Not much good to say about the Dodgers 3-1 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers at American Family Field on Tuesday. In fact, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts summed it up rather succinctly:
“It’s hard to kind of, you know, find a silver lining when a guy strikes out 12 guys or something like that. I mean, it just speaks to how good he was,” Roberts told SportsNet LA’s Kirsten Watson postgame of 23-year-old Brewers rookie right-hander Jacob Misiorowski, who was nothing short of sensational in his fifth start of the season. “You know, it never feels good when you lose five in a row,” Roberts added.
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The most painful part of Tuesday’s loss was that it came at the hands of future first-ballot Hall of Famer Clayton Kershaw, who himself pitched a gem. But in true Kershaw style, the (now) 11-time All-Star fell on his sword despite his valiant effort.
“You can talk about struggling all you want, this was just a tough game,” the three-time Cy Young Award winner and five-time ERA title holder told reporters of his 6.0-inning, 85-pitch 10th start of the season. “I can’t give up any runs, that’s just the way it goes,” he added.
The 37-year-old Dallas, TX native and Dodgers first-round draft pick in 2006 out of Highland Park High School in Dallas allowed two of those Brewers runs on six hits, while striking out three and walking one, to go 4-1 on the season with an un-Kershaw-like 3.38 ERA.
As for that lone Dodgers run and as a surprise to no one, it came on a leadoff home run by international superstar Shohei Ohtani on the third pitch of the game, an 88.2-mph curveball from Misiorowski. Ohtani sent it 431 feet over the center field wall before the seats were even warm.
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“We’ve got to do a better job scoring,” Ohtani said postgame through an interpreter, this despite slugging his team-leading 31st home run of the season.
As for Misiorowski, the (very) hard-throwing Blue Springs, MO native and Brewers second-round draft pick in 2022 out of Crowder College in Neosho, MO allowed just that one Dodgers run on four hits, while walking one and striking out 12 in his (now) 25.2-inning MLB career.
With the loss, the Dodgers lead in the NL West is now at 5.0 games over the second-place Hated Ones and 6.0 games over the third-place San Diego Padres.
On to the next one.
Play Ball!
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