The Milwaukee Brewers, to no surprise, announced that Jacob Misiorowski will be the Game 1 starter in the National League Championship Series.

In Game 1 of the 2025 NLCS, Milwaukee used Aaron Ashby as an opener, and then had Quinn Priester come in and pitch four scoreless innings.

This is a Brewers team that is hungry for only their second-ever World Series appearance, but in order to do so, they know they need to go through the team that swept them in this stage of the postseason last year.

Here in the 2026 NLCS, it'll be the Los Angeles Dodgers' Tarik Skubal going toe-to-toe with Misiorowski in a battle between a former two-time Cy Young winner and a future Cy Young winner.

The first two games of this series take place at American Family Field in Milwaukee, Wis., and it'll be the second start for each of these pitchers in the postseason.

Once the bottom of the first inning comes around, it'll be the 29-year-old Skubal facing what should be a well-rested and motivated Brewers lineup.

Garrett Mitchell and Jake Bauers had breakout performances as the Brewers ended a dreadful road playoff losing streak in San Diego, but there are still a few players who haven't lived up to the hype in the playoffs.

Brice Turang is one of those players, and he'll have to find a way to get a hit off Skubal, someone who allowed just two in his six innings of work back on Saturday, Oct. 3.

Skubal threw 94 pitches in that one, striking out seven batters and allowing two walks. Of the two hits he gave up, one of those was a solo homer.

Jackson Chourio and William Contreras have shown incredible power so far in the playoffs, so it'll be interesting to see if either of those two, or anyone else, can go yard against the southpaw.

There was nothing necessarily wrong with what Misiorowski did on Oct. 3, but he only went four innings as his pitch count very quickly rose in the first two innings.

He only allowed one walk and four hits, though he gave up a pair of earned runs while striking out six batters.

Miz has only gone into the sixth inning once in his last six starts, and while a few of those were planned short starts, there are no longer any excuses, as this is only his second start since Sunday, Sept. 27.