Claims extracted
12
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
0%
0 of 12 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
BBC News'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
- Published
The Milwaukee Brewers have won the World Series for the first time in the franchise's 57-year history.
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Brewers → publish → history
They beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-1 in game five in Florida on Wednesday to clinch a 4-1 win in the best-of-seven Fall Classic.
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They → beat → Classic
The Brewers, whose only previous appearance in the World Series came in 1982, are based in Major League Baseball's smallest market and this year had the 19th highest payroll of its 30 teams.
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appearance → come → teams
But for the second straight year, the Brewers finished the regular season with MLB's best record and they then proved their class with a dominant run in the play-offs.
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they → finish → offs
They avenged last season's loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League Championship Series by sweeping the two-time defending champions.
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They → avenge → champions
That secured a spot in the 123rd World Series, where the Brewers became MLB champions with 11 wins from 13 games in the postseason.
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Brewers → secure → postseason
Milwaukee's William Contreras was named the World Series' most valuable player, with the 28-year-old becoming the eighth catcher to win the award and the third Venezuelan.
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old → name → award
The Brewers won the first two games in Wisconsin and then the first in Florida, before the Rays, who were the American League's top seed, took it to game five.
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who → win → game
Milwaukee went ahead at the top of the second inning as a single from Cooper Pratt sent Brice Turang home, before they added another run in the fifth off a David Hamilton hit.
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they → go → hit
The Brewers doubled their lead in their next at-bat through a double from Contreras and Pratt's sacrifice fly.
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Brewers → double → Contreras
Milwaukee starting pitcher Jacob Misiorowski left the game in the sixth inning and the Rays finally got on the scoreboard in the ninth as Chandler Simpson sent Liam Hicks home off a double.
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Simpson → leave → double
The Brewers entered MLB in 1969 as the Seattle Pilots, but the franchise moved to Milwaukee after only one season.
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franchise → enter → season
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