Neither Milwaukee nor Tampa Bay has ever won a title. Will the World Series need a Game 6 on Oct 30?
90% of users predicted YES — the community missed this one. 10 predictions cast.
The World Series did not need a Game 6. The Milwaukee Brewers clinched the title in five games, beating the Tampa Bay Rays 4-1 in Game 5 at Tropicana Field on Oct. 28, 2026. Milwaukee took a 3-0 series lead by winning Games 1 through 3 (3-2, 5-4 and 10-1), lost Game 4 to the Rays at the Trop, then closed out the series the next night.
Tampa Bay scored its only run of the finale in the bottom of the ninth on a two-out RBI double by Chandler Simpson, but closer Trevor Megill retired the next batter on a groundout to end it. Catcher William Contreras was named World Series MVP. The win gave Milwaukee its first championship in the franchise's 57-year history; neither the Brewers nor the Rays, who were making their first World Series appearance since 2008, had previously won a title.
The community got this wrong: 90% expected the series to reach a sixth game, but Milwaukee closed it out in five, a day earlier than the question anticipated.