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MILWAUKEE\u00a0\u2014\u00a0The game plan, manager Dave Roberts<\/a> said Tuesday afternoon, was simple.<\/p>\n

As the Dodgers<\/a> prepared to face Milwaukee Brewers phenom Jacob Misiorowski, a hard-throwing and supremely talented right-hander making just his fifth MLB start, the club\u2019s manager repeated one key multiple times during his pregame address with reporters:<\/p>\n

\u201cStress him as much as we can.\u201d<\/p>\n

Given Misiorowski\u2019s inexperience, the idea was to work long at-bats, drive up his pitch count and \u201cbe mindful of [making] quick outs,\u201d Roberts said.<\/p>\n

\"The <\/p>\n

The Brewers\u2019 Jacob Misiorowski shouts during the sixth inning of a game against the Dodgers on Tuesday in Milwaukee.<\/p>\n

(Aaron Gash \/ Associated Press)<\/p>\n

\u201cIf he\u2019s got to keep repeating pitches, there might be a way for some base hits, some walks,\u201d he added. \u201cAgain, create stress, and hopefully get a couple big hits.\u201d<\/p>\n

A big hit came early, with Shohei Ohtani<\/a> leading off the game with his 31st home run of the season. But after that, the only stress evident at American Family Field on Tuesday came from the Dodgers\u2019 lineup, which struck out 12 times against Misiorowski during a 3-1 loss to the Brewers. It was the Dodgers\u2019 fifth loss in a row.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was super impressive,\u201d Dodgers left-hander and future Hall of Famer Clayton Kershaw said of Misiorowski, a 23-year-old prospect 14 years his junior. \u201cThat was unbelievable.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Ks came quickly for Misiorowski following Ohtani\u2019s early blast (his ninth leadoff home run of the season, and one that set a Dodgers record for total home runs before the All-Star break).<\/p>\n

Mookie Betts fanned on a slider in the next at-bat. Freddie Freeman whiffed on a curveball after him. Andy Pages froze on a 100.8 mph fastball, one of 21 triple-digit pitches Misiorowski uncorked from his wiry 6-foot-7, 197-pound frame.<\/p>\n

From there, the Dodgers (56-37) didn\u2019t stress the rookie flamethrower again until the sixth, when they failed to capitalize with runners on second and third and one out in the inning.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust really good stuff,\u201d Ohtani said of Misiorowski, through interpreter Will Ireton. \u201cAggressive in the zone. But what really stood out to me was his command and control. The [third-inning] at-bat where there\u2019s a runner on base, if I drove that guy in, it would have been 2-0. So I think the situation would\u2019ve been a little different.\u201d<\/p>\n

Instead, the wasted chance in the sixth inning became the game\u2019s defining sequence.<\/p>\n

\"The <\/p>\n

The Brewers\u2019 Jacob Misiorowski is doused with a sports drink by Caleb Durbin and Andruw Monasterio after a win over the Dodgers on Tuesday in Milwaukee.<\/p>\n

(Aaron Gash \/ Associated Press)<\/p>\n

Ohtani drew a leadoff walk and Betts slapped a single through the infield. With one out, however, Ohtani was thrown at the plate trying to score from third on Pages\u2019 chopper up the line \u2014 making an aggressive, but proper, read in a game in which the Dodgers had long before conceded that runs would be tough to come by.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s hard to kind of find the silver lining when a guy strikes out 12 guys,\u201d Roberts said. \u201cIt never feels good when you lose five in a row. But today, I think, it was one of those days where the guy\u2019s stuff \u2014 it didn\u2019t matter who was out there. He was really good tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n

After Michael Conforto grounded out to first to retire the side, Misiorowski skipped back to the dugout with a few thumps of his chest, ending a six-inning, one-run start that saw all 12 strikeouts come in the first five frames (tying the most strikeouts by any MLB pitcher in the first five innings of a game since 2008).<\/p>\n

\u201cI know him now, huh?\u201d Kershaw deadpanned, after saying the day prior he knew Misiorowski only for his big velocity and an awkward ankle roll that ended his hitless debut four weeks prior.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was really special. I mean, everything. Obviously the velo, but he\u2019s got four pitches, commands the ball and made it \u2014 I mean, I don\u2019t know how you hit that, honestly. That\u2019s just really tough.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kershaw produced a solid six-inning, two-run start of his own in a vastly different way. With his fastball still topping out at only 90 mph, and the 37-year-old managing only three strikeouts in his first start since joining the 3,000 club last week, Kershaw instead navigated the Brewers with a string of soft contact.<\/p>\n

\u201cI felt better for sure,\u201d Kershaw said, after lowering his ERA to 3.38. \u201cWas able to throw the ball to both sides of the plate today, which helped a lot. Just kind of had more of a mix. It wasn\u2019t as predictable as I have been recently.\u201d<\/p>\n

The only problem: The Brewers still found a way to build a rally in the bottom of the fourth.<\/p>\n

After singling on a swinging bunt up the third base line his first time up, Milwaukee catcher William Contreras did the same thing to lead off the inning. Then Jackson Chourio beat the shift on a ground ball the other way.<\/p>\n

That set up Andrew Vaughn for a line-drive single on a slider over the outside edge of the plate, tying the score. In the next at-bat, Isaac Collins also found a hole in the infield, sneaking another ground-ball single between Betts and Rojas on the left side of the infield to give Milwaukee a 2-1 lead.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose are tough,\u201d Kershaw said of the infield hits. \u201cYou can\u2019t really do a whole lot about that. But the Vaughn one was a mistake for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n

Even after Misiorowski departed, a shorthanded Dodgers lineup (which was once again without injured veterans Teoscar Hern\u00e1ndez, Tommy Edman and Max Muncy, as well as primary catcher Will Smith on a scheduled off day) couldn\u2019t claw its way back.<\/p>\n

The Brewers\u2019 bullpen retired all nine batters it faced. Sal Frelick took Kirby Yates deep for an insurance run in the eighth. And on a day the Dodgers intended to create stress, they were instead dealing with the headache of a season-long five-game losing streak.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think we saw a fastball under 98 today as a team,\u201d Kershaw said. \u201cSo you can talk about struggling all you want, but this was just a tough game. I can\u2019t give up any runs. That\u2019s just the way it goes.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MILWAUKEE\u00a0\u2014\u00a0The game plan, manager Dave Roberts said Tuesday afternoon, was simple. As the Dodgers prepared to face Milwaukee…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":50496,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[38116,20417,1582,276,37572,2442,13004,6595,1910,38117,2961,224,5337,38115,2749,4712,4644,8330,6620,14164],"class_list":{"0":"post-50495","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-at-bat","9":"tag-brewers","10":"tag-ca","11":"tag-california","12":"tag-curveball","13":"tag-dodgers","14":"tag-frame","15":"tag-freddie-freeman","16":"tag-game","17":"tag-infield","18":"tag-la","19":"tag-los-angeles","20":"tag-losangeles","21":"tag-misiorowski","22":"tag-mookie-betts","23":"tag-shohei-ohtani","24":"tag-stress","25":"tag-strikeout","26":"tag-time","27":"tag-way"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114821424064290561","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50495","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=50495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50495\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}