Pitcher Jacob Misiorowski delivered a dominant performance in Game 5 of the World Series in St. Petersburg, Florida, securing a 4-0 victory and the championship for the Milwaukee Brewers. Working on regular rest with his team holding a 3-0 series lead, the ace pitched 5 ⅔ scoreless innings while allowing only two hits to help wrap up the franchise’s first title.
Championship Performance and Historic Company
According to CBS Sports Headlines, Misiorowski had to exit the game late in the sixth inning due to a calf cramp, but the Brewers already held a 4-0 advantage and handed the game over to their bullpen. His performance placed him in elite company, joining Tom Glavine in 1995 as the only pitchers in baseball history to record a scoreless start of at least five innings with two or fewer hits allowed in a potential World Series clincher.
Following the victory, Misiorowski expressed his excitement to CBS Sports Headlines. “It’s awesome,” Misiorowski said on the field after the Brewers clinched. “It’s awesome for this team, it’s awesome for the city of Milwaukee. I just made it work. It didn’t matter how we won tonight, just that we won.”
Workload Management and Historic Sophomore Season
Questions had arisen after Game 4 regarding whether manager Pat Murphy should have used Misiorowski out of the bullpen to close out a potential sweep, but the team saved him for Game 5. The decision paid off as the young pitcher capped a grueling 2026 campaign that saw him throw 193 ⅔ total innings, a massive jump from his previous career-high of 141 ⅓ innings split between the minors, majors, and playoffs in 2025.
Despite the team carefully monitoring his workload down the stretch to preserve him for October, Misiorowski put together a historic regular season. He led all of Major League Baseball with a 1.80 ERA, 252 strikeouts across 174 ⅔ innings, the lowest hit rate, highest strikeout rate, and the best WHIP.
Entering just his second year in the majors, the 24-year-old is under team control through 2031, is already a World Series champion, and is widely expected to claim an upcoming Cy Young Award. With continued physical development and stamina building, the young star enters the future with expectations to perform even deeper into games next season.
