Brewers win their first World Series

The Milwaukee Brewers have won the World Series for the first time. They beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-1 in Game 5 on Wednesday in Florida. The series ended in five games. Reports describe it as the franchise's first title in 57 years.

The game was played at Tropicana Field. Milwaukee had won the first two games in Wisconsin and the first game in Florida. The Rays, the American League's top seed, forced a fifth game. Milwaukee closed it out there.

Jacob Misiorowski threw 5 2/3 scoreless innings in Game 5. Cooper Pratt drove in two runs. William Contreras was named the World Series most valuable player. He was 8-for-21 with four runs batted in against the Rays.

The BBC described Contreras as 28 and as the eighth catcher, and the third Venezuelan, to win the award. The Brewers' only previous World Series appearance was in 1982. That is 44 years before this one. The club won 11 of 13 postseason games this year, the BBC reported.

Reuters reported that the Brewers swept the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League Championship Series before the World Series. The Dodgers were the two-time defending champions. The Game 5 score was 4-1. The series result was a win in five games.

The recorded sports result is a first championship for Milwaukee. The opponent was the Tampa Bay Rays. The clinching score was 4-1. The named Game 5 contributors in the reports are Misiorowski, Pratt, and Contreras.