Brewers 4, Rays 1: Milwaukee Wins Its First World Series in Game 5

ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA — The Milwaukee Brewers won the first World Series title in franchise history Wednesday night, beating the Tampa Bay Rays 4-1 in Game 5 at Tropicana Field, according to Major League Baseball's official game coverage.

Rookie shortstop Cooper Pratt singled home the first run off Rays starter Drew Rasmussen in the second inning. Rasmussen was pitching on short rest. Pratt singled again in the fifth to start another rally. It was his sixth straight hit, which broke Brian Doyle's 48-year-old World Series record for a rookie. In the sixth, catcher William Contreras doubled home Christian Yelich for an insurance run, and Pratt's sacrifice fly later in the inning made it 4-0.

Jacob Misiorowski pitched 5 2/3 scoreless innings. He allowed two hits, a walk and a hit batter on 86 pitches before a cramp in his right calf forced him out in the sixth. The Rays scored their only run in the ninth after Liam Hicks' double hit first base. Closer Trevor Megill gave up just that run and finished it on a groundout to second baseman Brice Turang.

Contreras was named World Series MVP. He went 8-for-21 with four RBIs in the Series. Milwaukee outhit Tampa Bay 8-4 and won 11 of its 13 postseason games. The game took 3 hours, 5 minutes in front of 40,489 fans.

It is Milwaukee's first World Series title since the 1957 Braves. The Brewers' only other World Series trip came in 1982, when they lost to the Cardinals in seven games. Before Wednesday, five current franchises had never won a World Series. Now four haven't. The Brewers' parade starts Friday at 10 a.m. Central time in downtown Milwaukee.

Forty-four years after their only other World Series trip, Milwaukee has its title.