Brewers’ Jacob Misiorowski sets World Series velocity record on his first pitch

MILWAUKEE (AP) – Jacob Misiorowski stepped on the mound for a World Series debut like no other.

Key points

• He allowed one run over five innings to obtain his first postseason win as a starter, helping the Milwaukee Brewers to a 3-2 victory in Friday night's opener.
• He threw a pitch the likes of which had never been seen in the Fall Classic.
• I feel like I'm still trying to take everything in and understand what happened.

MILWAUKEE (AP) – Jacob Misiorowski stepped on the mound for a World Series debut like no other. "I had so much adrenaline built up, " he remarked.

For context, the Miz broke the World Series velocity record with his particularly first delivery, a 103.5 mph fastball to the Tampa Bay Rays' Yandy Díaz that was taken high out of the strike zone for a ball. He allowed one run over five innings to obtain his first postseason win as a starter, helping the Milwaukee Brewers to a 3-2 victory in Friday night's opener.

"I don't even know how to tell you how I felt, " the 24-year-old right-hander remarked a half-hour after the end of a crazy ninth inning, prolonged by a game-extending video review. "I still don't know how I felt. I feel like I'm still trying to take everything in and understand what happened."

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