The Milwaukee Brewers were able to get the series win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday with an 8-2 victory that saw Jacob Misiorowski take the mound for the first time since his franchise record-setting Opening Day outing.

Misiorowski produced a solid outing with seven strikeouts across six innings of work while allowing four hits, two earned runs and two walks.

However, Misiorowski was not as pleased with himself as he was on Opening Day.

“I mean, not great,” he said. “I think, you know, stuff didn't feel as good as Opening Day, but, you know, we got through it. We got a W for the team.”

A silver lining for Misiorowski during his day on the mound was how long he was able to remain on it. By pitching six innings, less strain was placed on Milwaukee’s relievers.

“Yeah, I mean, that was the goal, just to, you know, help save the bullpen,” Misiorowski said. “I wasn't feeling great, so, definitely don't want to turn to them in the fourth or fifth or something, you know, do my job and get to where I need to be.”

Misiorowski also had to regroup mentally after a scary moment occurred in the top of the second inning when Misiorowski delivered a 100-mph itch that was fouled off the bat of Rays catcher Nick Fortes and into the facemask of home plate umpire CB Bucknor.

Bucknor immediately fell to the ground in a display of significant pain before eventually leaving the field with the help of the athletic trainers. He would not return.

“Yeah, I mean, that sucks,” Misiorowski said. “It's never fun to watch a guy, you know, take one like that. But no, it's definitely mental. It's more of a, you know, lock back in and figure it out.”

The moment to lock back in for Misiorowski came shortly after Bucknor went down. Misiorowski allowed a two-run home run to Tampa Bay designated hitter Yandy Diaz in the top of the third inning.

“After the home run,” he said. “After the home run, it took me about an inning to, you know, figure it out, but, you know, that kind of happened and it locked back in, it was there.”

Misiorowski restrained his language during the media scrum, but he was honest in how he was feeling in that moment after giving up the home run to Diaz.

“You know, there's a family-friendly version of it and it's, you know, figuring it out,” Misiorowski said. “But, you know, in that dugout, I was not saying those friendly words, so.”

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