The small-ball Milwaukee Brewers playing in the smallest market in the majors are World Series champions for the first time in franchise history.
Young ace Jacob Misiorowski threw 5 2/3 scoreless innings of two-hit ball, rookie Cooper Pratt got two more hits and two RBIs, and the Brewers beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-1 in Game 5 on Wednesday night (Thursday AEDT) to set off a long-awaited celebration among thousands of Brewers fans in attendance at Tropicana Field.
Misiorowski left the game because of a right calf 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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The 22-year-old Pratt set a Series rookie record with six straight hits before a sacrifice fly in the sixth inning. Jackson Chourio set a five-game Series record with 11 hits.
The World Series title comes in the 58th season for a franchise that began as the Seattle Pilots in 1969 and moved to Milwaukee the following year.
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.
But Pat Murphy’s team displayed the resilience of the 67-year-old manager, 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.
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 away from a sweep in the 12th before a stellar bullpen finally faltered.
Pitching on four days’ rest for only the fifth time in 34 starts this season, including the playoffs, the Miz had his longest outing since throwing 6 1/3 innings against the Cubs on September 8. Leg cramps also forced him out of two outings earlier in the season.
Misiorowski, who broke the World Series velocity record with a 103.5 mph fastball on the first pitch of the Series last Friday, opened with 12 straight four-seamers between 100.9-103 mph. He topped at 103 twice among his 86 pitches, 58 strikes.
MLB WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS (since 2000)
2026 — Milwaukee (NL) 4, Tampa Bay (AL) 1
2025 — Los Angeles (NL) 4, Toronto (AL) 3
2024 — Los Angeles (NL) 4, New York (AL) 1
2023 — Texas (AL) 4, Arizona (NL) 1
2022 — Houston (AL) 4, Philadelphia (NL) 2
2021 — Atlanta (NL) 4, Houston (AL) 2
2020 — Los Angeles (NL) 4, Tampa Bay (AL) 2
2019 — Washington (NL) 4, Houston (AL) 3
2018 — Boston (AL) 4, Los Angeles (NL) 1
2017 — Houston (AL) 4, Los Angeles (NL) 3
2016 — Chicago (NL) 4, Cleveland (AL) 3
2015 — Kansas City (AL) 4, New York (NL) 1
2014 — San Francisco (NL) 4, Kansas City (AL) 3
2013 — Boston (AL) 4, St. Louis (NL) 2
2012 — San Francisco (NL) 4, Detroit (AL) 0
2011 — St. Louis (NL) 4, Texas (AL) 3
2010 — San Francisco (NL) 4, Texas (AL) 1
2009 — New York (AL) 4, Philadelphia (NL) 2
2008 — Philadelphia (NL) 4, Tampa Bay (AL) 1
2007 — Boston (AL) 4, Colorado (NL) 0
2006 — St. Louis (NL) 4, Detroit (AL) 1
2005 — Chicago (AL) 4, Houston (NL) 0
2004 — Boston (AL) 4, St. Louis (NL) 0
2003 — Florida (NL) 4, New York (AL) 2
2002 — Anaheim (AL) 4, San Francisco (NL) 3
2001 — Arizona (NL) 4, New York (AL) 3
2000 — New York (AL) 4, New York (NL) 1
