Milwaukee's Jacob Misiorowski made an extra effort to avoid getting caught up in all the hype surrounding the rookie flamethrower's highly anticipated matchup with Pittsburgh's Paul Skenes.
"It was just one of those things that you wanted to try and calm yourself down as much as possible and stay off the Internet because I feel like everything I swiped was me and Skenes, me and Skenes, me and Skenes," Misiorowski said after the Brewers' 4-2 victory over the Pirates on Wednesday. "I had to mute it, turn it off."
The way he's pitching, Misiorowski better get accustomed to the extra attention.
After throwing five shutout innings to outperform the 2024 NL Rookie of the Year, Misiorowski has a 3-0 record and 1.13 ERA. The three hits Misiorowski has allowed thus far is the fewest by any major league pitcher through his first three career starts with a minimum of 16 innings pitched since at least 1901, according to Sportradar.
Plenty of history was made Wednesday.