105.5 mph?! The Miz takes heat to another level in Brewers win

MILWAUKEE -- Jacob Misiorowski needed only three pitches Friday night to make history. A few hours later, he had another win.

The Brewers' flamethrowing right-hander fired a 105.5 mph fastball to Cubs center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong in an 0-2 count during the opening at-bat of Friday's 6-2 victory over the Cubs at American Family Field. Crow-Armstrong somehow managed to foul the pitch away, but the velocity immediately etched Misiorowski's name into the record books.

The pitch matched the third-fastest tracked in the pitch tracking era (since 2008), tying a 105.5 mph fastball thrown by Ben Joyce on Sept. 3, 2024. Only Aroldis Chapman has thrown harder tracked pitches, reaching 105.8 mph in 2010 and 105.7 mph in 2016. Misiorowski's previous career high was 104.5 mph.

The historic fastball was only the beginning of another dominant outing.

Misiorowski carried a no-hit bid into the fifth inning before Seiya Suzuki led off with an opposite-field home run on a 90 mph slider, accounting for the only run charged to the Brewers' ace. He departed after six innings, allowing two hits and one run while striking out eight and walking four on a season-high 107 pitches to earn the win.

His biggest moment after the record-setting heater came in the sixth. After Alex Bregman singled and Michael Busch and Suzuki worked walks to load the bases with two outs, pitching coach Chris Hook visited the mound but left his ace in to face Ian Happ. Misiorowski responded by blowing a 102.8 mph fastball past Happ for his eighth strikeout, stranding the bases loaded and preserving a one-run deficit that Milwaukee's offense erased moments later.

The Brewers finally broke through in the bottom of the sixth. Garrett Mitchell ignited the sold-out crowd with a two-out, two-run homer to right-center, flipping a 1-0 deficit into a 2-1 lead. Cooper Pratt followed with a walk before David Hamilton lined an RBI triple down the left-field line, extending Milwaukee's advantage to 3-1.

Milwaukee added breathing room in the seventh. Jackson Chourio opened the inning with a double before William Contreras demolished a hanging sweeper 449 feet into the Miller Lite Landing in left-center-field for a two-run homer, pushing the lead to 5-1.

Before Suzuki's homer, the Cubs struggled to generate any offense against the 24-year-old Misiorowski. He retired the first seven batters he faced with four strikeouts before Matt Shaw drew a one-out walk in the third for Chicago's first baserunner. Shaw was immediately erased when Dansby Swanson grounded into an inning-ending double play.

Misiorowski averaged 101.6 mph with his four-seam fastball and lowered his Major League-leading ERA to 1.45, continuing one of the most remarkable stretches by any pitcher in baseball. Since May 1, he has allowed only four earned runs while cementing himself as one of the National League's premier All-Star candidates.