Brewers ace Jacob Misiorowski blanks Phillies in series opener

Scott Lauber, The Philadelphia Inquirer on Jun 12, 2026

Published in Baseball

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MILWAUKEE — For five innings here Friday night, Andrew Painter and Jacob Misiorowski shared a mound.

That was all they had in common.

While Painter got roughed up again in an increasingly tough-to-watch rookie season, his Brewers counterpart unleashed 58 — count ’em, 58! — 100-plus-mph pitches and collected 15 — count ’em, 15! — strikeouts in a complete-game 6-0 undressing of the Phillies.

Misiorowski faced the minimum 27 batters and allowed only one hit, a Kyle Schwarber single on a first-pitch slider in the fourth inning. When he struck out Justin Crawford on his 95th and final pitch, “The Miz,” as he’s known in these parts, raised both arms in celebration of his first career complete game.

And even if Misiorowski’s dominance — on the one-year anniversary of his major league debut, no less — wasn’t so absurd, the contrast between him and Painter would’ve been impossible to miss.

Because it’s perfectly fair to compare them. Painter is 6-foot-7 and right-handed, just like Misiorowski. Painter is 23, only 372 days younger than Misiorowski. They were high draft picks, one year apart, and hyped as prospects in the minors.

But “The Miz” has been a sensation since he set foot in the big leagues, even making the All-Star team as a rookie last year. (Much to the Phillies’ chagrin, but more on that later.)

And Painter? The flashes of promise from his first few starts are barely visible right now.

Painter didn’t even start the game against the Brewers. After giving up 10 runs in his previous two starts, he entered in the second inning behind lefty opener Tanner Banks, an attempt by the Phillies to put Painter in more less unfavorable matchups.

It’s something interim manager Don Mattingly said “a lot of clubs do with their younger starters, just give them one less time through the top of the order.”

OK, but the Brewers never did it with Misiorowski, even though he struggled at times last season en route to a 4.36 ERA. The Phillies squawked when he was named as an All-Star replacement only five starts into his career and instead of Cristopher Sánchez.

Maybe Misiorowski took the mound with a chip on that lightning-bolt of a right shoulder. Maybe not.

Either way, the Phillies had no chance against him.

For his opening statement, Misiorowski struck out Schwarber, Trea Turner and Bryce Harper on 12 pitches in the first inning. He struck out eight of the first nine batters on a total of 34 pitches.

Painter inherited a 1-0 deficit from Banks and wild-pitched in a run in the second inning. He tried to sneak a first-pitch sweeper past Jake Bauers in the fifth inning and gave up a three-run homer.

He allowed another run in the sixth on a one-out single to Joey Ortiz and a two-out RBI single by Jackson Chourio.