In a battle of young, tall, flamethrowing phenoms, Jacob Misiorowski stumbled out of the gate and even though he recovered nicely, it was ultimately too much to come back from on a Sunday afternoon in Miami.
Misiorowski allowed the first three batters he faced to reach base, though one was due to an error by shortstop David Hamilton. Faced with bases loaded and nobody out in the first inning, Misiorowski then threw a wild pitch, then a hit by pitch before getting Agustin Ramirez to ground into a double
play that scored a run. Liam Hicks singled to add in a third run and very quickly the Marlins had a 3-0 lead.
Meanwhile, Eury Perez held down the Brewers offense completely through the first five innings, scattering just three hits in them. The Brewers finally broke through in the 6th inning with a David Hamilton leadoff walk. He promptly stole second and the throw went into centerfield so Hamilton took off for third. Garrett Mitchell brought him home with an RBI groundout to make it 3-1.
DL Hall entered for Misiorowski in the bottom of the 6th and allowed a pair of hits and a pair of walks, leading to two runs for the Marlins and a 5-1 Miami lead. He was relieved by Grant Anderson after getting just one out.
The Brewers had some chances in the 8th with a Sal Frelick pinch-hit single, followed by walks from Garrett Mitchell and Brice Turang to load the bases. Gary Sanchez delivered two runs with a single to center to make it 5-3. Trying to capitalize on the opportunity, Pat Murphy decided to have William Contreras come off the bench to pinch hit. The Marlins responded by bringing in righty Calvin Faucher and Faucher got Contreras to fly out to left to end the inning.
Pete Fairbanks sat the Brewers down in order in the 9th inning to secure the save and a 5-3 Marlins win over the Brewers.
The four game winning streak gets snapped, but they’ll get a chance to start one again tomorrow as they travel to Detroit to start a four game series against the Tigers on Monday.
