The 2026 MLB season officially ended on October 28, as a champion was crowned. Milwaukee finished off the Rays in five games, completing a dominant playoff run and earning the club’s first championship title in the process.
Brewers end title drought
Milwaukee jumped out in front 1-0 in the second, as Cooper Pratt singled to drive Brice Turang. It was Pratt’s fifth consecutive hit at the time after a four-hit night in Game 4. The rookie shortstop picked up another one in his next at-bat, setting a rookie record for most consecutive hits in the World Series.
That wound up being the only run that Drew Rasmussen, who pitched on short rest, allowed. The Rays’ ace struck out four over four innings and posted a 29.2% CSW%.
The game reached that inflection point in the fifth, as Milwaukee got traffic on the bases. David Hamilton drove in Pratt to make it 2-0. Then, in the sixth, William Contreras brought home Christian Yelich with a double, giving the catcher his ninth RBI of the postseason. A Pratt sac fly later scored Contreras.
Yet again, it was a light day, as far as swing-and-miss was concerned, for Jacob Misiorowski. But it was a stellar overall day, with 17 called strikes and just two hits allowed in 5.2 IP. He exited after 86 pitches with a right calf cramp.
JoJo Romero and Abner Uribe bridged the gap to Trevor Megill. Milwaukee’s closer went two innings to close out Game 5. He did allow the Rays’ only run of the game, which came via a Chandler Simpson. He struck out three batters, two of which came in the ninth inning.
Brewers catcher William Contreras was named MVP of the World Series.
The Brewers have now knocked their name off the list of teams that have never won a World Series title. That list now stands at four teams, with the Rays still being one of them.
What’s ahead?
The 2026-27 MLB offseason, which started right after the final pitcher from Trevor Megill. Also ahead is the pending lockout, which will start in early December should the league office and players’ union not come to an agreement on a new collective bargaining agreement.
Unless Opening Day is pushed back, we won’t have games that mean anything — at least as far as MLB is concerned — until late March.
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