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Fifty-seven seasons after the franchise began as the Seattle Pilots, Milwaukee won its first title with a 4–1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays in Game 5 at Tropicana Field on Oct. 28, 2026. The Brewers went 11–2 in October after a franchise-record 103 regular-season wins.
Sources: MLB.com Game 5 recap · MLB.com key stats
October, in three acts
Milwaukee never allowed more than four runs in any of its 13 postseason games and became only the fifth team to win at least 11 while losing two or fewer. Here is how the month unfolded.
Division Series · Oct. 3–7
Four games, and never more than two runs between the teams at any point. Two one-run wins at American Family Field, a 4–3 loss at Petco Park, then a 3–1 clincher that ended a 12-game postseason road losing streak stretching back to 2018. Garrett Mitchell's catch at the center-field wall took a tying home run away from Manny Machado in the eighth.
Championship Series · Oct. 11–15
A year after being swept by Los Angeles in the NLCS, the Brewers returned the sweep, the first team ever to do that to the same opponent the following postseason. They erased a 4–0 deficit in Game 4, tying the largest comeback to clinch a league championship series, and won the franchise's first National League pennant. Jake Bauers was named NLCS MVP.
World Series · Oct. 23–28
Two one-run wins at home, a 10–1 rout in St. Petersburg built on a record eight-run inning, a 12-inning Game 4 loss with the title three outs away, and then the 4–1 clincher behind 5 2/3 scoreless innings from Jacob Misiorowski. William Contreras was named Willie Mays World Series MVP. The final out came at 11:13 p.m. local time, 10:13 p.m. in Milwaukee, where about 31,000 fans had filled American Family Field to watch on the scoreboard.
Game by game
Every game links to its official MLB Gameday box score and an MLB.com recap. Scores, venues, and pitching decisions were checked against the MLB Stats API and Baseball-Reference on Oct. 29, 2026.
Showing all 13 games.
NLDS Game 1 · Saturday, Oct. 3, 2026 · American Family Field, Milwaukee
| Team | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego | 2 | 9 | 1 |
| Milwaukee | 3 | 7 | 0 |
A ninth-inning fly ball from Ty France struck a roof cable and dropped into Jackson Chourio's glove, one of several October bounces that went Milwaukee's way.
NLDS Game 2 · Sunday, Oct. 4, 2026 · American Family Field, Milwaukee
| Team | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| Milwaukee | 4 | 5 | 3 |
Two runs in the bottom of the ninth against San Diego closer Mason Miller, with two out when the winning run scored.
NLDS Game 3 · Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026 · Petco Park, San Diego
| Team | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milwaukee | 3 | 11 | 1 |
| San Diego | 4 | 6 | 0 |
The first of only two losses all month. Milwaukee outhit San Diego 11 to 6 but lost by a run.
NLDS Game 4 · Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026 · Petco Park, San Diego
| Team | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milwaukee | 3 | 10 | 1 |
| San Diego | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Robert Gasser gave four effective innings. Garrett Mitchell drove in a run and tripled, Jackson Chourio's RBI single set a franchise postseason record, and Aaron Ashby threw three hitless innings. Mitchell then went to the center-field wall to take a tying two-run homer from Manny Machado. Milwaukee's first postseason road win since Game 3 of the 2018 NLCS.
NLCS Game 1 · Sunday, Oct. 11, 2026 · American Family Field, Milwaukee
| Team | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Milwaukee | 2 | 6 | 0 |
A one-run opener against the two-time defending champions, with Milwaukee's bullpen closing it out.
NLCS Game 2 · Monday, Oct. 12, 2026 · American Family Field, Milwaukee
| Team | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Milwaukee | 7 | 12 | 2 |
Jake Bauers worked a 12-pitch walk and Christian Yelich followed with a single off Yoshinobu Yamamoto, the at-bats MLB.com credited with turning the game.
NLCS Game 3 · Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026 · UNIQLO Field at Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles
| Team | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milwaukee | 6 | 9 | 0 |
| Los Angeles | 2 | 5 | 0 |
Jake Bauers hit a go-ahead home run off Blake Snell at the end of an 11-pitch at-bat, putting Milwaukee one win from its first pennant.
NLCS Game 4 · Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026 · UNIQLO Field at Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles
| Team | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milwaukee | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| Los Angeles | 4 | 8 | 0 |
Down 4–0 after Shohei Ohtani's three-run homer in the second, Milwaukee answered with doubles from William Contreras and Jake Bauers in the fourth, a David Hamilton RBI single and a Bauers bases-loaded walk in the fifth, Garrett Mitchell's go-ahead homer in the sixth, and Hamilton's insurance homer in the ninth. Aaron Ashby got the last nine outs and Jackson Chourio caught the final one. The franchise's first National League pennant and first World Series trip since 1982.
World Series Game 1 · Friday, Oct. 23, 2026 · American Family Field, Milwaukee
| Team | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Milwaukee | 3 | 8 | 0 |
Jacob Misiorowski allowed one run on four hits in five innings. A game-ending double play was called off on review, and the Brewers won anyway by stranding the tying run at third.
World Series Game 2 · Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026 · American Family Field, Milwaukee
| Team | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay | 4 | 7 | 1 |
| Milwaukee | 5 | 11 | 1 |
The Brewers came back from a four-run deficit, their second such comeback of the postseason after NLCS Game 4.
World Series Game 3 · Monday, Oct. 26, 2026 · Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg
| Team | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milwaukee | 10 | 16 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay | 1 | 3 | 1 |
A record-setting eight-run inning, extended when Christian Yelich beat a throw to second on a two-out grounder, broke the game open. Brandon Woodruff, who had declined shoulder surgery in August to try to pitch in the World Series, threw the ninth.
World Series Game 4 · Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2026 · Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg
| Team | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milwaukee | 3 | 8 | 2 |
| Tampa Bay | 4 | 9 | 1 |
David Hamilton's tying homer and Cooper Pratt's leadoff homer in the top of the 12th put Milwaukee three outs from the title. A throwing error, four straight singles, and Ben Williamson's pinch-hit walk-off single sent it to Game 5 after four hours and 20 minutes.
World Series Game 5 · Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026 · Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg
| Team | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milwaukee | 4 | 8 | 2 |
| Tampa Bay | 1 | 4 | 0 |
Brice Turang doubled and Cooper Pratt singled him home in the second. Pratt singled again in the fifth, his sixth straight hit, and scored on David Hamilton's single. In the sixth, Christian Yelich was hit by a pitch, William Contreras doubled him in, and Pratt's sacrifice fly made it 4–0. Misiorowski threw 5 2/3 scoreless innings on two hits before a calf cramp ended his night. Trevor Megill allowed a ninth-inning run, then got Richie Palacios to ground out to Turang for the final out.
Box score · Recap · Game story · Misiorowski's start · Highlights (MLB.com video)
What the record books say
Figures below come from MLB.com's postseason reporting, chiefly Sarah Langs' key stats from the Brewers' 2026 World Series win, published Oct. 29, 2026. Each tile names its source.
Who did it
A roster that MLB.com described as having five or more legitimate MVP candidates. These notes are drawn from the linked MLB.com reporting; quotations are short excerpts attributed to their speakers.
Catcher · World Series MVP
Went 8 for 21 with four RBIs in the Series, including the sixth-inning double that scored Christian Yelich in Game 5, and threw out four of nine base stealers. The first catcher to win World Series MVP since Salvador Perez in 2015, and a World Baseball Classic champion with Venezuela earlier in 2026.
“I don't have words to say how I'm feeling, but I'm just appreciative of my teammates.”
Right-handed starter
Won the clincher with 5 2/3 scoreless innings, two hits, one walk, and an average fastball of 101.1 mph before a right calf cramp ended his night at 86 pitches. Went 16–5 with a 1.80 ERA and 252 strikeouts in the regular season and 2–0 with a 1.89 ERA in four postseason starts, entering October as the presumptive NL Cy Young winner.
“These guys are amazing. We're just a group of friends playing sports.”
Left-handed reliever
Eighteen innings, all scoreless, in nine appearances with three saves, five hits allowed, three walks, and 20 strikeouts. The only pitcher in postseason history with at least five outs in seven or more consecutive scoreless appearances. Recorded the final nine outs of the pennant clincher.
“If you take a single piece out of this team, it's not the same.”
Rookie shortstop · age 22
Hit .421 (8 for 19) with two doubles, a homer, and seven RBIs in the Series. His six straight hits broke Brian Doyle's 48-year-old World Series rookie record; his 12th-inning homer in Game 4 nearly won it a night early. A 2023 sixth-round pick signed to an eight-year contract before his major league debut.
“How awesome is this?”
Outfielder · age 22
Eleven hits in the five World Series games. His RBI single in NLDS Game 4 set the franchise record for postseason RBIs, passing Ryan Braun, and he caught the final out of the NLCS in left-center at Dodger Stadium. He and Pratt became the first teammates age 22 or younger with eight or more hits each in the same postseason series.
First baseman · NLCS MVP
A 12-pitch walk in NLCS Game 2, an 11-pitch go-ahead homer off Blake Snell in Game 3, a bases-loaded walk in the Game 4 comeback, and two diving plays at first base that preserved the early lead in World Series Game 5.
Closer
Saved NLDS Games 1 and 4, NLCS Games 1 and 3, and World Series Game 1, won NLDS Game 2, and recorded the final out of the World Series on Richie Palacios' groundout to second.
Center fielder
Took a tying two-run homer away from Manny Machado at the Petco Park wall in the NLDS clincher, then hit the go-ahead homer in the sixth inning of the NLCS clincher.
Infielder
Hit the ninth-inning insurance homer off Edwin Díaz that sealed the pennant, tied World Series Game 4 with a homer, and drove in the second run of Game 5.
Outfielder · team captain
Arrived in 2018, won that year's NL MVP, and stayed on a long-term deal through eight postseason berths in nine years. Was hit by a pitch and scored the third run of Game 5, and beat a throw to second to extend the eight-run inning in Game 3.
“It's better than you think it would be.”
Manager
Sixty-seven years old, with the organization since 2016 and its manager for three seasons, the two-time defending NL Manager of the Year.
“They may have a bunch of Hall of Famers, but we've got a bunch of gamers.”
And
Robert Gasser, a former Padres prospect back from Tommy John surgery, started the NLDS clincher and won World Series Game 3. Brandon Woodruff, the longest-tenured Brewer, pitched the ninth of Game 3 after skipping surgery to be there. Brice Turang doubled, singled, stole second, and fielded the final out of Game 5. DL Hall won three games, JoJo Romero two. Abner Uribe won Game 2 of the Series.
See it again
Official MLB.com video and one wire-service photo gallery, linked rather than embedded. This archive hosts and copies none of it. Each link opens on the source's own site, and availability depends on that site.
The clincher in full-game highlight form: Misiorowski, Contreras, Pratt, and Megill, as cut by MLB.
Trevor Megill closes it out and the first title in franchise history is official.
MLB's short cut of the 4–1 win and the celebration that followed.
The Commissioner's Trophy ceremony on the field at Tropicana Field, including the World Series MVP award.
Six unanswered runs and Aaron Ashby's nine-out save to sweep the Dodgers and win the pennant.
The Associated Press photo gallery from the Series. The photographs are AP's and are viewed on AP's site; none are reproduced here.
More official video: MLB.com 2026 postseason video hub. The Game 5 and NLCS Game 4 cards above also link their highlight reels.
The reaction
Eleven public posts from the clinch and the run-up, shown as short excerpts or summaries with a link to each original. View counts, where shown, were read from a third-party mirror snapshot of public X pages at about 7:52 a.m. CT on Oct. 29, 2026. They were not verified on X itself and are not live figures. Posts can be edited or deleted; the links go to X. Post times are derived from each post's ID and shown in Central Time.
“The World Series championship belongs to Milwaukee, Wisconsin”
“The Milwaukee Brewers are 2026 World Series champions”
Summary: Reported the 4–1 final and that the Brewers are World Series champions for the first time in franchise history.
Summary: Congratulated the Brewers on the championship from across town.
Summary: Historical context for Aaron Ashby's scoreless-innings streak across the postseason.
Summary: Noted Cooper Pratt's hits in six consecutive World Series at-bats during Game 5.
Summary: Jake Bauers' go-ahead home run in NLCS Game 3 moved Milwaukee within a win of the pennant.
Summary: Christian Yelich lifts the franchise's first World Series trophy.
Summary: The Brewers fans who turned the third-base side of Tropicana Field into a road home crowd.
Summary: Pat Murphy's speech to the team in the visiting clubhouse.
Summary: A message from captain Christian Yelich after the clinch.
Method. Posts were selected by hand for relevance to the championship. Text in quotation marks is the short post text as captured; items marked "Summary" paraphrase the post rather than reproduce it. The four view counts shown were read from a third-party mirror snapshot of public X pages at about 7:52 a.m. CT on Oct. 29, 2026, because X itself could not be read directly at capture time; they are shown only for those four posts, and no likes, reposts, or other figures were recorded or estimated.
Provenance
Everything on this page was checked against the pages below on Oct. 29, 2026. MLB.com and MLB Gameday are the primary sources for results, statistics, awards, and quotations. Baseball-Reference was used to cross-check dates, scores, and pitching decisions. The MLB Stats API was used for official game IDs, finals, and runs-hits-errors. Video and photo galleries are linked, never embedded or copied.