By MATT PIKE
The St. Louis Cardinals losing skid moved to five games as the Milwaukee Brewers top pitching prospect Jacob Misiorowski put on a showcase in his major league debut, helping the Brew Crew drop the Redbirds 6-0 on Thursday evening.
Misiorowski pitched just five innings, but gave up no hits to the Cardinals in that span, walking four and striking out five. Misirowski did take the mound in the sixth inning, but after three pitches to Victor Scott II, leading to a 3-0 count, the Brewers number four prospect rolled his ankle on the mound and was pulled from the game by trainers and replaced by Nick Mears.
The young pitcher did leave the game with the lead however. The Brewers opened the scoring in the second inning, a single by Brice Turang driving in Isaac Collins, before extending the lead even more in the fifth inning putting up their final five runs.
Joey Ortiz doubled to score Turang who singled earlier in the inning. A single by Sal Frelick drove in two more runs as Caleb Durbin, who also singled earlier, and Ortiz came home, before the final two runs scored on a two run home run by Jackson Chourio to center field, giving the Brewers the 6-0 lead.
Sonny Gray took the loss for the Cardinals, falling to 7-2 on the season, giving up all six runs on eight hits, striking out four and walking one over 4 1/3 innings. At the plate St. Louis managed just three hits, with one hit a piece coming from Willson Contreras, Nolan Arenado, and Alec Burleson. Contreras also walked.
St. Louis looks to snap their losing streak as the series against Milwaukee continues tomorrow. Erick Fedde (3-5, 3.54 ERA) takes the mound for the Cardinals against Freddy Peralta (5-4, 2.69 ERA) for the Brewers. First pitch is at 7:10pm, pregame will be joined at 7 on KY 102 (102.5 FM).
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