MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Jacob Misiorowski carved his name into franchise history on Sunday, fanning the first seven Colorado Rockies batters he faced to set a new team record for consecutive strikeouts to open a game.
Misiorowski also eclipsed his own mark for the most pitches thrown at 100 mph or faster in a single game since MLB began tracking pitch data in 2008. Of his 83 total pitches, 66 reached triple digits, with his fastest clocking in at 104.7 mph.
That topped his previous personal best of 58 such pitches, which he set during a dominant 15-strikeout outing against the Philadelphia Phillies on June 12.
The right-hander’s dominance extended well beyond those opening seven strikeouts. He fanned 11 of Colorado’s first 12 batters and retired the first 14 hitters he faced before Cole Carrigg broke up the shutout with a home run in the fifth inning with two outs.
The previous Brewers record for strikeouts to begin a game belonged to Quinn Priester, who had fanned six consecutive batters to open a 5-2 win over the Los Angeles Angels on September 18 of last year.
The all-time major league record for consecutive strikeouts to start a game is held by Pablo López, who struck out the first nine Atlanta batters he faced while pitching for the Miami Marlins in a 7-4 victory over the Braves on July 11, 2021.
Misiorowski fell three short of both the Brewers and MLB records for the most consecutive strikeouts at any point within a single game. Corbin Burnes set that mark by striking out 10 straight Chicago Cubs in Milwaukee’s 10-0 shutout on August 11, 2021. The New York Mets’ Tom Seaver also struck out 10 consecutive San Diego Padres on April 22, 1970, and Philadelphia’s Aaron Nola matched that feat against the Mets on June 25, 2021.
Misiorowski capped the first inning by getting Hunter Goodman to swing and miss at a 104.3-mph fastball, having already struck out Jake McCarthy and Mickey Moniak. TJ Rumfield, Kyle Karros, and Carrigg all went down swinging in the second. Willi Castro struck out to lead off the third before Troy Johnston broke the streak by flying out to center fielder Luis Lara.
Misiorowski then retired the next four batters via strikeout. Edouard Julien went down swinging to close out the third, and McCarthy, Moniak, and Goodman all struck out again in the fourth. Rumfield struck out again to open the fifth, Karros lined out, and then Carrigg connected for his home run on a 2-2 pitch.
Carrigg’s 361-foot opposite-field shot to left came off a 101.9-mph fastball. According to MLB.com, it ranked as the 12th-fastest pitch ever hit for a home run since pitch tracking began — and no Rockies player had ever homered off a pitch that hard during the pitch-tracking era.
After the home run, Misiorowski hit Castro with a pitch but then retired Johnston on a groundout to end a 30-pitch fifth inning. The Brewers pulled Misiorowski from the game at that point, as the NL Central leaders continue to manage his workload carefully with August approaching.
Misiorowski has now logged 120 innings this season. Last year, he threw 141 1/3 total innings, combining his regular-season time in the majors and minors with 12 postseason innings during Milwaukee’s run to the NL Championship Series. He was coming off a four-inning start in an 8-3 win over the New York Mets on Monday.
Despite Sunday’s outing, his ERA for the season ticked up slightly to 1.58, while his strikeout total climbed to 185. Misiorowski leads all of Major League Baseball in both categories.
