HISTORY MADE! Milwaukee Brewers Capture First World Series Championship With Dominant Victory Over Tampa Bay Rays

The Milwaukee Brewers took an early lead in tonight’s game five, got five plus innings from all-star pitcher Jacob Misiorowski, and cruised to a 4 to 1 World Series clinching win over the Tampa Bay Rays.

Milwaukee started the scoring tonight. In the top of the second Brice Turang doubled to center field. Sal Frelick was hit by a pitch sending Turang to second base. Cooper Pratt followed with a single to center scoring Turang. 1-0 Brewers.

The Brewers got another run home in the top of the fifth. With one out Cooper Pratt singled to left field. Garrett Mitchell followed with a single of his own sending Pratt to third base. David Hamilton then singled to center scoring Pratt. 2-0 Brew Crew.

Drew Rasmussen started for Tampa Bay tonight. He went four innings while surrendering one run on two hits while striking out four Brewers. Since he pitched in game two and was coming off some major elbow surgery, the Rays didn’t want to push Rasmussen too hard.

Chris Pratt set a record tonight for a rookie in the World Series with six consecutive hits over two games.

The Brewers were back at it in the top of the sixth. Christian Yelich was hit by a pitch to lead off the inning. William Contreras followed with a double to left field scoring Yelich. Brice Turang then hit a bloop single to left field sending Contreras to third base. With one out Cooper Pratt hit a sac fly to right field scoring Contreras. 4-0 Milwaukee.

Jacob Misiorowski lasted into the sixth inning for the Brewers giving up only two hits while striking out a couple Devil Rays. He was taken out of the game due to what appeared to be a leg cramp.

And now we come to the bottom of the ninth…

Trevor Megill throwing his second inning of relief. Megill strikes out Junior Caminero. Then Liam Hicks hits a grounder that careens off the first base bag for a double. Jonny DeLuca strikes out swinging. Two down. And then Chandler Simpson doubled to right field scoring Hicks. And then the grand finale… Richie Palacios grounds out to second base. It’s over! Final score Milwaukee 4 and Tampa Bay 1. The Milwaukee Brewers win their first World Series in franchise history.

Dave’s Dime…Final Thoughts and Bob Uecker

Well, the season is over. The Milwaukee Brewers win it all. They did it as a team. No doubt about that. The team with the19th largest payroll in Major League Baseball this season just won the World Series. No big egos. It almost seemed at times as though they were playing their home games in Tampa. Their fans traveled quite well.

The Brewers had an awesome season while winning an MLB best 103 games. Their playoff run was quite impressive as well. They defeated the San Diego Padres 3 games to 1 in the Division Series. They swept the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-0 in the NLCS. And tonight they grabbed the biggest prize of all. Eleven wins and two losses in the post-season. Just awesome.

During the post-game celebration, the franchise also paid homage to the great Bob Uecker, who manned the microphone for 54 years as the Brewers’ play-by-play announcer. Mr. Uecker passed away last year. He was 90 years old. I remember watching Bob on the Johnny Carson show. He was Johnny’s guest 62 times. Wow…

I also remember Bob Uecker in the movie Major League in 1989. “Juuuuust a bit outside…” He appeared in many commercials over the years as well.

Uecker was a catcher in the majors from 1962 until 1967. He was a member of the World Series winning St. Louis Cardinals in 1964. He was self-deprecating when it came to his career as a player, and he used that type of humor in his television and movie appearances.

He once said that the best way to catch a knuckleball was to wait until it stopped rolling and then pick it up. He also joked that sporting goods companies would pay him not to endorse their products. Bob once announced that he knew his career was over when his 1965 baseball card was printed with no picture on it. What a great ambassador for the game of baseball…

William Contreras won the Most Valuable Player award. He became the eighth catcher to do so. He batted .381 in the five-game series with 3 RBIs. Contreras threw out 4 baserunners in those 5 games. He was also pretty amazing when it came to utilizing the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) challenge system. Contreras won 10 out of 13 challenges. He knew the strike zone. Obviously better than the home plate umpire.

Well, that’s it for the season. I truly appreciated the opportunity to write these articles for the Capital Times and hope to do so next year as well.

Have a great rest of your year; Merry Christmas, Happy New Year.

Spring training starts on Friday, February 19th, 2027.

Dave Carter