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27
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0 of 27 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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William Contreras became the eighth catcher voted the World Series MVP after lifting the Milwaukee Brewers to their first World Series championship.
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Contreras → become → championship
The heart and soul of the small-market Brewers, Contreras batted .381 while guiding Milwaukee’s pitching staff, throwing out four attempted base stealers and capitalizing on the first Series with the Automated Ball-Strike challenge system by winning 10 of 13 appeals.
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Contreras → bat → appeals
He had an RBI double during Milwaukee’s clinching 4-1 victory in Game 5 on Wednesday night.
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He → have → night
“He posts every day,” reliever Aaron Ashby said.
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Ashby → post → ?
“This team’s not what it is without this guy.
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it → ’ → guy
He’s unbelievable.”
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He → ’ → ?
Moments after being awarded MVP, Contreras embraced his older brother, Boston Red Sox first baseman Willson Contreras, who won a World Series with the Chicago Cubs in 2016.
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who → award → 2016
“My brother’s my best friend,” William Contreras said through tears.
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Contreras → ’ → tears
He teared up again when asked about Venezuela, his home country.
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He → tear → Venezuela
Contreras was on Venezuela’s team that won its first World Baseball Classic in March, though he was 0 for 13 with no RBIs.
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he → win → RBIs
He draped a Venezuelan flag over his shoulders while celebrating on the field Wednesday.
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He → drape → field
He and teammates Jackson Chourio and Antonio Senzatela joined Alex Bregman and Luke Gregerson (Team USA/Houston Astros in 2017) as the only players to win the WBC and World Series in the same year.
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He → join → year
“It means everything because that’s the first time Venezuela guys win the WBC and the World Series,” he said.
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he → mean → WBC
“It’s history, history for my country.
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It → ’ → country
I love Venezuela.
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I → love → Venezuela
It’s my country.”
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It → ’ → ?
He joins Gene Tenace (1972), Johnny Bench (1976), Steve Yeager (co-winner in 1981), Darrell Porter (1982), Rick Dempsey (1983), Pat Borders (1992) and Salvador Perez (2015) as catchers to win the award.
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He → join → award
A three-time All-Star, the 28-year-old Contreras batted .270 with 18 homers and a career-best 94 RBIs as the Brewers won their fourth straight NL Central title.
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Brewers → bat → title
He leveraged baseball’s new robot umpire challenge system better than anyone, leading MLB with 185 challenges and 105 overturns during the regular season.
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He → leverage → season
“It’s not magic,” Contreras said.
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Contreras → ’ → ?
“I think it’s the experience of playing every day throughout the season.”
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it → think → season
He hit .444 with a pair of solo homers in the Division Series against San Diego, hitting a tiebreaking, seventh-inning drive in Game 1 and another homer in Game 3.
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He → hit → 3
He batted .357 with one homer and three RBIs in the Championship Series sweep of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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He → bat → Dodgers
Milwaukee had several worthy candidates for MVP.
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Milwaukee → have → MVP
Cooper Pratt set a Series rookie record with six straight hits and tied Gil McDougald’s rookie mark from 1951 with seven RBIs, including go-ahead hits in the final three games.
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Pratt → set → games
Jackson Chourio had 11 hits, the most by a player in a five-game World Series.
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Chourio → have → Series
Ace Jacob Misiorowski allowed just one run in 10 2/3 innings, and reliever Aaron Ashby pitched 5 2/3 scoreless innings with a save and nine strikeouts.
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Ashby → allow → save
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