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Milwaukee Brewers parade starts at 10 a.m. after first World Series title
Thousands of fans lined downtown Milwaukee for a team that beat the Rays 4-1 in game five and ended a 57-year wait.
A parade for a first title
The Milwaukee Brewers won the World Series for the first time in the franchise's 57-year history, and thousands of fans gathered along the championship parade route when it started at 10 a.m. [1][2] The title is the first World Series win in franchise history for the club and its supporters. [3]
The team got off the bus and walked the route while high-fiving the crowd. [2] Fans were on roofs, hanging out of windows and in the streets along the way. [2]
Parade route and rally details
The Milwaukee Brewers parade began at North 4th Street and West Wisconsin Avenue and went through downtown Milwaukee. [2] It ended at Henry Maier Festival Park (HMFP), where a rally was to take place throughout the grounds. [2]
If you want to join the rally, admission to the general Summerfest grounds was free to all fans until capacity was reached. [2] If you cannot be there, a live stream showed different views of the parade in a video player on the page. [2]
How game five ended the series
The Brewers beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-1 in game five in Florida on a Wednesday, clinching the best-of-seven World Series 4-1. [1] They had won the first two games in Wisconsin and then the first game in Florida, before the Rays, the American League's top seed, forced game five. [1]
Milwaukee took the lead in the second inning on a single by Cooper Pratt that sent Brice Turang home. [1] The Brewers added a run in the fifth on a David Hamilton hit. [1]
They then doubled their lead through a double by William Contreras and a sacrifice fly by Pratt. [1] Starting pitcher Jacob Misiorowski left in the sixth inning, and the Rays scored in the ninth when Chandler Simpson sent Liam Hicks home on a double. [1]
The road through October
The Brewers became MLB champions with 11 wins from 13 games in the postseason. [1] On the way, they swept the two-time defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League Championship Series, which avenged the previous season's loss to them. [1]
For the second straight year, the Brewers finished the regular season with MLB's best record. [1]
The smallest market, a mid-sized payroll
The Brewers are based in Major League Baseball's smallest market. [1] This year they had the 19th highest payroll of the league's 30 teams. [1]
Their only previous World Series appearance came in 1982. [1] The franchise entered MLB in 1969 as the Seattle Pilots and moved to Milwaukee after only one season. [1]
Contreras takes MVP
William Contreras was named World Series most valuable player. [1] The 28-year-old is the eighth catcher to win the award and the third Venezuelan. [1]
Contreras, Jackson Chourio and Antonio Senzatela also helped Venezuela win the World Baseball Classic in March. [1]
What this means for you
If you are a Brewers fan, the club you follow has won its first World Series title, and the parade and rally have been held to mark it. [3][2] The parade started at 10 a.m. at North 4th Street and West Wisconsin Avenue and finished at Henry Maier Festival Park. [2]
Entry to the general Summerfest grounds was free until capacity was reached, and the live stream showed different views of the parade. [2]
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