Misiorowski strikes out eight in 7 innings as the Brewers beat the Astros 2-0

HOUSTON (AP) — Jacob Misiorowski struck out eight in seven innings and Abner Uribe and Trevor Megill completed the three-hitter to lead the Milwaukee Brewers to a 2-0 win over the Houston Astros on Sunday.

Jake Bauers provided the offense with a two-run homer in the fourth inning to help the Brewers to their fifth win in six games.

Misiorowski (6-2) permitted three hits without a walk to improve to 5-0 this month. The hard-throwing right-hander threw 39 pitches over 100 mph, including all 14 in the first inning.

The performance came after threw 57 pitches of at least 100 mph — the most by any individual in a game since pitch tracking began in 2008 — while getting 12 strikeouts to match his career high Monday in a 5-1 win against the St. Louis Cardinals.

He had 57 strikeouts in May, which is a franchise record for any pitcher in a calendar month. He allowed just one earned run this month for a 0.23 ERA and held opponents to a .109 average.

Houston’s Tatsuya Imai (2-3), who was the starter in a combined no-hitter his previous time out, permitted three hits and two runs with five strikeouts in six innings.

Andrew Vaughn hit a one-out single in the fourth before Bauers put the Brewers on top 2-0 with his home run to the seats in left field.

The Astros loaded the bases with two outs in the third when Misiorowski hit Yordan Alvarez with a pitch, but Christian Walker grounded out to end the threat.

Isaac Paredes got his 500th career hit on a double with one out in the fourth inning. It was the first extra-base hit Misiorowski had allowed since April 19, a span of seven starts.

Misiorowski didn’t allow a baserunner after that, retiring the last 11 batters he faced before he was replaced by Uribe for the eighth.

Megill struck out two in the ninth for his eighth save.

The Astros are off Monday before opening a series with the Pirates on Tuesday night. LHP Shane Drohan (2-1, 2.63 ERA) will start for Milwaukee on Monday night in the opener of a four-game series against the Giants.

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