The Brewers won the World Series 4-1, outscoring Tampa Bay 25-12

The Milwaukee Brewers beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-1 in the World Series, per ESPN's scoreboard, outscoring Tampa Bay 25-12 across the 5 games. Milwaukee won the first 3 games, lost Game 4, then won Game 5 at Tampa Bay 4-1 to close the series.

Game by game

• Game 1: won 3-2 at Milwaukee
• Game 2: won 5-4 at Milwaukee
• Game 3: won 10-1 at Tampa Bay
• Game 4: lost 3-4 at Tampa Bay
• Game 5: won 4-1 at Tampa Bay

How the series was won

Milwaukee never trailed in the series. The Brewers took the first 3 games, and 3 of the 5 games were decided by 1 run: Game 1, Game 2, and Game 4. Milwaukee won 2 of those 3 one-run games. The one game that was not close was Game 3, a 10-1 win with a 9-run margin, the largest margin of the series.

The skeptic's case, answered

The skeptic's case is Game 4: Tampa Bay ended Milwaukee's 8-game postseason win streak with a 4-3 win and kept the series alive. Fair, for a night. Milwaukee answered in Game 5 with a 4-1 win. And the series edge did not depend on the Game 3 blowout: without Game 3, Milwaukee still outscored Tampa Bay 15-11 across the other 4 games.

The caveat

The caveat: 5 games is 5 games, and a short series can turn on a single night. What can be said: across those 5 games, Milwaukee won 4, outscored Tampa Bay 25-12, and never trailed in the series.