Putting Jacob Misiorowski's historic 15-K outing into context - ESPN

It was apparent Jacob Misiorowski was doing something special on Friday night when, despite being without Wi-Fi and living in a cellphone dead zone, I saw a few stray text messages that managed to get through the half-bar of service.

«Miz gonna strike out 23 tonight.»

«Not a bad start, 9 K's in 3.1 IP.»

«Best I can tell, the record for K's in a Maddux is 13. Miz has tied it and only thrown 75 thru 7. Hope they let him roll.»

«Miz did it! One-hit Maddux with 15 K's.»

«Wow, amazing!»

The Milwaukee Brewers' 24-year-old right-hander had pitched the game of the season, the game of the decade, maybe the game for all decades: a one-hit shutout with 15 strikeouts while throwing just 95 pitches and facing the minimum 27 batters.

Here are some of the eye-popping, history-making facts from the 6-0 win over the Philadelphia Phillies in front of 40,000 very loud fans in Milwaukee:

1. With a game score of 100, it was just the 17th nine-inning performance with a game score that high (Kerry Wood holds the record at 105 for his 20-strikeout one-hitter for the Chicago Cubs in 1998). Three of those were perfect games from Sandy Koufax (101), Matt Cain (101) and Randy Johnson (100), making Misiorowski just the fourth pitcher to face the minimum 27 batters with a game score of at least 100.

2. Misiorowski became the third pitcher since 1900 with at least 15 strikeouts and no more than one baserunner allowed in a shutout, matching Clayton Kershaw in his no-hitter in 2014 (he struck out 15 with only an error ruining his perfect game) and Max Scherzer in his no-hitter on the final weekend of the 2015 season (17 strikeouts, with only an error blemishing a perfect game). Scherzer's game score of 104 ranks second highest all time for a nine-inning