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Brewers’ Jacob Misiorowski allows brutal career first vs Cardinals as struggles continue
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The Milwaukee Brewers ' undisputed ace might finally be showing rare signs of mortality. During Tuesday afternoon's matchup against the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium, flame-thrower Jacob Misiorowski surrendered his second home run of the game, cementing a brutal and highly uncharacteristic career milestone. For the first time in his young, dominant major league tenure, the 24-year-old right-hander has allowed multiple home runs in back-to-back outings.
Entering the week, Misiorowski had been the absolute frontrunner for the 2026 National League Cy Young Award. Armed with an electric fastball that routinely eclipses 105 mph, he has spent the entire season baffling opposing hitters and racking up historic strikeout totals. However, the armor began to crack during his previous start against the Cincinnati Reds last Thursday. Despite flashing his elite stuff and striking out ten batters over five innings, Misiorowski was tagged for two costly long balls in a frustrating defeat.
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Brewers fans and analysts naturally expected a sharp bounce-back performance against a Cardinals squad he flirted with a no-hitter against back in May. Instead, Tuesday's Game 1 of the doubleheader brought more of the exact same home-run woes. St. Louis hitters remained incredibly patient, eventually capitalizing on a few rare location mistakes left out over the heart of the plate, sending two towering shots into the bleachers.
While his strikeout numbers remain firmly off the charts, this sudden and glaring vulnerability to the long ball raises a few alarms as the All-Star break rapidly approaches. Misiorowski was just officially selected to the 2026 Midsummer Classic roster over the weekend—a massively deserved honor given his microscopic ERA and dazzling metrics. But this sudden, frustrating inability to keep the baseball inside the yard threatens to momentarily sour his otherwise historic first half of the season.
Milwaukee still holds a commanding lead in the National League Central division, but they cannot afford a prolonged slump from their pitching staff. If the Brewers genuinely plan to push for a World Series title this October, they will desperately need their ace to swiftly diagnose these command issues and return to his completely untouchable form.
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