MILWAUKEE (AP) \u2014 Jacob Misiorowski dismisses the notion that a pitcher can enter any kind of zone where he\u2019s practically unhittable.<\/p>\n
But there must be something to explain the way he dominated hitters Sunday as the Milwaukee Brewers\u2019 hard-throwing right-hander reached a few more milestones.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think there is a zone,\u201d Misiorowski said Sunday after striking out 12 of the first 13 batters he faced in an 11-2 victory<\/a> over the Colorado Rockies. \u201cI think it\u2019s just pitching. I felt like myself and kept going.\u201d<\/p>\n Misiorowski<\/a> (11-4) set a Brewers franchise record by striking out seven straight hitters to open the game. He also broke his own record for the most 100-mph pitches in a single game since pitch tracking began in 2008. <\/p>\n The two-time All-Star reached 100 mph on 66 of his 83 pitches and hit a top velocity of 104.7. He had set the previous record June 12 by throwing 58 pitches of at least 100 mph during a 15-strikeout performance<\/a> against the Philadelphia Phillies on June 12.<\/p>\n He threw 33 fastballs of at least 103 mph \u2014 more than twice as many as anyone else had ever thrown in a single game since pitch tracking began, according to MLB.com. <\/p>\n Misiorowski held the previous record with 14 pitches of 103 mph or greater, something he had done in two separate starts this season.<\/p>\n Misiorowski retired the first 14 batters he faced. According to Sportradar, he was the first person to strike out at least 11 batters and allow no hits through the first four innings of a game since the live-ball era began in 1920.<\/p>\n \u201cHis extension, his command of (the fastball) and the fact he\u2019s got secondary stuff to go with it makes it even tougher,\u201d Brewers manager Pat Murphy said.<\/p>\n Misiorowski didn\u2019t have to utilize his secondary pitches very often Sunday. With Gary S\u00e1nchez working behind the plate, Misiorowski threw fastballs about 80% of the time.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t think that was the game plan going in,\u201d said Misiorowski, who increased his MLB-leading strikeout total to 185. \u201cI think that\u2019s just what happened. Me and Gary kind of just ran with it. You saw the swings that they were getting at the top of the zone and kind of were just like, \u2018Here it is,\u2019 until they hit it.\u201d<\/p>\n Colorado didn\u2019t get anyone on base until Cole Carrigg hit an opposite-field homer<\/a> off a 101.9-mph fastball with two outs in the fifth. No Rockies player had ever homered on a pitch that fast during the pitch tracking era.<\/p>\n Misiorowski then hit Willi Castro with a pitch before getting the final out of his five-inning stint.<\/p>\n Nobody from Colorado even put the ball in play until Misiorowski retired Troy Johnston on a fly to center for the second out in the fourth inning. The previous Brewers record for consecutive strikeouts to start a game had been set last year by Quinn Priester, who had six in a row to begin a 5-2 victory<\/a> over the Los Angeles Angels on Sept. 18. <\/p>\n Pablo L\u00f3pez owns the major league record for consecutive strikeouts to open a game. He fanned the first nine<\/a> Atlanta batters he faced in the Miami Marlins\u2019 7-4 triumph<\/a> over the Braves on July 11, 2021.<\/p>\n The MLB record for consecutive strikeouts at any point within the same game is 10. That record is shared by Tom Seaver, Corbin Burnes<\/a> and Aaron Nola<\/a>.<\/p>\n Misiorowski\u2019s outstanding performance comes as the Brewers remain careful<\/a> with the two-time All-Star\u2019s workload. The NL Central leaders want to make sure their ace is in peak form for a potential postseason run.<\/p>\n He has pitched 120 innings this season. He worked 141 1\/3 innings<\/a> last year, including his regular-season totals in the majors and minors plus his 12 postseason innings during Milwaukee\u2019s run to the NL Championship Series<\/a>. <\/p>\n