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Brewers clinch first World Series title with 4-1 win

By Drooid · Oct 29, 2026 · How we work

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Milwaukee Brewers clinched the World Series, beating Tampa Bay Rays 4-1 in Game 5.
Catcher William Contreras earned World Series MVP, hitting .381 with an RBI double.
The title marked the Brewers’ first World Series championship in their 57-year history.
Rookies Cooper Pratt and Jackson Chourio set Series records with six straight hits and 11 hits respectively.
Rookie pitcher Jacob Misiorowski threw 5 2/3 scoreless innings in the clinching Game 5.

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Fans placed beer cans at Bob Uecker’s statue before the World Series clinching Game 5 in St. Petersburg.
CC Sabathia honored Uecker on X with the post “Bob Uecker smiling down.”
Joe Davis quoted Uecker’s famous home-run call during Cooper Pratt’s 12th-inning blast in Game 4.
Brewers wore a commemorative patch honoring Uecker throughout the 2025 season.
Players held “Ueck” signs during the Stand Up To Cancer moment in Game 4.

History

The Boston Red Sox ended an 86-year championship drought by sweeping the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2004 World Series, the third straight wild-card team to win and the first city since Pittsburgh in 1979 to claim both a Super Bowl and World Series in the same year. Milwaukee Brewers’ 2025 inaugural World Series triumph echoes that breakthrough, reviving its fan base.

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The Boston Red Sox ended an 86-year championship drought by sweeping the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2004 World Series, the third straight wild-card team to win and the first city since Pittsburgh in 1979 to claim both a Super Bowl and World Series in the same year. Milwaukee Brewers’ 2025 inaugural World Series triumph echoes that breakthrough, reviving its fan base.

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