(247NEWSSOURCE/LEARFIELD) – The Milwaukee Brewers are celebrating their first World Series in team history.
The Brewers took down the Tampa Bay Rays 4-1 in Game Five from St. Petersburg.
Cooper Pratt drove in a pair of runs and tied a Series record with six straight hits going back to Game Four.
Jacob Misiorowski gave up just two hits and no runs in 5 2/3 innings before leaving a cramp. Misiorowski was the winning pitcher with relief help from JoJo Romero, Abner Uribe, and Tylor Megill.
William Contreras won World Series MVP.
Brewers manager Pat Murphy talks about his journey to a World Series victory.
Murphy says the team pulled together as expected.
Murphy says there isn’t much time to enjoy the victory.
Misiorowski says it’ll be a long party in Milwaukee.
Brewers second baseman Brice Turang says Christian Yelich is a big part of their success.
Yelich said that Bob Uecker always believed this would happen.
Brewers veteran pitcher Brandon Woodruff talked about what it felt like to win the World Series.
Murphy thanked the fans and offered up a tribute to the Uecker.
The Brewers took a 1-0 lead in the second inning on a single to center by Cooper Pratt that scored Turang.
In the fifth inning, Milwaukee made it 2-0 with a single by David Hamilton that scored Pratt.
William Contreras doubled in the sixth inning to score Christian Yelich for a 3-0 lead with Pratt’s sacrifice fly scoring Contreras to make it 4-0.
Drew Rasmussen pitched the first 4 innings for Tampa Bay and took the loss.
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