Misiorowski Fans 12, Brewers Rout Rockies 11-2

Jacob Misiorowski was untouchable — 5.0 innings, 1 hit, 12 strikeouts — while Milwaukee's offense piled on early and never let up. The Brewers handled Colorado 11-2, turning a chaotic first inning into a runway the Rockies never found a way off.

The game was effectively decided before Colorado's lineup had settled in. Freeland's first inning unraveled fast: a bunt single reached on a throwing error that scored Chourio, then two wild pitches that pushed the lead to 2-0, and a Contreras groundout that made it 3-0. Three runs, zero hard contact required. That's the kind of inning that looks like a team beating itself, and Colorado obliged. Freeland lasted 5.1 innings but allowed 6 hits and 5 earned runs — the damage done well before he exited.

Milwaukee's sixth inning was the knockout. Vaughn opened it with a 404-foot homer to center, and the win probability swung from 87% to 95% on that single swing. That was the moment the game stopped being a contest. Lara followed with a two-run double to right, Pratt doubled to left to score two more, and Chourio's groundout plated another — four runs in the frame, the score ballooning to 8-1. Lara and Pratt each finished 2-for-4 with 2 RBI; Chourio went 2-for-5 with 2 runs scored. The middle of Milwaukee's order looks like it found a rhythm tonight, though one game is one game.

Colorado's only real bright spots were cosmetic. Carrigg homered to left in the fifth — 361 feet — to cut it to 3-1, and Castro went deep to right-center in the seventh for 391 feet to make it 8-2. Both were solo shots against a Milwaukee bullpen that was already in cruise control. Misiorowski's 12-strikeout, 1-hit line through five innings is the story of the night — that's a performance that would turn heads in any context. Bryse Wilson and Craig Yoho each tossed a clean inning behind him, keeping Colorado off the board entirely after the seventh. The final was 11-2, and it wasn't that close.