MILWAUKEE (AP) 鈥� Jacob Misiorowski says he isn鈥檛 particularly concerned about the cramping that has caused him to leave two of his last three starts.
Misiorowski came out for the eighth inning Wednesday but left with a cramp in his right quadriceps after throwing one warmup pitch in the Milwaukee Brewers鈥� to the San Diego Padres.
He had a no-hit bid through 5 1/3 innings in an at Washington on May 1 before departing that game with a
鈥淧robably the exact same, but it was the quad this time instead of the hamstring,鈥� Misiorowski said. 鈥淣othing we haven鈥檛 seen before, so it鈥檒l be fine. I鈥檓 ready to go.鈥�
Cramping appears to be the only significant obstacle for the hard-throwing 24-year-old right-hander, who hasn鈥檛 allowed a run in his last three outings.
鈥淗e puts so much into it. 鈥� We have people here to get it under control,鈥� Brewers manager Pat Murphy said. 鈥淚 don鈥檛 think it鈥檚 a concern.鈥�
Misiorowski struck out 10 and allowed four hits and no walks, leaving with a 1-0 lead. The Padres rallied to win on Gavin Sheets鈥� three-run homer off Abner Uribe with two outs in the ninth inning.
That came five nights after Misiorowski struck out 11 and allowed two hits and two walks in a over the New York Yankees. He had eight strikeouts and two walks against the Nationals.
He has struck out at least eight batters in each of his last five starts to tie Ben Sheets for the second-longest such streak in Brewers history. Corbin Burnes owns the franchise record with seven straight games of at least eight strikeouts in his season of 2021.
Misiorowski throws the hardest of any starting pitcher in the big leagues.
Against the Yankees, Misiorowski had 10 pitches go at least 103 mph and had three pitches of 103.6 mph, the any starter has reached since pitch tracking began in 2008.
Misiorowski threw 40 pitches of 100 mph or higher on Wednesday, his third straight game with 40 or more. He struck out Nick Castellanos with a 103.2-mph fastball on his 93rd and final pitch.
New York Yankees slugger and three-time AL MVP Aaron Judge said that the extension Misiorowski gets with his 6-foot-7 frame makes his fastball particularly difficult to hit.
鈥淗e鈥檚 almost basically releasing it in the catcher鈥檚 glove,鈥� Judge said when the Yankees were in Milwaukee. 鈥淵ou see some guys who throw 103, but you get a little bit more time. A guy like that, where he鈥檚 almost dropping it in the catcher鈥檚 mitt, it makes for a tough day.鈥�
Misiorowski leads major league pitchers with 80 strikeouts. His performance Wednesday lowered his ERA to 2.12.
鈥淚 honestly didn鈥檛 feel like I had my best stuff,” he said.
He diversified his approach by throwing a slider about 30% of the time Wednesday. He entered this game having used the slider on only 22.6% of his pitches.
鈥淭hat was just the game plan going in,鈥� Misiorowski said. 鈥淭hey saw something back there that they thought the slider would work better.鈥�
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