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05/25 17:51 CDT Brewers' Misiorowski sets record with 57 100 mph pitches in
game since tracking era started in 2008
Brewers' Misiorowski sets record with 57 100 mph pitches in game since tracking
era started in 2008
By STEVE MEGARGEE
AP Sports Writer
MILWAUKEE (AP) --- Jacob Misiorowski has been reaching new milestones for
velocity just about every time he pitches, which might explain the Milwaukee
Brewers right-hander's lack of surprise over his latest achievement.
Misiorowski threw 57 pitches of at least 100 mph --- the most by any individual
in a single game since pitch tracking began in 2008 --- while getting 12
strikeouts to match his career high Monday in a 5-1 win against the St. Louis
Cardinals.
"That's what I do," Misiorowski said. "I throw hard."
The previous record for 100-mph pitches in a single game was 47 by Cincinnati's
Hunter Greene against St. Louis on Sept. 17, 2022.
Misiorowski reached 101 mph on 40 of his 96 pitches. He got to 102 mph on 22
pitches and had nine of at least 103. His top velocity was 103.4 mph, which he
reached three times.
Nine of his strikeouts came on pitches that reached 100 mph, tying the
single-game record that Greene set in that 2022 game against St. Louis.
Misiorowski (5-2) allowed two hits and one walk in his seven-inning stint while
improving his ERA to 1.83.
"Magnificent," Brewers manager Pat Murphy said. "One of the best performances
I've seen in a long time."
Yet it's not all that different from all of the 24-year-old's other recent
efforts.
In five starts this month, Misiorowski has allowed just one run and 11 hits
while striking out 49 and walking just six batters over 31 1/3 innings. When
the Cardinals scored their lone run in the sixth inning, it snapped
Misiorowski's streak of consecutive scoreless innings at 29 1/3.
That represented the third-longest streak of shutout innings in Brewers
history. Teddy Higuera had 32 straight scoreless innings in 1987 and Freddy
Peralta had 30 last year.
Misiorowski hasn't allowed an extra-base hit in six straight starts since
giving up a double to Miami's Kyle Stowers on April 19.
"For him, I think the biggest thing is throwing strikes, and he's doing that,"
Brewers first baseman Andrew Vaughn said. "That fastball's probably the best in
the game. It's awesome to watch."
Indeed, Misiorowski's control is one of the biggest ways in which he has
improved since going 5-3 with a 4.36 ERA as a rookie last season.
Misiorowski had 87 strikeouts and 31 walks in 66 innings last year. This
season, he's walked 19 in 64 innings while getting a major-league-leading 100
strikeouts.
He started Monday's game by walking JJ Wetherholt on a 3-2 pitch inside before
retiring the next 15 batters he faced. The Cardinals didn't get a hit until
Pedro Pags delivered a bloop single to lead off the sixth.
Misiorowski ended up allowing a run in the sixth, then he came back out in the
seventh and retired the side in order. Misiorowski ended his day with a
strikeout of Masyn Winn in which six of the seven pitches he threw exceeded 100
mph.
"It was just one of those things you go in the dugout, they tell you the inning
before, ?Hey, this is it. Go get it,' " Misiorowski said. "And kind of trust
that the bullpen's going to have your back behind you."
Misiorowski also has greater endurance from the conditioning work he did in the
offseason. Murphy noted that it's about more than just arm strength.
"You can tell all those young pitchers out there, you have to have a lower
half," Murphy said. "He's put together a great lower half."
Misiorowski said that working on his lower half was a focus in the offseason.
The results are apparent in the way he's working deeper into games while
maintaining his status as the hardest-throwing starting pitcher in the majors.
According to MLB.com, Misiorowski has thrown 22 career pitches of at least 103
mph, including in the postseason. No other starting pitcher has thrown more
than two pitches of 103 mph or higher during the pitch tracking era.
No wonder Misiorowski said he wasn't taken aback Monday when each of his first
six pitches went at least 103 mph.
"I feel like that's how it should be every day," Misiorowski said. "I feel like
that's where I'm at. I feel like that's just my normal."
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