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Jacob Misiorowski Sets World Series Velocity Record as Brewers Beat Rays 3-2
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Jacob Misiorowski threw the fastest pitch in World Series history. Brewers defeated the Rays 3-2 in Game 1 at Milwaukee.
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“What initially was ruled a game-ending double play got overturned after a video review showed Brewers shortstop Cooper Pratt’s right foot was slightly off the bag”
“Sure, Trevor Megill was charged with an earned run for the first time all postseason.”
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Record Pitch, Game 1 Win
Jacob Misiorowski set the World Series velocity record on his first pitch and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Tampa Bay Rays 3-2 in Game 1 at American Family Field on Friday night. Misiorowski threw a 103.5 mph fastball to Yandy Díaz, and he allowed one run over five innings to earn his first postseason win as a starter. The Rays scored in the fourth when Jonathan Aranda walked, took third on Junior Caminero’s double over center fielder Garrett Mitchell, and came around on Liam Hicks’ grounder to first baseman Jake Bauers.
“‘I had so much adrenaline built up,’ he said.”
Milwaukee built a 2-0 lead in the first inning when Christian Yelich drove in a run with a triple and William Contreras followed with a run-scoring single, and the Brewers held on after the ninth inning was extended by a game-extending video review. Misiorowski described the moment after the opener as “I had so much adrenaline built up,” and he later said, “I still don’t know how I felt.”
Ninth-Inning Review Drama
Trevor Megill struck out Jonny DeLuca to end the game after a play that initially was ruled a game-ending double play was overturned on replay review. Cooper Pratt’s right foot was slightly off the bag when he reached to catch a high throw from Brice Turang, and umpire Alfonso Márquez changed the out call at second to safe at the MLB Replay Center. Christian Yelich said the comeback pressure carried “a big range of emotions,” after his RBI triple in the first put the Brewers ahead for good.
Kevin Cash said, “This is an extremely confident group,” as he pointed to the Rays being “one swing of the bat away” from potentially taking the lead in the ninth. The Rays had a runner on third base as they pushed to level the score, but Milwaukee closed out the victory after the review and the final strikeout.
Game 2 and What Comes Next
The Brewers host Game 2 on Saturday at 8 p.m. EDT at American Family Field, with Milwaukee up 1-0 in the best-of-seven series.
Milwaukee will send Logan Henderson to the mound, while Tampa Bay will counter with Drew Rasmussen, and the matchup is listed with a line of Brewers -125 and Rays +103 with an over/under of 6 1/2 runs.
The Rays and Brewers will move to Florida for three games after the second match, and the series then returns to Milwaukee for the final two matches, if needed.
Brewers manager Pat Murphy said, “Contreras was unbelievable,” after William Contreras threw out two runners trying to steal and made all the right yes/no calls on challenges.
Kevin Cash said the Rays tested the Brewers, and he took solace from the fact that Tampa Bay “came up a little bit short, but there’s some benefit maybe from a loss.”