'Magnificent' Misiorowski hits 100 mph 57 times, fans 12 in gem - ESPN

MILWAUKEE — Jacob Misiorowski has been reaching new milestones for velocity just about every time he pitches, and that 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 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 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 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 six over 31⅓ innings. When the Cardinals scored their lone run in the sixth inning, it snapped Misiorowski's streak of consecutive scoreless innings at 29⅓.

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