a 3-1 win<\/a>.<\/p>\nAdvertisement<\/p>\n
It added up to another sensational outing from the hard-throwing right-hander, who outdueled Dodgers legend Clayton Kershaw to pick up the win.<\/p>\n
Los Angeles hitters posted a season-high 15 strikeouts for the game as the Dodgers lost their fifth straight and their second straight to the Brewers. They remain in control of the NL West with a 56-37 record. The Brewers improved to 52-40 to move within three games of the first-place Chicago Cubs in the NL Central.<\/p>\n
Misiorowski fired up for final out of his night<\/p>\n
Misiorowski showcased his heat with 21 fastballs that hit 100-plus mph on the radar gun. He balanced it with a sweeping slider and a diving curveball that repeatedly baffled the Dodgers.<\/p>\n
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When he got into his only jam of the night, he got an assist from a stellar Brewers defense and unleashed a celebratory fist pump when the inning was done.<\/p>\n
“I was just in disbelief that I got out of the inning,” Misiorowski told TBS after the game. “You’re facing the Dodgers. It’s just a wave of emotions to finally do what you were dreaming of doing.”<\/p>\n
Ohtani HR doesn’t spell doom for Misiorowski<\/p>\n
Misiorowski’s night got off to an inauspicious start. He put Ohtani in an 0-2 hole to lead off the game. But he left a third-pitch curveball over the inside of the plate that Ohtani launched over the centerfield wall for his NL-best 31st home run of the season.<\/p>\n
It threatened to be a real welcome-to-the-big leagues moment from the three-time MVP in the fifth start of Misiorowski’s MLB career. But Misiorowski didn’t rattle.<\/p>\n
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Misiorowski’s sensational stuff<\/p>\n
The 23-year-old proceeded to strikeout 10 of the next 13 batters he faced without issuing a walk. He was one pitch away from an immaculate inning in the second after striking out Michael Conforto and Hyeseong Kim on six pitches.<\/p>\n
He ended up allowing a single to Dalton Rushing, but ended the inning with no damage thanks to a strikeout of James Outman.<\/p>\n
His second time through the Dodgers order went better than his first. He struck out Ohtani with a 2-2 curveball in the third inning before ending the inning with a swinging strike three of Freddie Freeman to keep the Brewers within 1-0.<\/p>\n
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He recorded two more strikeouts in the fourth before Brewers bats finally got to Kershaw with two runs in the bottom of the inning for a 2-1 Milwaukee lead.<\/p>\n
Misiorowski added two more strikeouts in the fifth inning, including a four-pitch effort that got Outman swinging on a 99 mph fastball on the outside corner.<\/p>\n
In the sixth inning, Misiorowski got into his first jam. He promptly worked out of it with some help.<\/p>\n
Brewers defense steps up to preserve lead<\/p>\n
Misiorowski issued a leadoff walk to Ohtani on a full count, then allowed an infield hit to Mookie Betts. A Freddie Freeman groundout advanced the runners to second and third with one out.<\/p>\n
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Andy Pages then hit a ground ball to third base, and Ohtani took off running for home. Third baseman Andruw Monasterio made the heads-up play to throw for home, and Ohtani never stood a chance. He was tagged out for the second out of the inning on a perfect throw.<\/p>\n
A groundout to first by Conforto ended the inning, and Misiorowski’s night was done.<\/p>\n
In the end, he allowed four hits including the home run to Ohtani while issuing a single walk. His 12 strikeouts marked a career high in the second of his five MLB starts that extended to six innings. He threw 68 of his 91 pitches for strikes.<\/p>\n
The outing lowered his ERA from 3.20 to 2.81. And he picked up a win against a future Hall of Famer in Kershaw who was fresh off recording the 3,000th strikeout of his career<\/a>.<\/p>\nAdvertisement<\/p>\n
In a rookie campaign already featuring multiple standout efforts, Tuesday’s against the Dodgers may be Misiorowski’s best yet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jacob Misiorowski faced perhaps the stiffest test yet of his sensational rookie campaign Tuesday against the defending World…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":50440,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[38090,5955,20417,1271,7480,35123,2442,6595,32077,38089,4246,38091,224,27349,2749,4712,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-50439","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-andruw-monasterio","9":"tag-andy-pages","10":"tag-brewers","11":"tag-chicago-cubs","12":"tag-clayton-kershaw","13":"tag-dalton-rushing","14":"tag-dodgers","15":"tag-freddie-freeman","16":"tag-hyeseong-kim","17":"tag-immaculate-inning","18":"tag-jacob-misiorowski","19":"tag-james-outman","20":"tag-los-angeles","21":"tag-michael-conforto","22":"tag-mookie-betts","23":"tag-shohei-ohtani","24":"tag-sports","25":"tag-united-states","26":"tag-unitedstates","27":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114821306226677844","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50439\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}