Brewers' Biggest Winners and Losers from World Series Game 1
Oct 24, 2026 11:00 AM

Jackson Chourio’s clutch hitting and William Contreras’s defensive masterclass propelled the Milwaukee Brewers to a gritty series-opening win.

The Milwaukee Brewers are 6-0 in their last six playoff games after taking down the Tampa Bay Rays, 3-2.

Fans at American Family Field got to celebrate the win on two occasions as a replay review kept things going, but in the end, the Brewers prevailed.

Milwaukee jumped out to a huge 1-0 series lead against the American League Champions, and now they have a chance to go up by two games on Saturday, Oct. 24.

There were a ton of eventful moments that took place in the series opener, some far more noteworthy than others.

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Winner: Jackson Chourio

Baseball fans who don't watch the games are quick to jump on Jackson Chourio for his postseason batting average, but this kid is constantly coming up with the biggest hits of the game.

Chourio recorded a hit on the first pitch he saw in the first inning, and he'd later score the first run of the World Series.

Fast forward to the seventh inning and he'd drive in Cooper Pratt on another first-pitch swing, and that ended up being the game-winning run.

Loser: David Hamilton

David Hamilton didn't do anything wrong defensively, but he had a slip-up at second base that cost this team a baserunner.

Officially, it goes in the book as a double, but Hamilton was thrown out at third base after a tremendous effort from Victor Mesa Jr.

Had Hamilton not slipped, there's no way he was thrown out, but those are the little things that could haunt a team in a tight series like this one.

Winner: William Contreras

William Contreras was a perfect 2-for-2 on his ABS challenges, and he threw out a pair of Rays baserunners, which was incredible, to say the least.

Remember, this is a Rays team that was a perfect 11-for-11 on stolen bases in the postseason, that was until they ran into the Brewers backstop.

At the plate, Contreras drove in the second run of the game, and he went 2-for-3 with a walk.

Loser: Garrett Mitchell

The Brewers had eight hits as a team, and Mitchell was their only starter who wasn't able to get on base. 

Mitchell went 0-for-4, pushing his postseason average down to .182.

If that's not enough, he got a bad read on a ball hit to center field, let it go over his head, and one of those runs would later come around to score off Jacob Misiorowski.

It was the only run Miz allowed, and he still got his first win of the playoffs, but that could've been a fourth-inning disaster that changed everything.

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