Misiorowski’s Masterpiece wasted as Brewers fall to Padres 3-1 in pitchers duel

“Yeah, he wanted to stay in. We would have normally taken him out, but he wanted to stay in for the 8th.” Pat Murphy said.

Murphy confirmed it was a quad cramp for Misiorowski as the reason for his exit.

“I threw that first warmup pitch and was walking backwards up the mound and I kind of felt it coming on, kind of stood there for a second, like okay let’s see if it’s gonna do it” Misiorowski said.

Misiorowski finished the night with a line of 7 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 10 K on 93 pitches.

Aaron Ashby came on for the 8th inning and sat the Padres down in order with a pair of strikeouts.

The Brewers were carrying a 1-0 lead, courtesy of an RBI fielder’s choice in the 5th inning from Brice Turang. Sal Frelick got that inning started with a single, then Joey Ortiz followed with a bunt single where Fernando Tatis Jr was late covering first base. Jackson Chourio grounded into a fielder’s choice where they got the force out at second but couldn’t get anyone else, leaving runners at the corners for Turang. Turang hit a slow grounder to first and they couldn’t turn the double play there either, allowing Frelick to score.

It looked like that was going to be enough as the Brewers handed the ball to Abner Uribe for the 9th inning. Uribe got Tatis and Machado for the first two outs of the inning no problem. Then a single just over the outstretched glove of Turang, then a walk, then Uribe hung a 0-1 slider to Gavin Sheets and he took it over the fence for a three run shot.

The Brewers got a leadoff single from Luis Rengifo in the bottom of the 9th against Mason Miller, but that was all they could muster. Sal Frelick, Gary Sanchez, and Jackson Chourio all were retired and the Padres stole a win from the Brewers on Wednesday night.

The rubber match is set for Thursday afternoon with Kyle Harrison on the bump for the Crew.