EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Milwaukee clinched its first-ever World Series title by defeating Tampa in five games, ending a historic 57-year championship wait.
- The Brewers are World Series champs! The Milwaukee Brewers have won the first World Series in franchise history, defeating the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday to complete a 4-1 series victory.
- Milwaukee wins Game 5, 4-1: It was a perfectly small-ball way for the Brewers to win the title. RBI singles from Cooper Pratt and David Hamilton, a big double from William Contreras, key defensive plays by first baseman Jake Bauers and excellent pitching from ace Jacob Misiorowski.
- Contreras named MVP: Brewers catcher William Contreras was named the World Series MVP after providing excellent work behind the plate as well as clutch hitting all series long.
- History made: The Brewers had only been to one World Series before this year, losing in seven games to the St. Louis Cardinals in 1982.
- Labor implications: The Brewers’ win is a victory for the league’s smallest media market and 19th-biggest payroll. Those facts will be brought up repeatedly in the labor fight to come before baseball’s collective bargaining agreement expires December 1.
Updates
It’s a kid’s game played by grown men. But sometimes it’s nice to see that those men don’t lose sight of what it all means.
Trevor Megill closed out the game for the Brewers, getting the final six outs to clinch the World Series – a scenario that he dreamt about over and over.