It’s safe to say Milwaukee Brewers flame-thrower Jacob Misiorowski was amped to face the New York Yankees for the first time May 8.
Coming within an eyelash of an immaculate inning, Misiorowski threw 10 pitches, all in excess of 102 miles per hour, and worked a 1-2-3 frame with two strikeouts. The final pitch he threw, a flyout off the bat of Aaron Judge, registered at 103.6 miles per hour and set a record for the fastest pitch thrown in the pitch-tracking era (2008).
Misiorowski’s second pitch to Judge, thrown 103.5 miles per hour, set a record. His third pitch, at 103.1, missed narrowly off the plate, so he came back with 103.6 to induce a fly out to Sal Frelick.
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All told, he threw the five fastest pitches ever tracked for a starter.
Misiorowski got former Brewers outfielder Trent Grisham and Ben Rice on swinging third strikes for the first two outs.
Coming into the night, there had only been three fastballs by a starting pitcher thrown 103 mph total in the pitch-tracking era, including one by Misiorowski. And then he threw seven in the first inning alone.
Misiorowski matched the reading with two 103.6 mph seeds to Spencer Jones before striking him out on an 89 mph curveball. That gave Misiorowski nine pitches of 103 miles per hour or more; the record for 103 mph pitches in a big-league appearance coming into the night is 12.
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Misiorowski left his last start May 1 after he experienced cramping in his right hamstring after 5⅓ no-hit innings in Washington, D.C.. With two perfect innings to start May 8, he had recorded 25 consecutive outs between hits allowed. Yankees shortstop José Caballero singled to center leading off the third to break the streak.
Misiorowski threw more 103-plus mph pitches in the first inning than 17 teams have thrown across all their games in the pitch tracking era.
This story was updated to add new information.
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Jacob Misiorowski sets velocity records against Yankees in first
