Jackson Chourio’s four-hit night and a dominant bullpen surge rescued a struggling Jacob Misiorowski as the Milwaukee Brewers took down the Chicago Cubs.
For once, Jacob Misiorowski looked human.
The Milwaukee Brewers ace was only able to go four innings at Wrigley Field on Wednesday, Sept. 2.
The Chicago Cubs picked him apart, drawing four walks and recording five earned runs on five hits.
Miz needed to throw 92 pitches to record 12 outs, and it's worth noting only 53 of those were for strikes.
By the time he exited the game, the Brewers had a 6-5 lead. Things weren't looking good through two with them trailing 5-3, but for seemingly the first time all year, the Brewers offense gave Misiorowski some much-needed run support.
So many different players contributed to this win
When individuals talk about a team win, look no further than this one. The Brewers jumped out to a 2-0 first-inning lead, only for Alex Bregman to homer and immediately tie the game.
Milwaukee added a run in the second, but the Cubs put together a three-run inning that humbled Misiorowski, to say the least.
After Miz allowed five runs in the first two innings, this team would lock in and not allow a single runner to score the rest of the game. Offensively, the Brewers added three in the fourth inning, one in the seventh, and then two more crucial insurance runs in the ninth.
Sal Frelick was the only player in the lineup who didn't reach base, but he only had two at-bats as he came into the game to pinch-run for Andrew Vaughn.
Even for players like Brice Turang, Jake Bauers, and Gary Sanchez who didn't have a hit on the night, they still all drew walks, and it's worth noting that both Turang and Sanchez had an RBI each.
Elsewhere, Jackson Chourio stole the show as he went 4-for-6 with the Brewers' lone home run of the game.
It marks back-to-back games where the Brewers have scored nine runs on the Cubs. Christian Yelich went 2-for-3 with a pair of runs while Vaughn, William Contreras, and Cooper Pratt all had two hits each. If that wasn't enough, Joey Ortiz also added two RBIs while Luis Lara had one himself.
The Brewers offense deserves a ton of credit, and rightfully so, but so does this bullpen. Once Misiorowski was pulled, the Brewers got five innings of one-hit baseball out of JoJo Romero, Antonio Senzatela, Abner Uribe, Aaron Ashby, and even Trevor Megill, who was still used in a non-save situation.
