Jacob Misiorowski struck out 11 over six scoreless innings, pacing the Milwaukee Brewers to a 6-0 victory over the visiting New York Yankees on Friday in the opener of a three-game series.
The hard-throwing Misiorowski (3-2) allowed just two singles and walked two in a dominant 95-pitch outing. Each of his 10 pitches in the first inning topped 102 mph. In his previous start, the 24-year-old right-hander pitched 5 1/3 hitless innings before exiting with a hamstring cramp.
Milwaukee rookie Shane Drohan allowed one hit over the final three scoreless innings for his first major league save.
Brandon Lockridge had two hits and two RBIs for the Brewers, who had lost two of the past three, before he was taken off the field on a cart in the fourth inning with an apparent leg injury. The left fielder was hurt sliding into the wall in foul territory. The team did not announce a status update before the end of the game.
Jose Caballero produced two of the three hits for the Yankees, who had won six of their previous seven games
The Brewers scored four runs in the second inning, when their first five hitters reached against Max Fried (4-2).
Gary Sanchez singled, and Andrew Vaughn and Luis Rengifo followed with back-to-back walks to load the bases. Lockridge lined an RBI single to right, and Sal Frelick blooped an RBI single into shallow center to make it 2-0.
Joey Ortiz drove in another run on a fielder’s choice, and Jackson Chourio delivered an RBI single up the middle to put the Brewers up 4-0. Fried recovered to strike out the final two hitters of the frame.
Milwaukee made it 5-0 in the third on a double by Vaughn and Lockridge’s two-out single.
The Brewers added a run in the seventh off Kervin Castro on a double by Joey Ortiz and RBI single by William Contreras.
The Yankees threatened in the fifth when Spencer Jones, making his major league debut, drew a one-out walk and Jose Caballero singled, but Misiorowski struck out Austin Wells and Ryan McMahon to end the inning.
Jones finished 0-for-2.
Fried battled through six innings, allowing five runs on six hits, striking out five and walking three.
