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.
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.
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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