Jacob Misiorowski strikes out 11 in
5 innings as Brewers wear out White Sox 14-2
[March 27, 2026]
By STEVE MEGARGEE
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Jacob Misiorowski struck out 11 while allowing one
run over five innings and the Milwaukee Brewers trounced the Chicago
White Sox 14-2 on Thursday.
Misiorowski, Aaron Ashby, Grant Anderson, DL Hall and Jake Woodford
combined to strike out 20 while allowing four hits and five walks.
According to Sportradar, Chicago's 20 strikeouts matched the highest
total ever for a nine-inning game. It was the 10th time a team has
struck out 20 times in a nine-inning game, and the first since
Pittsburgh in a 7-3 loss to the New York Mets on Sept. 18, 2022.
Jake Bauers hit a three-run homer, Sal Frelick had a two-run blast
and William Contreras delivered a three-run double as the Brewers
began their pursuit of a fourth straight NL Central title.
Chase Meidroth and Munetaka Murakami hit solo shots for the White
Sox.
Misiorowski, who turns 24 on April 3, got the opening day assignment
following an eventful rookie season in which he made the NL All-Star
team just five starts into his career and threw as hard as 104.3 mph
in the playoffs. His 11 strikeouts were the most by a Brewers
pitcher in a season opener.
He began Thursday’s game by allowing a homer to Meidroth before
striking out the next three batters. Misiorowski (1-0) reached a top
speed of 101.1 mph while combining with four relievers on a
four-hitter.
Milwaukee pulled ahead for good by scoring four runs in the second
inning off Shane Smith, who pitched in the Brewers’ farm system
before Chicago selected him in the Rule 5 draft in December 2024.
Contreras capped that rally with his bases-clearing, two-out double
down the left-field line.
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Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Jacob Misiorowski reacts after striking
out Chicago White Sox's Andrew Benintendi during the first inning of
an opening-day baseball game, Thursday, March 26, 2026, in
Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Kayla Wolf)
Smith (0-1) allowed four runs — three earned — in 1
2/3 innings.
Chicago's bullpen didn't fare any better. Milwaukee
scored two runs in the fourth, two more in the fifth and three each
in the sixth and seventh.
Frelick sent a 407-foot shot over the right-field wall against Tyler
Gilbert in the fifth. Chicago's Jordan Hicks and Jedixson Paez
issued bases-loaded walks in the sixth. Bauers homered in the
seventh off Paez.
Bauer started in left field in place of Jackson Chourio, who went on
the injured list Thursday with a fractured left hand.
Murakami led off the ninth by homering to right off Woodford. The
Japanese slugger went 1 for 2 with a pair of walks in his MLB debut.
Up next
Sean Burke (4-11, 4.22 ERA last year) starts for Chicago and Chad
Patrick (3-8, 3.53) pitches for Milwaukee when the series resumes
Saturday.
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