MILWAUKEE (AP) \u2014 After throwing a 105.5 mph pitch, Jacob Misiorowski downplayed emphasis on velocity.<\/p>\n
\u201cSpeed’s cool, but if it doesn\u2019t win a ballgame. It really doesn\u2019t matter,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Misiorowski tied for the third-fastest pitch since tracking began in 2008, winning for the eighth time in nine decisions to lead the Milwaukee Brewers over the Chicago Cubs 6-2 on Friday night for their fifth straight win.<\/p>\n
The 24-year-old right-hander reached 105.5 mph with his third pitch of the game, which Pete Crow-Armstrong fouled off to the third-base side<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s cool,\u201d Misiorowski said. \u201cI think I slipped a little bit on that pitch. I think that\u2019s the one I saw on the board that said 105. I think I\u2019ve got a little more.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah, I definitely think it\u2019s possible,\u201d he said. \u201cScience says that you can hit 108. If that\u2019s me, cool. I don\u2019t think that\u2019s something I need to focus on though.\u201d<\/p>\n
Misiorowski matched the 105.5 mph of the Los Angeles Angels\u2019 Ben Joyce on Sept. 3, 2024, behind only 105.8 mph by Aroldis Chapman for Cincinnati on Sept. 24, 2010, and 105.7 mph by Chapman for the New York Yankees on July 18, 2016. Joyce and Chapman both are relievers.<\/p>\n
Misiorowski (9-3) didn\u2019t allow a hit until Seiya Suzuki\u2019s leadoff home run in the sixth. He gave up one run, two hits, two walks and two wild pitches over six innings while striking out eight.<\/p>\n
After Suzuki\u2019s 11th home run of the season, Misiorowski escaped a two-out bases-loaded jam when he struck out Ian Happ.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s always positive, to get out of a jam like that,\u201d Misiorowski said. \u201cHelp motivate the boys to start a rally up. I think I battled.\u201d<\/p>\n
Misiorowski threw 55 pitches of 100 mph or higher, including 40 of 101 mph or more.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s hard to square up,\u201d Cubs manager Craig Counsell said. \u201cI think we\u2019ve done a good job against him in general. It\u2019s still not easy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Coming off his first loss since April, Misiorowski improved to 8-1 in his last 10 starts with a 0.54 ERA. He leads the major leagues with a 1.45 ERA this season.<\/p>\n
Garrett Mitchell and William Contreras hit two-run homers. Mitchell\u2019s drive off Ethan Roberts put Milwaukee ahead 3-1 in a three-run sixth capped by David Hamilton\u2019s RBI triple. Contreras homered against Jayden Murray in the seventh and Christian Yelich added an RBI double in the eighth.<\/p>\n
Suzuki also had a sacrifice fly for the Cubs, who had won four in a row.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MILWAUKEE (AP) \u2014 After throwing a 105.5 mph pitch, Jacob Misiorowski downplayed emphasis on velocity. \u201cSpeed’s cool, but…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":736838,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2401],"tags":[1113,5,942,136,1301,576,17761,881,463,36,11714,44839,843,59,4280,91625,4,9501,35,9496,82744,105,3801],"class_list":["post-736837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-milwaukee-brewers","tag-aroldis-chapman","tag-baseball","tag-ben-joyce","tag-brewers","tag-christian-yelich","tag-craig-counsell","tag-david-hamilton","tag-ethan-roberts","tag-garrett-mitchell","tag-ian-happ","tag-jacob-misiorowski","tag-jayden-murray","tag-milwaukee","tag-milwaukee-brewers","tag-milwaukeebrewers","tag-misiorowski-1055-mph","tag-mlb","tag-package-100502-member-choice-sports-option","tag-pete-crow-armstrong","tag-product-30599-ap-sports-news-s-wire-only","tag-product-40822-ap-wisconsin-sports-only","tag-seiya-suzuki","tag-william-contreras"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=736837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736837\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/736838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=736837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=736837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=736837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}