 1× Brewers ORG · 1× Fla. GPE · 1× Jacob Misiorowski PERSON · 1× ST. PETERSBURG GPE · 1× Tampa Bay GPE · 1× Tampa Bay’s ORG · 1× William Contreras PERSON · 1× the Milwaukee Brewers ORG · 1×

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Misiorowski threw 1,115 pitches 100 mph or higher this year, shattering the old high of 673 by Jordan Hicks of St. Louis in 2018 — including a 105.5 mph blazer to the Chicago Cubs’ Pete Crow-Armstrong on June 27.. But he didn’t overwhelm as much in the postseason, when batters managed to foul off many of his pitches. ___
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🔮 ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Jacob Misiorowski pitched with poise when he couldn’t overwhelm with punishing heat, overcoming Tampa Bay batters and the Tropicana Field mound to lead the Milwaukee Brewers to their first World Series title.
2026-10-29 · Toronto Star
The Miz caps a likely Cy Young season with poise in Brewers' World Series clincher · assertive framing

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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Jacob Misiorowski pitched with poise when he couldn’t overwhelm with punishing heat, overcoming Tampa Bay batters and the Tropicana Field mound to lead the Milwaukee Brewers to their first World Series title. asserted
he → pitch → title
On a night when he tied his career low with only two strikeouts, baseball’s hardest-throwing starting pitcher threw two-hit ball over 5 2/3 scoreless innings before leaving because of a leg cramp with a four-run lead. asserted
pitcher → tie → lead
The Brewers went on to a 4-1 victory in Game 5. asserted
Brewers → go → Game
Completing a record-setting season that likely will earn him the NL Cy Young Award next month, the 24-year-old right-hander reached 100 mph with 51 of 86 pitches, including 30 of 101 mph or more, an even dozen that reached 102 mph and a pair of 103 mph offerings in the first inning. asserted
that → complete → inning
“It was insane,” he said. asserted
he → say → ?
“I woke up this morning and I felt like throwing up from the beginning. asserted
I → wake → beginning
I felt awful. asserted
I → feel → ?
She helped me out, get through this and really made sure I got what I needed. asserted
I → help → what
Tampa Bay’s grounds crew made several trips to the mound to fill in a divot in the mound that the wiry 6-foot-7 pitcher created with the long stride of his left foot. asserted
pitcher → make → foot
He finally came out, accompanied by head athletic trainer Brad Epstein, after a cramp in his right calf — similar to an ailment that forced Misiorowski from a pair of starts in May. uncertain
that → come → May
He went 2-0 with a 0.84 ERA, striking out just five in 10 2/3 innings, showing the toll of pitching 193 2/3 innings over the regular season and postseason — up from 141 1/3 innings last year. asserted
He → go → innings
“He deserves everything that’s coming his way,” catcher and World Series MVP William Contreras said. asserted
Contreras → deserve → everything
“He deserves the Cy Young that’s coming his way and all the success he had this year.” asserted
he → deserve → Young
The Miz made the 2025 All-Star team just a month after his debut and went 5-3 with a 4.36 ERA and 87 strikeouts in 66 innings, then dominated batters this season when he went 16-5 and became just the fourth pitcher since 1950 to lead the majors in ERA (1.80), strikeouts (252) and opponents’ batting average (.157). asserted
he → make → ERA
Misiorowski threw 1,115 pitches 100 mph or higher this year, shattering the old high of 673 by Jordan Hicks of St. Louis in 2018 — including a 105.5 mph blazer to the Chicago Cubs’ Pete Crow-Armstrong on June 27.. But he didn’t overwhelm as much in the postseason, when batters managed to foul off many of his pitches. ___ asserted
batters → throw → pitches
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