Analysis
World Series 2026: the Brewers beat the Rays 4-1 in Game 5 in Tampa Bay on October 29, Korea time, to win the series 4-1 and their first World Series title
Milwaukee beat Tampa Bay 4-1 on the road in Game 5 at 9 a.m. on Thursday, October 29, Korea time, and won the best-of-seven World Series 4-1. It is Milwaukee's first World Series title. After a 10-1 win in Game 3, the Brewers lost Game 4 3-4 in 12 innings and closed it out in Game 5. Three of the five games were decided by one run. Games 6 and 7, set for October 31 and November 1 in Milwaukee, will not be played.
Clinch Desk · Fri, Oct 30
The 2026 World Series ended 4-1 to Milwaukee. The Brewers won Game 5 4-1 in Tampa Bay at 9 a.m. on Thursday, October 29, Korea time, Wednesday night, October 28 in the US, in nine innings. It was a series between the two No. 1 seeds. The results come from the ESPN postseason data behind this site's postseason page and World Series page; the cut-off is the morning of Friday, October 30, Korea time, and the data was last updated on October 29. This piece covers results only. Individual player statistics are not in this data and are not given here.
The three games in Tampa Bay. Games 1 and 2 are in our previous piece. Milwaukee won Game 3 on Tuesday, October 27 10-1 to lead 3-0. Tampa Bay won Game 4 on Wednesday, October 28 4-3 in 12 innings, their only win of the series and its only extra-inning game. Milwaukee then won Game 5 on Thursday, October 29 4-1, and the series ended in Tampa Bay's home park. As set out in the previous piece, that is the case where Milwaukee win two of the three games in Tampa Bay.
Across the five games Milwaukee scored 25 runs and Tampa Bay 12. Three games were decided by one run: Game 1 3-2, Game 2 5-4 and Game 4 4-3, with Milwaukee taking two of them and Tampa Bay one. The 10-1 in Game 3 was the widest margin. Milwaukee won both games at home, Games 1 and 2, and took two of the three in Tampa Bay, Games 3 and 5, with Tampa Bay winning Game 4.
The postseason as a whole. Milwaukee finished 11-2 in thirteen games, 6-0 at home and 5-2 on the road, with 59 runs scored and 33 allowed. They beat San Diego 3-1 in the Division Series, the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-0 in the Championship Series and Tampa Bay 4-1 in the World Series. Both defeats were one-run losses on the road, 3-4 to San Diego and 3-4 to Tampa Bay. Tampa Bay finished 8-6 in fourteen games (5-3 at home, 3-3 on the road), with 47 runs scored and 48 allowed, after beating the New York Yankees 3-0 in the Division Series and Cleveland 4-2 in the Championship Series.
According to this site's title records, Milwaukee had never won a World Series before. They lost the 1982 World Series to St. Louis in seven games, as an American League club at the time. This is the franchise's first World Series title. Tampa Bay, who lost the 2008 World Series to Philadelphia and the 2020 World Series to the Dodgers, have lost their third as well. The data holds only five World Series games: Games 6 and 7, which could have been played in Milwaukee on Saturday, October 31 and Sunday, November 1, are not needed and will not be played. That closes the 2026 MLB season.
How to read these pages. The postseason page shows the bracket from the Wild Card Series to the World Series and each series' result, and the World Series page lists the five games' scores game by game. Each club's postseason record is on its page: Milwaukee and Tampa Bay, and the schedule page keeps the Korea start times of the games played. The seeding and tiebreaker rules are in our explainer. This site's clinch and tragic numbers are a regular-season calculation and stay frozen at the final standings of September 28.