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By Jon Paul Hoornstra
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When the Milwaukee Brewers arrived from Seattle in 1970, no one could know how long it would take the team to win its first World Series championship.
Try 56 years.
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The drought ended Wednesday, Oct. 28, when the Brewers defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 4-1 in Game 5 of the World Series at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida.
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In the process, the Brewers enjoyed one of the most dominant postseason runs in baseball history, winning 11 games and losing only two. They nearly swept the Rays out of the World Series on Tuesday, before the Rays pulled out a thrilling 12-inning victory.
Brewers starting pitcher Jacob Misiorowski, the likely National League Cy Young Award winner, allowed only two hits and no runs before a calf injury forced him out of the game. Trevor Megill pitched the final two innings to record the save, recording the game's final out on a Richie Palacios groundout.
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"I know they're going crazy in Milwaukee," Misiorowski said in an interview on the field with Fox Sports' Tom Verducci immediately after the game. "It's awesome."
The Brewers had the series' two best offensive performers on either team in Cooper Pratt and Jackson Chourio. The two 22-year-olds each batted better than .400 over the five games, with Pratt delivering seven RBIs in the series. The Rays had 11 RBIs as a team.
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Tampa Bay was seeking its first World Series title too, but fell short on both sides of the ball. In Game 5, they gave the ball to ace Drew Rasmussen on three days' rest.
Rasmussen allowed only one run in four innings, but the Brewers immediately scored three runs against the Tampa Bay bullpen to take a 4-0 lead after six innings.
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That was more than enough of a cushion for the Brewers' bullpen, which was virtually unhittable all month. Milwaukee relievers had a 1.38 ERA and 0.86 WHIP in 13 playoff games, allowing only 10 earned runs.
As the Brewers celebrated in the middle of Tropicana Field, the Rays players watched in stunned silence from the home dugout, still waiting their chance to throw a championship parade for the first time in their team's 28-year history.
Double that number, and the sense of relief in Milwaukee begins to make sense.
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