• Brewers win first championship with 4-1 win in Game 5

• Misiorowski hurls five and two-thirds scoreless innings

• Contreras named World Series MVP after batting .381

The Milwaukee Brewers captured their first World Series crown on Wednesday night, defeating the Tampa Bay Rays 4-1 to complete a four-games-to-one victory and end more than half a century of waiting for baseball’s biggest prize.

Rookie shortstop Cooper Pratt drove in two runs and Jacob Misiorowski pitched five and two-thirds scoreless innings as Milwaukee put the finishing touches on a charmed season that began in spring training with championship ambitions and ended with the first title in the franchise’s 58th year.

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© Photograph: Mike Stobe/Getty Images

© Photograph: Mike Stobe/Getty Images

© Photograph: Mike Stobe/Getty Images

Democrats are targeting G.O.P. strongholds that could set them up for new majorities. But if they don’t win those races now, it could be a long time before they have another chance.

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