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Milwaukee Brewers Game Review — Oct 28, 2026: 4-1 vs Tampa Bay Rays · Milwaukee Brewers Weekly

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  Speaker 1: What do you even say at a moment like this?
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  Speaker 1: I have been covering Brewers baseball long enough to remember
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  Speaker 1: the heartbreaks, the almost years, the seasons where we thought
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  Speaker 1: we had it and then watched it slip through our fingers.
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  Speaker 1: And tonight at a dome in St. Petersburg, Florida, with 40,000
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  Speaker 1: people watching and millions more across this small, stubborn, baseball-obsessed city,
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  Speaker 1: the Milwaukee Brewers won the World Series. First time in
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  Speaker 1: 57 seasons of this franchise. First time ever. And I
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  Speaker 1: need everyone listening to understand that what we just watched
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  Speaker 1: was not just a baseball game. It was a 57-year-old
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  Speaker 1: wound finally closing. The final out was a grounder to second.
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  Speaker 1: Richie Palacios hit it, and when Bryce Terang fielded it
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  Speaker 1: and threw the first, Trevor McGill just threw his arms
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  Speaker 1: up and was mobbed by teammates near the mound. Players crying,
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  Speaker 1: coaches crying, grown men who have seen everything in this
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  Speaker 1: game completely undone by the moment. And honestly, good. Let
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  Speaker 1: them cry. We have earned it, every single one of us. Now,
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  Speaker 1: let me walk you through how we got here because
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  Speaker 1: this game was not pretty and it did not need
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  Speaker 1: to be. This was a game about grit, about finding ways,
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  Speaker 1: about doing exactly what was needed when it was needed
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  Speaker 1: and nothing more. Milwaukee did not hit a single home
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  Speaker 1: run tonight. All four runs came through singles, doubles, and
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  Speaker 1: a sacrifice fly. That feels like a Brewers thing to
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  Speaker 1: me right down to the bones. In the second inning,
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  Speaker 1: Bryce Terang doubled against Drew Rasmussen, who had been so
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  Speaker 1: good in this series. Sal Freelick got hit by a
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  Speaker 1: pitch to load things up, and then Cooper Pratt, 22
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  Speaker 1: years old, a rookie playing in the biggest moment of
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  Speaker 1: his young life, lined a single to center field. Terang scored,
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  Speaker 1: and we were up 1-0. Here's the thing about that hit, though.
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  Speaker 1: It was Pratt's fifth straight hit of the series, and
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  Speaker 1: he was about to make history in the fifth inning
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  Speaker 1: against Kevin Kelly. Pratt singled again. That made it six
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  Speaker 1: hits and six consecutive at-bats. The first rookie in Major
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  Speaker 1: League history to ever do that. I keep saying it
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  Speaker 1: because it keeps being unbelievable. The kid had no fear tonight.
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  Speaker 1: None whatsoever. He scored on David Hamilton's single to make
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  Speaker 1: it 2-0. Then came the sixth, and Garrett Cleavinger just cracked.
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  Speaker 1: Two hits in the third of an inning, two runs
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  Speaker 1: off him alone. Christian Yellich scored on William Contreras' double,
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  Speaker 1: and then Pratt hit a sacrifice fly to right field
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  Speaker 1: to bring Contreras home and make it 4-0. Seven RBI
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  Speaker 1: in the series for a 22-year-old in his first October,
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  Speaker 1: his first ever. I do not think we fully understand
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  Speaker 1: what we have on our hands. From 4-0, it was
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  Speaker 1: about surviving. And that is where Trevor Meggle came in.
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  Speaker 1: He was not sharp tonight, I will be honest with you.
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  Speaker 1: But he was Trevor Meggle, and that was enough. He
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  Speaker 1: got through the seventh clean, the eighth clean. The ninth
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  Speaker 1: started fine until Liam Hicks hit a weird bounce off
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  Speaker 1: the corner of first base that ricocheted into foul territory
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  Speaker 1: for a double. A fluke, really. The kind of thing
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  Speaker 1: you see once in a career sometimes. Then Chandler Simpson
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  Speaker 1: doubled in one run, and suddenly it is 4-1 with
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  Speaker 1: two outs. The crowd is making noise. They smell something.
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  Speaker 1: And Meggle just retired Palacios on a grounder to second,
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  Speaker 1: and the World Series is over. I want to talk
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  Speaker 1: about Miz Jarowski for a second because this kid is
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  Speaker 1: something else. Five and two-thirds scoreless innings in Game 5
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  Speaker 1: of the World Series. 21 of his 22 pitches in
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  Speaker 1: the second inning were 100 miles per hour or more.
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  Speaker 1: His fastest was 103, and he threw it twice to
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  Speaker 1: Junior Caminero in the first. He left the game with
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  Speaker 1: a leg cramp, which at that point felt like both
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  Speaker 1: a relief and a small knot in your stomach. Did
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  Speaker 1: we just survive because of that? I think we did.
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  Speaker 1: He only had two strikeouts, which for a guy who
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  Speaker 1: usually rakes them in was unusual, but he did not
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  Speaker 1: need them. He was just too good to hit. Two
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  Speaker 1: hits allowed in five and two-thirds. He finished the World
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  Speaker 1: Series 2-0 with a sub-1 ERA. He is going to
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  Speaker 1: be the Cy Young, and he should be. And tonight
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  Speaker 1: cemented that case in the most dramatic fashion imaginable. And
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  Speaker 1: William Contreras, World Series MVP, batted. 381 in the series
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  Speaker 1: with four RBI and four court stealing behind the plate.
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  Speaker 1: He played catcher like a man possessed this entire postseason.
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  Speaker 1: The defense, the leadership, the big hits. He was the
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  Speaker 1: heartbeat of this club and the award is just a
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  Speaker 1: formal acknowledgement of what every Brewers fan already knew. Now
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  Speaker 1: let me put this all in perspective because this is
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  Speaker 1: so much bigger than one night. The Brewers had the
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  Speaker 1: smallest media market in Major League Baseball going into this season.
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  Speaker 1: 19th biggest payroll. They swept the Dodgers in the league
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  Speaker 1: championship series. The big money, big market, loaded Dodgers. And
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  Speaker 1: then they came to Florida and finished it in five.
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  Speaker 1: The 103 wins in the regular season meant something. The
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  Speaker 1: 11-2 in the postseason meant something. Seven comeback wins in
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  Speaker 1: the playoffs meant something. None of that was wasted. And
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  Speaker 1: the fact that Christian Yellich, who has been the face
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  Speaker 1: of this franchise for over a decade, honored Bob Ewerker
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  Speaker 1: after the game, that is when I lost it. I
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  Speaker 1: have been a Brewers fan since before I could fully
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  Speaker 1: understand what I was watching. Ewerker called games when I
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  Speaker 1: was learning what a double play was. And Yellich standing
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  Speaker 1: there saying his name after winning the biggest prize in baseball.
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  Speaker 1: I will not pretend I was composed listening to that
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  Speaker 1: moment unfold. So where does this franchise go from here?
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  Speaker 1: I have no idea, and for the first time in
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  Speaker 1: my life as a Brewers fan, that thought does not
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  Speaker 1: terrify me. It excites me. We just won it all
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  Speaker 1: with a 22-year-old shortstop making history, a pitcher throwing 103
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  Speaker 1: miles per hour in Game 5 of the World Series,
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  Speaker 1: and a catcher who played like he was trying to
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  Speaker 1: win a war for his family. The window is not
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  Speaker 1: just open. We kicked the door down. This is not
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  Speaker 1: a rebuild year anymore. This is a championship roster, and
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  Speaker 1: everyone in this league knows it now. The Dodgers know it.
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  Speaker 1: The Rays know it. Everyone who dismissed this city, this payroll,
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  Speaker 1: this market, they all know it now too. Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
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  Speaker 1: the smallest media market in baseball, just won the World Series.
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  Speaker 1: Say it loud. Say it with pride, because for the
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  Speaker 1: first time in 57 years, you can. Congratulations to this team.
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  Speaker 1: Congratulations to this city. Congratulations to every single one of
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  Speaker 1: us who never stopped believing that this day would come.
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  Speaker 1: I am Mike Michelson and I will see you in
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  Speaker 1: the parade. It took 57 years, but it was worth
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  Speaker 1: every single one of them. Good night, Milwaukee. You deserve this.