Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Nick Mears (25) pitches in the course of the second inning of the Nationwide League Division Sequence recreation at American Household Subject in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Oct. 6, 2025. MILWAUKEE — Onerous-throwing rookie Jacob Misiorowski, a All-Star this summer season after making simply 5 main league begins, misplaced his method within the second half of the common season.
He regained his type in an enormous method on Monday in his postseason debut, main the Milwaukee Brewers to a 7-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs for a 2-0 lead within the Nationwide League Division Sequence.
Jackson Chourio and Andrew Vaughn every belted a three-run homer to rally the Brewers, who trailed 3-0 after a half-inning. Milwaukee’s William Contreras hit a go-ahead solo shot.
Misiorowski (1-0) acquired the win with three innings of scoreless reduction. He allowed one hit and walked two, placing out 4 of the 12 batters he confronted.
The 23-year-old right-hander was the second of six Brewers relievers who mixed to throw 7 1/3 scoreless innings of one-hit ball.
“He was one of many keys to the sport, and there was a number of them.” Brewers supervisor Pat Murphy stated. “This recreation was in a number of totally different components, however Miz stepped up. You guys get all enthralled with mph. I am enthralled that he wasn’t giving up free bases, saved his composure with runners and that sort of factor.”
Misiorowski hit 100 mph or extra with 31 of his 57 pitches, reaching 104.3. It was a powerful show after he went 1-2 with a 5.36 ERA in 10 video games (9 begins) following the All-Star break.
“I actually do not know,” stated Misiorowski, when requested what it was wish to throw 104 mph. “I wasn’t actually feeling something. There was a lot adrenaline, and I wasn’t actually feeling something. I used to be simply sort of doing it.”
Chourio did the job after getting into the day questionable because of a hamstring concern that compelled him out of Recreation 1. He put the Brewers in entrance 7-3 with a two-out shot to middle off Daniel Palencia within the fourth inning. Caleb Durbin, who was hit by a pitch an NL-high 24 instances in the course of the common season, was plunked with one out and Joey Ortiz singled with two outs.
“We made a pair errors with a number of runners on base, and after getting off to an ideal begin, these errors with two three-run homers,” Cubs supervisor Craig Counsell stated. “You are not going to win playoff video games giving up two three-run homers. That was simply an excessive amount of to beat.”
After the groups exchanged three-run blasts within the first inning, Contreras put the Brewers up 4-3 with a two-out solo homer within the third off starter Shota Imanaga (0-1).
“In case you have alternative ways to win, in the event you simply depend on one factor, it is more durable to win,” Murphy stated. “I am actually happy we did. Vaughn’s dwelling run after which Contreras and Chourio’s homers was the distinction within the recreation. However you do not see that from the Brewers fairly often. Nevertheless it was nice it did (occur).”
The Cubs felt nice after the highest of the primary inning. Nico Hoerner singled with one out earlier than Kyle Tucker walked. Seiya Suzuki then crushed a 1-1 pitch from Milwaukee spot starter Aaron Ashby 440 ft to left to make it 3-0.
The Brewers answered within the backside half, all after two outs. Contreras and Christian Yelich had back-to-back singles and Vaughn despatched a 3-2 pitch over the wall in left for his first homer since Aug. 15.
“We had one hit after the second inning. That is going so as to add as much as a number of zeros, and that is what occurred the final seven or eight innings,” Counsell stated. “We have got to discover a option to simply create extra strain, and that is baserunners, hits, walks.”
Recreation 3 of the sequence is scheduled for Wednesday in Chicago.
Milwaukee, which received the NLDS opener 9-3 on Saturday, completed 5 video games forward of the Cubs within the division in the course of the common season with a franchise-record 97 victories. The Brewers have the No. 1 general seed and home-field benefit for the whole postseason.
The Brewers are within the playoffs for the seventh time in eight seasons however haven’t received a playoff sequence because the 2018 NLDS.
–Jim Hoehn, Subject Degree Media
