Jacob Misiorowski delivered a historic performance on Monday, matching a career-high 12 strikeouts and carrying a no-hitter into the sixth inning, as the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 5-1.
Christian Yelich hit a two-run homer and Andrew Vaughn went 3 for 4, helping the Brewers extend their NL Central lead over St. Louis to 2 1/2 games.
Misiorowski (5-2) threw 57 pitches at 100 mph or faster, the most in a single game since pitch tracking began in 2008, surpassing the previous record of 47. He reached a top velocity of 103.4 mph while allowing one run, two hits, and one walk in seven innings, improving his ERA to 1.83.
Misiorowski started the game by walking JJ Wetherholt, but the Cardinals wouldn’t get another runner on base until Pedro Pagés hit a bloop single to lead off the sixth. The Cardinals got a run later in the sixth to end Misiorowski’s streak of consecutive scoreless innings at 29 1/3. Teddy Higuera owns the Brewers record with 32 straight scoreless innings in 1987.
Milwaukee took the lead for good by scoring three runs in the first inning off Matthew Liberatore, who entered the day with a 1.26 ERA in four career starts against the Brewers. Jackson Chourio drew a leadoff walk, stole second and scored on a single to left by William Contreras. Yelich followed that by sending a 2-2 pitch over the wall in left-center, an opposite-field shot that travelled 381 feet.
The Brewers added single runs in the seventh and eighth innings against Brycen Mautz, who was making his major league debut. Garrett Mitchell had an RBI single in the sixth and Vaughn doubled home a run in the seventh. Michael McGreevy (3-3, 2.40 ERA) starts for the Cardinals and Kyle Harrison (5-1, 1.77) pitches for the Brewers on Tuesday night.
