Jacob Misiorowski turned June 12 into a 6-0 win with a complete-game, one-hit shutout against the Philadelphia Phillies, and he did it in 95 pitches. The Brewers right-hander struck out 15, faced the minimum number of batters and put together the best start in Brewers history.
That line now sits at the center of his June and gives the Brewers a rare complete game from a starter who overpowered every part of the Philadelphia order except one single by Kyle Schwarber. Schwarber reached on the only hit, then was erased on a double play, so Misiorowski finished with a game that never gave Philadelphia a second chance.
Milwaukee Brewers history
The numbers push the outing into a narrow historical lane. No pitcher had ever recorded 15 strikeouts in a complete-game shutout under 100 pitches, and no pitcher had done it with 14 strikeouts either. Only Clayton Kershaw and Tarik Skubal had reached that territory with 13 strikeouts, which is why this game moved beyond a standard shutout and into a record class.
Inside Brewers history, the comparison is just as sharp. The club has had four complete games in the past decade: Jimmy Nelson in 2017, Adrian Houser in 2021, Brandon Woodruff in 2023 and Misiorowski. He is also the first Brewers pitcher to work a complete game with double-digit strikeouts since Yovani Gallardo struck out 12 against the Minnesota Twins on June 24, 2010.
Maddux in Brewers
The outing also fits the definition of a Maddux, a complete game thrown in fewer than 100 pitches. Misiorowski is only the seventh pitcher and one of 12 instances to record one in Brewers history, and Kyle Lohse remains the last Brewers starter to work at least nine innings in fewer than 100 pitches in any circumstance. Adrian Houser was the last Brewers pitcher to go nine or more innings and allow zero walks before this start.
There is one more layer that keeps the game from reading like a clean statistical line and nothing else: no Brewers starter has worked a full nine innings in a game and faced the minimum 27 batters. Misiorowski did both, which is why this start sits in a different category from the club’s other complete games and why the 95-pitch total matters as much as the strikeout count.
Atlanta on June 19
The next turn comes Friday, June 19, when Misiorowski takes the ball in Atlanta as the Brewers face the Atlanta Braves. After a start like this, the relevant question is whether the same pitch quality and command travel with him, because a pitcher who can cover nine innings in 95 pitches changes the shape of a game before the opposing lineup has time to settle in.
