PITTSBURGH – The battle between young flamethrowers Jacob Misiorowski and Bubba Chandler ended up being a decidedly one-sided affair.
The highly touted Chandler was cuffed around for nine runs in 2 ⅔ innings in his first major-league start while Misiorowski pitched like the future ace many expect him to be as the Milwaukee Brewers swept the Pittsburgh Pirates, 10-2, at PNC Park on Sunday afternoon, Sept. 7.
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After a shaky beginning Misiorowski absolutely dominated the Pirates, allowing just one baserunner from the third through the seventh innings. He retired 16 of the final 17 batters he faced, including the final 13, in throwing a career-high 108 pitches.
Misiorowski (5-2) also struck out eight.
BOX SCORE: Brewers 10, Pirates 2
Offensively, the Brewers put up four runs in the first, one in the second and four more in the third to chase Chandler and eliminate any doubt as to how the game would end up. Even more impressive, they did it without the services of Christian Yelich, Sal Frelick or Jackson Chourio.
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Andrew Vaughn recorded his first four-hit game with Milwaukee, Jake Bauers had his third two-hit, two-RBI game in the series and Brice Turang also had a pair of hits and RBI.
It was an impressive overall performance over the three games by Milwaukee, which dominated a Pittsburgh team that had just come off a convincing sweep of its own of the Los Angeles Dodgers. The team is now a season-high and franchise-high-tying 34 games over .500 heading into a three-game set at the Texas Rangers.
Yelich, meanwhile, sat out for a fifth straight game with a sore lower back.
“Status quo,” he said before the game.
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Then to top off the weekend, not long after the Brewers had filtered into their clubhouse, the Washington Nationals scored five times in the top of the ninth to shock the Chicago Cubs, 6-3, at Wrigley Field.
That bumped Milwaukee’s lead in the Central Division back up to 7 1/2 games with 18 left to play.
Brewers starting pitcher Jacob Misiorowski allowed just one run on three hits with two walks and eight strikeouts in seven innings against the Pirates on Sept. 7 at PNC Park in Pittsburgh.
The Miz settles in
No doubt feeling good with that enormous lead on the board behind him, Misiorowski went on to retire 16 of 17 batters after Pittsburgh got onto the board in the second, including 13 straight through the sevenh with six strikeouts in that span.
Three of those whiffs came in the fourth, when Misiorowski missed throwing an immaculate inning – three strikeouts on nine pitches – by one pitch when Joey Bart took a ball on the eighth pitch.
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Milwaukee tacked another run onto its lead in the seventh on a bases-loaded Danny Jansen groundout, making it a 10-1 game.
Misiorowski then took the mound for the bottom half in something of a mild surprise.
He struck out the final two batters he faced, capping his day by winning a 10-pitch battle with Joey Bart with a strikeout. His penulatimate pitch? A 99.6-mph four-seam fastball.
He scattered three hits, the lone run and two walks with eight strikeouts. His 108 pitches was far and away a career high, and tied Freddy Peralta (twice) for the most thrown by a Brewers pitcher this season.
Brewers keep the pressure on Chandler
Bauers drew a leadoff walk in the third, Vaughn singled and then Blake Perkins doubled in Bauers.
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Jansen walked, then Joey Ortiz’s hustle down the line led to a successful Milwaukee challenge of what would have been an inning-ending double play.
With Perkins on third, Ortiz stole second and then both came in to score on Turang’s two-out single to right to chase Chandler, who was tagged for nine hits, nine runs and three walks with three strikeouts over 68 pitches.
Teams exchange scores in the second
Milwaukee tacked on a fifth run as Jansen doubled to start the second, Ortiz singled him to third to snap an 0-for-15 skid and a wild pitch by Chandler allowed Jansen to scamper home.
A sixth potential tally was cut down at the plate when Ortiz tried scoring on a grounder to first baseman Spencer Horwitz with the infield in.
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Andrew McCutchen doubled to open the bottom of the frame and three batters later came in to score on a Liover Peguero single, getting the Pirates on the board.
Brewers right fielder Jake Bauers hits a two run RBI double in the first inning during the game against the Pirates on Sept. 7 at PNC Park.
Brewers break out the bats against Bubba
What a start the Brewers got out to against baseball’s No. 15 overall prospect.
Turang and Isaac Collins opened with singles, William Contreras walked to load the bases and Bauers ripped a two-run double down the first-base line for his fifth and sixth runs batted in already in the series.
A Vaughn single then made it 3-0, and Caleb Durbin’s double-play grounder upped Milwaukee’s advantage to 4-0.
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Chandler needed 27 pitches in all to navigate the first inning.
Misiorowski didn’t get off to the greatest of starts, either, as he walked the first two batters he faced. But he followed up with a fielder’s choice and then a 5-4-3 double play to emerge from the jam unscathed.
What time is the Brewers game today?
Time: 12:35 p.m. CT.
What channel is the Brewers game on today?
TV channel: FanDuel Sports Wisconsin.
Brewers record 2025
88-55 (best in the major leagues, 6 ½-game lead in the National League Central Division).
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Brewers at Rangers, Sept. 8, 7:05 p.m.: Milwaukee LHP José Quintana (11-5, 3.72) vs. Texas LHP Jacob Latz (1-0, 3.15). TV – FanDuel Sports Wisconsin. Radio – AM-620 WTMJ.
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Brewers at Rangers, Sept. 9, 7:05 p.m.: Milwaukee TBA vs. Texas RHP Jack Leiter (9-8, 3.74). TV – FanDuel Sports Wisconsin, FOX 6. Radio – AM-620 WTMJ.
Brewers at Rangers, Sept. 10, 1:35 p.m.: Milwaukee RHP Freddy Peralta (16-5, 2.50) vs. Texas RHP Merrill Kelly (11-7, 3.16). TV – FanDuel Sports Wisconsin. Radio – AM-620 WTMJ.
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Brewers 10, Pirates 2: The Miz turns in a career performance in sweep