Photo via Toronto Star

The Miz caps a likely Cy Young season with poise in Brewers' World Series clincher

Read the original at Toronto Star ↗
Cite

Blum, R. (2026, October 29). The Miz caps a likely Cy Young season with poise in Brewers' World Series clincher. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/sports/baseball/the-miz-caps-a-likely-cy-young-season-with-poise-in-brewers-world-series-clincher/article_b0247e53-4503-56e4-aaba-9c89e363ea4d.html

Dated from the outlet's own feed. Check the original for its byline.

Toronto Star · collected 2026-10-29 · by Ronald Blum

Quick Summary

No summary of this article yet; the story summary below covers the event.

AI analysis

Story summary

The Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 4-1 in Game 5 on October 29, 2026, to win their first World Series title after a 57-year wait. Jacob Misiorowski pitched five and two-thirds scoreless innings, while rookie Cooper Pratt contributed with two hits and two RBIs. The victory concluded the series in four games to one. Celebrations continued into the next day with a parade through Milwaukee's streets, followed by a visit to Lambeau Field where players joined fans for a Green Bay Packers game, with outfielder Sal Frelick performing the Lambeau Leap.

Written for “Brewers Win World Series” on 2026-11-04, grounded in this article and the 35 other(s) covering the same event.

Story

📰 Brewers Win World Series
Sports · 36 article(s) covering the same event. Compare every outlet's account →

Compared with similar articles

This article reads unscored and hedges 7% of its claims. Each row says how that neighbour differs.
NBC News
Hedges 0 of 37 claims Outlet record 78/100
The Guardian
Hedges 1 of 40 claims Outlet record 66/100
ABC News (AU)
Hedges 0 of 17 claims Outlet record 67/100
Toronto Star
Hedges 2 of 42 claims Outlet record 64/100
CBC News
Hedges 1 of 48 claims Outlet record 74/100
“Article A describes Game 1 of the World Series won by the Brewers with a score of 3-2 on October 24th in Milwaukee, while Article B describes Game 5 which clinched the World Series for the Brewers with a score of 4-1 on October 29th in St. Petersburg.”
New York Post
Hedges 2 of 12 claims Outlet record 66/100
“The articles describe different games of the World Series between the Rays and Brewers. Article A covers Game 3 where Freddy Peralta's performance is highlighted, while Article B describes Game 5 where Jacob Misiorowski's pitching leads to a victory for Milwaukee.”
New York Post
Hedges 0 of 7 claims Outlet record 66/100
New York Post
Hedges 1 of 13 claims Outlet record 66/100
New York Post
Hedges 0 of 13 claims Outlet record 66/100
New York Post
Hedges 1 of 6 claims Outlet record 66/100
How this article was measured signals, leaning charts, publisher record, byline, topics and claims

Signals How these are calculated →

Claims extracted
15
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
7%
1 of 15 hedged ("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
64/100
Toronto Star's corrections and hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
36
Sports
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
Analyzed 2026-10-29 · how these are computed

How this is being covered How these are calculated →

Article leaning vs. publisher reliability
Source leaning vs. consistency

Publisher

Toronto Star · 11445 article(s) · 28 correction(s) detected
Running correction rate · 28 correction(s)
2026-10-26
Correction
2026-10-24
Correction
2026-10-07
Correction
2026-09-24
Correction

Who wrote this

Ronald Blum
29 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction
🔮 Players could start negotiating terms with all teams at 5 p.m. Eastern Monday.
🔮 Starting pitchers Sonny Gray and Nick Martinez also will become free agents after their teams declined mutual options.
🔮 When Jake Bauers gloved the final out of the Milwaukee Brewers’ first World Series triumph, it might have ended the last Major League Baseball game for a long time.
🔮 A month shy of his 68th birthday, Murphy could soon become the first person to win a Manager of the Year award in three straight seasons.
🔮 ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Jacob Misiorowski pitched with poise when he couldn’t overwhelm with punishing heat, overcoming Tampa Bay batters and the Tropicana Field mound to lead the Milwaukee Brewers to their first World Series title.
🔮 William Contreras became the eighth catcher voted the World Series MVP after lifting the Milwaukee Brewers to their first World Series championship.
🔮 A month shy of his 68th birthday, Murphy could soon become the first person to win a Manager of the Year award in three straight seasons.
🔮 Tampa Bay, which won the AL pennant by forcing opponents into mistakes, committed one error, made two other misplays that could have been charged as errors, and had a runner thrown out at the plate.
🔮 MILWAUKEE (AP) — A few inches here and some smarter baserunning by Victor Mesa Jr. there, and the Tampa Bay Rays might have won the World Series opener.
🔮 Baseball’s labour contract expires Dec. 1, and management is expected to immediately lock out the players.
Also by Ronald Blum
Nothing else under this byline is closely related to this article, so these are simply their most recent.
All 29 articles by Ronald Blum →

Topics

Fla. ST. PETERSBURG Tampa Bay World Series the Milwaukee Brewers

Subjects

Misiorowski PERSON · 2× Brad Epstein PERSON · 1× Brewers ORG · 1× Fla. GPE · 1× Jacob Misiorowski PERSON · 1× ST. PETERSBURG GPE · 1× Tampa Bay GPE · 1× Tampa Bay’s ORG · 1× William Contreras PERSON · 1× the Milwaukee Brewers ORG · 1×

Narrative

Misiorowski threw 1,115 pitches 100 mph or higher this year, shattering the old high of 673 by Jordan Hicks of St. Louis in 2018 — including a 105.5 mph blazer to the Chicago Cubs’ Pete Crow-Armstrong on June 27.. But he didn’t overwhelm as much in the postseason, when batters managed to foul off many of his pitches. ___
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-29
🔮 ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Jacob Misiorowski pitched with poise when he couldn’t overwhelm with punishing heat, overcoming Tampa Bay batters and the Tropicana Field mound to lead the Milwaukee Brewers to their first World Series title.

Claims (15 extracted, 1 hedged)

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Jacob Misiorowski pitched with poise when he couldn’t overwhelm with punishing heat, overcoming Tampa Bay batters and the Tropicana Field mound to lead the Milwaukee Brewers to their first World Series title. asserted
he → pitch → title
On a night when he tied his career low with only two strikeouts, baseball’s hardest-throwing starting pitcher threw two-hit ball over 5 2/3 scoreless innings before leaving because of a leg cramp with a four-run lead. asserted
pitcher → tie → lead
The Brewers went on to a 4-1 victory in Game 5. asserted
Brewers → go → Game
Completing a record-setting season that likely will earn him the NL Cy Young Award next month, the 24-year-old right-hander reached 100 mph with 51 of 86 pitches, including 30 of 101 mph or more, an even dozen that reached 102 mph and a pair of 103 mph offerings in the first inning. asserted
that → complete → inning
“It was insane,” he said. asserted
he → say → ?
“I woke up this morning and I felt like throwing up from the beginning. asserted
I → wake → beginning
I felt awful. asserted
I → feel → ?
She helped me out, get through this and really made sure I got what I needed. asserted
I → help → what
Tampa Bay’s grounds crew made several trips to the mound to fill in a divot in the mound that the wiry 6-foot-7 pitcher created with the long stride of his left foot. asserted
pitcher → make → foot
He finally came out, accompanied by head athletic trainer Brad Epstein, after a cramp in his right calf — similar to an ailment that forced Misiorowski from a pair of starts in May. uncertain
that → come → May
He went 2-0 with a 0.84 ERA, striking out just five in 10 2/3 innings, showing the toll of pitching 193 2/3 innings over the regular season and postseason — up from 141 1/3 innings last year. asserted
He → go → innings
“He deserves everything that’s coming his way,” catcher and World Series MVP William Contreras said. asserted
Contreras → deserve → everything
“He deserves the Cy Young that’s coming his way and all the success he had this year.” asserted
he → deserve → Young
The Miz made the 2025 All-Star team just a month after his debut and went 5-3 with a 4.36 ERA and 87 strikeouts in 66 innings, then dominated batters this season when he went 16-5 and became just the fourth pitcher since 1950 to lead the majors in ERA (1.80), strikeouts (252) and opponents’ batting average (.157). asserted
he → make → ERA
Misiorowski threw 1,115 pitches 100 mph or higher this year, shattering the old high of 673 by Jordan Hicks of St. Louis in 2018 — including a 105.5 mph blazer to the Chicago Cubs’ Pete Crow-Armstrong on June 27.. But he didn’t overwhelm as much in the postseason, when batters managed to foul off many of his pitches. ___ asserted
batters → throw → pitches
💬Give feedback · no sign-in needed

No sign-in needed for now. Your note is sent without a name, so it cannot be answered.

🕘History 🎫Support