Listen as Jacob Misiorowski comments on his big-league debut in Milwaukee
Jacob Misiorowski comments on his big-league debut at American Family Field on June 12, 2025, against the St. Louis Cardinals. Misiorowski pitched five innings without allowing a hit during a 6-0 Brewers win.
MINNEAPOLIS – Dominant. Devastating. Poised. Efficient.
Simply remarkable.
Pick a superlative – any superlative – and you’d most likely be right on the money in describing Jacob Misiorowski’s major-league onboarding with the Milwaukee Brewers.
Eight days removed from his dynamite debut against the St. Louis Cardinals at American Family Field, the rookie right-hander took his show on the road and was even more impressive against the Minnesota Twins on June 20.
Misiorowski retired all 18 batters he’d faced heading into the seventh inning before a four-pitch walk and subsequent home run ended his bid for a perfect game as well as his Friday night as a whole.
The Milwaukee Brewers went on to score 14 runs over the final three innings and eventually won, 17-6.
But the story in this one was “The Miz,” who, quite frankly, had his way with a very good offensive team on its home field.
“I think he stepped up,” said manager Pat Murphy. “Even better than he was the first day. I think he was more in command. This team can really swing the bat and hit fastballs.”
BOX SCORE: Brewers 17, Twins 6
Matched against Twins veteran Joe Ryan, who blanked the Brewers over six innings on May 16, Misiorowski was on his game from the opening frame, with no hint of tentativeness stemming from the leg cramping or rolled ankle that ended his start against the Cardinals.
The most glaring example came with Willi Castro in the box in the bottom of the first.
With two outs, Misiorowski found himself in a full count against the 2024 all-star when he snapped off a 95.5-mph slider. It broke so far inside so quickly against the left-handed-hitting Castro that all he could do was wave at it feebly before corkscrewing himself into the dirt for Strike 3.
“Honestly, I didn’t even see him do it, I was so pumped up about the swing, just in general” Misiorowski said. “I didn’t even see him in the dirt.”
It only got better from there as the 23-year-old used his dominating four-seam fastball and slider while mixing in his curveball with the occasional changeup to continue confounding the Twins.
Misiorowski threw 11, 11, 12 and 12 pitches in his first four innings, with the offense handing him a 1-0 lead after a leadoff walk by Jackson Chourio came back to bite Ryan.
“He was attacking,” Murphy said. “But mixing, too. It wasn’t just heaters.”
Misiorowski threw 17 pitches in the fifth, striking out a pair. The offense chased Ryan in the sixth as the lead stretched to 3-0, then another 17-pitch inning in the sixth put Misiorowski at 80 for the night.
He’d thrown as many as 99 (May 9 at Class AAA Nashville), so at least starting the seventh seemingly wasn’t going to be a question.
Until the offense batted around and put up five more runs in the top of the seventh, forcing Misiorowski to take an unexpectedly long breather.
Considering the future Misiorowski possesses, and the care with which the organization has handled him, taking him out at that point – perfect game or not – might have been a difficult decision for Murphy to make, but also a reasonable one.
But, as it turned out, that wasn’t going to be the case.
“He was adamant he wanted to go out for seven ups – ‘I want to challenge myself. Yes, I’m getting towards the end, but I want to challenge myself,’ and it was a good time to have him do that,” Murphy said.
Added Misiorowski: “It was pretty easy. Murph was on my side from the beginning. He was excited for me to keep competing.”
With the score 8-0, Misiorowski finally got the chance.
It didn’t end well.
He began by walking Byron Buxton on four pitches. Perfect game gone.
Then he surrendered a home run to Matt Wallner a pitch later, ending the no-hit bid and his night.
“You’re so locked in, you don’t even pay attention to it,” Misiorowski said when asked if he was even aware he had a perfect game going into the seventh. He echoed a similar sentiment in his debut, when he had a no-hitter through five.
Misiorowski walked off the field to a thunderous ovation, with Milwaukee fans overshadowing the Minnesota faithful.
“It was awesome,” he said. “Coming out and hearing the crowd cheering like that in a road series, it’s exciting. It’s awesome.
“I think, honestly, I felt calmer and ready to go compared to the first one. Nerves were going pretty heavy on the first one, so it’s good to finally feel the feet under you.”
Lots of gas, and some history, too
Against the Cardinals, Misiorowski heaved 14 pitches 100 mph or faster, including one that was a club-record 102.2.
Against the Twins, he upped his total to 29, with several others falling just short on the radar gun at 99.9. His top mark was 102.1, in the fifth inning.
The numbers are impressive, no doubt. But Murphy wants to see results come along with those.
“You can do the research,” Murphy said. “There’s plenty of guys running around the league throwing 100 that are in Triple-A, you know? He’s got to learn that this is about pitching. When he does what he does tonight, that 101 is even more impressive.
“When he’s behind in the count or has nothing else but or he’s not in sync, then that 101, he’ll never be above it 30 times because he’ll be on the bench. Not trying to discredit it at all. But you see what (Paul) Skenes is doing. Skenes can go 102, 103 and he’s pitching.
“Miz will learn that lesson.”
The numbers that do impress – 2-0, which is Misiorowski’s record to this point. And his 11 hitless innings to start his career marks the second-longest such streak by a pitcher and the longest by a starting pitcher to start a career since the expansion era (1961).
And how about this stat: Misiorowski is the first pitcher ever to have more victories than hits allowed after his first two career starts.
“I think this is exactly ever dreamed of it coming along,” Misiorowski said. “It’s exciting.”
Career night by Christian Yelich is overshadowed
In the end, the Brewers tied a season high with their 17 hits, with eight starters recording at least one hit and five recording at least one RBI.
The highlight, of course, was the four-hit, eight-RBI night turned in by Christian Yelich, with bases-clearing doubles in the seventh and eighth moving him into a tie with Rowdy Tellez for the franchise record in the RBI department.
Tellez set the original mark on May 4, 2022 against Cincinnati.
And there was some weirdness: Yelich, without homering – he just missed a grand slam in the eighth by hitting the ball to the deepest part of the park, with the ball hitting off the top of the wall – became the first player to drive in eight or more runs without homering.
He also, strangely enough, didn’t score a run.
Sal Frelick and Joey Ortiz also had three hits, with Ortiz getting his batting average up to .203, and Caleb Durbin had a pair of hits.
“There’s not a lot of nights like this during the season, so you’ve got to appreciate them when they do happen,” Yelich said. “Enjoy the success in baseball because there’s a lot of night where it just doesn’t go your way.
“Happy for the guys, happy for Miz and happy for all of us.”
What time is the Brewers game tonight?
Time: 7:10 p.m.
What channel is the Brewers game on tonight?
TV channel: FanDuel Sports Wisconsin
Brewers lineupSal Frelick RFJackson Chourio CFChristian Yelich DHWilliam Contreras CBrice Turang 2BRhys Hoskins 1BIsaac Collins LFCaleb Durbin 3BJoey Ortiz SSTwins lineupByron Buxton CFMatt Wallner RFWilli Castro 2BCarlos Correa SSRyan Jeffers DHBrooks Lee 3BHarrison Bader LFKody Clemens 1BChristian Vázquez CBrewers scheduleBrewers at Twins, 7:10 p.m. June 20. Milwaukee RHP Jacob Misiorowski (1-0, 0.00) vs. Minnesota RHP Joe Ryan (7-2, 2.93). TV – FanDuel Sports Wisconsin. Radio – AM-620 WTMJ.Brewers at Twins, 1:10 p.m. June 21. Milwaukee LHP Jose Quintana (4-2, 3.35) vs. Minnesota RHP Simeon Woods-Richardson (2-3, 5.13). TV – FanDuel Sports Wisconsin. Radio – AM-620 WTMJ.Brewers at Twins, 1:10 p.m. June 22. Milwaukee RHP Quinn Priester (5-2, 3.46 ERA) vs. Minnesota RHP David Festa (1-1, 4.78 ERA). TV – FanDuel Sports Wisconsin. Radio – AM-620 WTMJ.