The small-ball Milwaukee Brewers playing in the smallest market in the majors are World Series champions for the first time.
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Brewers → play → time
Hey, Milwaukee: grab a brat, raise a beer and prepare for that parade.
To borrow a line from Bob Uecker: Your title drought is up, outta here, gone.
Young ace Jacob Misiorowski threw 5 2/3 scoreless innings, rookie Cooper Pratt had two more hits and two RBIs, and Milwaukee beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-1 in Game 5 on Wednesday night to set off a long-awaited celebration among thousands of Brewers fans in attendance at Tropicana Field.
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Milwaukee → grab → Field
“It’s the best feeling ever.
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It → ’ → ?
I know the city’s waited a long, long time for this,” captain Christian Yelich said.
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Yelich → know → this
“We’re so happy to bring it home to them.”
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We → ’re → them
World Series MVP William Contreras hit an RBI double and Misiorowski allowed just two hits before leaving the game because of a right calf cramp.
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Misiorowski → hit → cramp
He got a standing ovation from the Brew-Crew fans, who took over the section behind Milwaukee’s dugout for the last three games.
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who → get → games
They took over the entire ballpark for the trophy presentation and were still chanting “Let’s go Brewers!” almost two hours after the final pitch.
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’s → take → pitch
The 22-year-old Pratt set a Series rookie record with six straight hits before his sacrifice fly in the sixth.
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Pratt → set → sixth
Jackson Chourio set a five-game Series record with 11 hits.
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Chourio → set → hits
It doesn’t even feel real,” said Pratt, who made his major league debut in June.
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who → feel → June
It only took four months!”
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It → take → months
The championship comes in the 58th season for a franchise that began as the Seattle Pilots in 1969 and moved to Milwaukee the following year.
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that → come → Milwaukee
The Brewers’ only previous trip to the World Series in 1982 ended in heartbreak when they blew a 3-1 lead in the sixth inning of Game 7 and lost 6-3 to the St. Louis Cardinals.
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they → end → Cardinals
But this team displayed the toughness and resilience of 67-year-old manager Pat Murphy, who survived a heart attack in 2020 and was the NL Manager of the Year in his first two full seasons at the helm in 2024 and 2025.
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who → display → 2024
“This group of guys right here, the 2026 team, will be remembered forever — and they deserve that because they were a team,” Murphy said.
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Murphy → remember → that
“They’re not worried about their own stats.
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They → ’re → stats
No one cares about that.
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one → care → that
They care about coming together and winning tonight.”
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They → care → ?
With their flame-throwing, 24-year-old two-time All-Star on the mound, the Brewers rebounded from a heartbreaking, 4-3 extra-inning loss in Game 4 when they were three outs from a sweep in the 12th before a stellar bullpen finally faltered.
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bullpen → throw → 12th
Pitching on four days’ rest for only the fifth time in 34 starts this year, The Miz had his longest outing since throwing 6 1/3 innings against the Cubs on Sept. 8.
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Miz → pitch → Sept.
Leg cramps also forced him out of two outings earlier in the season.
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cramps → force → season
“I don’t even have words,” Misiorowski said.
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Misiorowski → have → words
“It’s amazing, just watching my guys celebrate.
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guys → ’ → ?
And the city — I know they’re going crazy in Milwaukee.
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they → know → Milwaukee
It’s awesome.”
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It → ’ → ?
Misiorowski, who broke the World Series velocity record with a 103.5 mph fastball on the first pitch last Friday, opened with 12 straight four-seamers between 100.9-103 mph.
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who → break → mph
He topped out at 103 twice among his 86 pitches, 58 strikes.
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He → top → pitches
The right-hander didn’t record a strikeout in the first three innings for the first time in his two-year career and finished with two, matching his career low.
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hander → record → low
But he was fired up after Yandy Díaz missed a cutter to end the fifth: The Miz pumped his fist twice and punched the air walking off the mound.
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Miz → fire → mound
The NL Cy Young Award favorite allowed one run over five innings to get his first postseason win as a starter in a 3-2 victory in the opener.
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favorite → allow → opener
JoJo Romero got two outs, Abner Uribe recorded two more and closer Trevor Megill pitched the last two innings, allowing an RBI double to Chandler Simpson with two outs in the ninth.
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Megill → get → ninth
Megill retired Richie Palacios on a grounder to end it, threw his arms in the air and was mobbed by teammates near the mound while Brewers fans celebrated in the stands.
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fans → retire → stands
“Milwaukee has waited 44 years, and Milwaukee, you have your world championship,” Brewers owner Mark Attanasio said from the postgame stage on the field.
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Attanasio → wait → field
Pratt, who was 4 for 5 with a tiebreaking solo homer in the 12th inning of Game 4, gave the Brewers a 1-0 lead with an RBI single against Rays ace Drew Rasmussen in the second.
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who → give → second
Pratt singled for his sixth straight hit in the Series in the fifth and scored on David Hamilton’s single off Kevin Kelly.
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Pratt → single → Kelly
Contreras hit an RBI double off Garrett Cleavinger in the sixth and Pratt added a sac fly to make it 4-0.
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it → hit → fly
The teams combined for just four homers in the Series, three for Milwaukee.
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teams → combine → Milwaukee
The Brewers scored a major league-low 32.1% of their runs on homers this season and Tampa Bay was second-lowest at 34.4%, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
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Bay → score → Bureau
The Brewers led the majors with 103 wins in the regular season and went 11-2 in the postseason, including seven comeback wins and a sweep of the mighty Dodgers in the NLCS.
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Brewers → lead → NLCS
…and 11 more, not listed.
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