Jacob Misiorowski, the 24-year-old right-hander for the Milwaukee Brewers, threw a one-hit shutout with 15 strikeouts in a 6-0 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies, according to the report. He faced the minimum 27 batters, completed the game on 95 pitches and did so before about 40,000 fans at Milwaukee.
The outing produced a game score of 100, making it just the 17th nine-inning performance with a game score of at least 100. Only Kerry Wood’s 20-strikeout one-hitter in 1998 (game score 105) ranks higher, and Misiorowski became the fourth pitcher to face the minimum 27 batters with a game score of 100 or more — joining Sandy Koufax (101), Matt Cain (101) and Randy Johnson (100).
Misiorowski also joined Clayton Kershaw and Max Scherzer as the only pitchers since 1900 to record at least 15 strikeouts and allow no more than one baserunner in a shutout; Kershaw’s 2014 no-hitter (15 K) and Scherzer’s 2015 no-hitter (17 K) were the two previous instances. Because Misiorowski completed the game in fewer than 100 pitches, it qualified as a “Maddux,” and he became one of the few pitchers in the pitch-count era (since 1988) to record double-digit strikeouts in such an efficient outing.
Velocity and pitch mix underpinned the performance. Misiorowski’s first-inning strikeout of Kyle Schwarber came on a 104.5-mph fastball, the fastest pitch by a starting pitcher since tracking began in 2008, and his final pitch — a 103.1-mph fastball to Justin Crawford — was the hardest pitch thrown that late in a game, according to the report. He threw 58 pitches at 100 mph or faster, and 69 of his 95 offerings were fastballs; the Phillies swung at 34 of those and missed 21. He also mixed in 11 sliders, seven cutters, four curveballs and four changeups.
An umpiring note: Schwarber was called ball on a 100.6-mph pitch at the knees in the seventh inning before catcher William Contreras requested the call be overturned, per the account. Brewers announcer Jeff Levering described the outing as “A masterpiece from the Miz,” and writer Joe Sheehan compared the performance’s ruthlessness to peak Pedro Martinez.
