Jacob Misiorowski Sets 7 Fastest Starter Pitches in 6-0 Win
Jacob Misiorowski threw the seven fastest pitches by a starter in the pitch-tracking era on Friday, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the New York Yankees 6-0. The 24-year-old right-hander did it with a starter's workload, not a brief cameo, and the outing came against a lineup that managed only three hits.
Misiorowski Rips Through New York
Misiorowski opened with five fastballs at 103.2 mph or faster in the first inning. He then topped out at 103.6 mph while facing Aaron Judge, and reached that speed twice in the second inning.
New York never settled in. Misiorowski retired the side in order on 10 pitches, struck out Trent Grisham and Ben Rice, and got Judge on a liner to right on a 103.6 mph pitch.
Milwaukee's Power Window
The velocity record came with a familiar benchmark in the rearview mirror. Jordan Hicks had held the standard for the fastest pitch by a starting pitcher since July 12, 2022, when he reached 103.2 mph against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Misiorowski's run pushed past that mark seven times in one start.
He entered Friday averaging 99.3 mph with his fastball across his first seven starts, and he had already shown top-end stuff last week when he carried a no-hit bid through 5 1/3 innings against the Washington Nationals before leaving with a hamstring cramp in a 6-1 Brewers victory. The fastball ceiling did not come from a reliever's burst; it came from a starter who had already been working deep into games.
Brewers Finish The Job
Milwaukee backed the pitching with four runs off Max Fried in the second inning. Gary Sánchez started it with a single, Fried then walked Andrew Vaughn and Luis Rengifo on eight straight balls, and Brandon Lockridge and Sal Frelick followed with consecutive RBI singles. Rengifo later scored on Joey Ortiz's forceout, and Jackson Chourio added a single up the middle that brought Lockridge home.
Shane Drohan finished the last three innings and earned his first career save as Milwaukee completed its first shutout of the Yankees since 1992. José Caballero collected two of New York's three hits, Ben Rice went 0 for 4 after missing four games with a bruised hand, and Kervin Castro allowed one run over two innings in his Yankees debut. For Milwaukee, the result was the cleaner part of the night; for Misiorowski, it was the kind of start that leaves a number in the record book.
