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Seattle’s Randy Arozarena bought to face younger phenom Jacob Misiorowski on the All-Star Game final week.
The remainder of the Mariners will get front-row seats Tuesday evening when the Milwaukee Brewers’ model of ‘Les Mis’ makes his first major-league begin in Seattle.
Misiorowski beforehand has pitched in Seattle. He wowed scouts with a 101.2 mph fastball throughout the 2023 All-Star Futures Game.
He’s performed the identical in his temporary time with the Brewers. Misiorowski (4-1, 2.81 ERA) was chosen to hitch the National League’s All-Star staff as an damage alternative after simply 5 appearances within the majors.
‘I’m simply comfortable for the child, that he is getting these alternatives,’ Brewers supervisor Pat Murphy mentioned. ‘But we’ll see how he handles it. I feel good, as a result of he is actually a real dude, a grounded man.’
How grounded?
Misiorowski was stunned that he was acknowledged whereas grocery buying throughout the All-Star break, a certain signal of his newfound fame.
‘Someone posted me on Twitter going to Target,’ Misiorowski mentioned. ‘I used to be shopping for bathroom paper and breakfast sausage and a few child walked as much as me and was like, ‘Can I take a selfie with you?’ I mentioned, ‘OK, come on.’ And it was posted on Twitter. You can see my buying cart on Twitter.
‘I’m like, what occurred if I used to be shopping for one thing (embarrassing)?’
Misiorowski mentioned he thought of his scoreless inning every week in the past on the All-Star Game in Atlanta, wherein he topped out at 102 mph, like a bullpen session.
The 23-year-old mentioned he did not really want an All-Star ‘break,’ although the Brewers gave him a bit of 1 in not having him pitch of their first 4 video games following the Mid-Summer Classic.
‘I really feel like typically you come again from the break and also you’re sluggish, nearly. Because you are not used to it,’ Misiorowski mentioned. ‘I feel it is good that I bought free. I feel that may assist.’
In Misiorowski’s most up-to-date begin, he beat the defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers 3-1 on July 8 by permitting one run on 4 hits over six innings with 12 strikeouts.
‘The Japanese media in Los Angeles needed to find out about two issues: (Shohei) Ohtani and The Mis,’ Murphy mentioned.
The Brewers have gained 11 consecutive video games, together with a 6-0 victory towards Seattle within the opener of the three-game collection Monday evening, to maneuver previous the Chicago Cubs and into sole possession of first place within the National League’s Central Division.
‘Just hold doing what we’re doing,’ Misiorowski mentioned, ‘and it will be loads of enjoyable.’
The Brewers didn’t get successful within the opening 5 1/3 innings off George Kirby earlier than scoring 4 instances within the sixth.
‘(Kirby) was so good via the primary 5 and oftentimes you see that when a bid like that, a no-hit bid stops, they decide up that first hit, it might probably go fairly shortly,’ Mariners supervisor Dan Wilson mentioned.
The Mariners, who’ve dropped two in a row following a five-game successful streak, plan to ship right-hander Logan Gilbert (2-3, 3.39) to the mound Tuesday.
Gilbert, a former All-Star who spent greater than six weeks on the injured listing earlier this season with a proper elbow flexor pressure, has gone 1-2 since his return.
He did not get a call in an 8-4 victory July 13 in Detroit regardless of giving up simply two unearned runs over 5 1/3 innings.
Gilbert is 0-0 with a 6.17 ERA in two profession begins towards the Brewers.
–Field Level Media