Milwaukee Brewers close out Tampa Bay Rays to end 57-year wait for first World Series title

Brewers win first championship with 5-0 win in Game 5 Misiorowski tosses five and two-thirds scoreless innings Contreras named World Series MVP after batting .381 The Milwaukee Brewers captured their first World Series crown on Wednesday night, defeating the Tampa Bay Rays 4-1 to complete a four-games-to-one victory and end more than half a century of waiting for baseball’s biggest prize. Rookie shortstop Cooper Pratt drove in two runs and Jacob Misiorowski pitched five and two-thirds scoreless innings as Milwaukee put the finishing touches on a charmed season that began in spring training with championship ambitions and ended with the…