Monday night started out as bad as possible for rookie right-hander Jacob Misiorowski but by the time all was said and done, he might have done his best work yet.
Everything that could possibly go wrong seemed to do so Monday night for Jacob Misiorowski.
Playing in front of a capacity crowd for his first career start against the arch-rival Chicago Cubs in Game 1 of an NL Central Division showdown, the Milwaukee Brewers’ highly-touted flame-throwing rookie found himself in trouble, fast.
After giving up a leadoff single to Michael Busch, Misiorowski walked Kyle Tucker to bring up Seiya Suzuki, who reached when he hit a come-backer off Misiorowski’s shin, loading the bases.
Misiorowski finally recorded his first out of the night by striking out Pete Crow-Armstrong but the changeup he threw for strike three got past catcher WIlliam Contreras, allowing a runner to score and after striking out Carson Kelly, the Cubs plated two more when Misiorowski air-mailed a throw well over the head of first baseman Andrew Vaughn.
By the time he struck out Nico Hoerner to end the inning, Misiorowski had thrown 40 pitches and was, by his own admission, exhausted.
“It was a long inning and long innings suck,” Misiorowski said. “Your legs start feeling a little loose and every pitch seems to be getting away just a little bit.
