A 100-mile rookie that you can't hit except Ohtani. He's been driving for five straight 12K LADs in six innings, and he's finished with 157km of sliders

Jul 09, 2025

A 100-mile rookie that you can't hit except Ohtani. He's been driving for five straight 12K LADs in six innings, and he's finished with 157km of sliders
Milwaukee Brewers Jacob Mizerowski roars after the sixth inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers at American Family Field on the 9th (Korea time). AP Yonhap News



A 100-mile rookie that you can't hit except Ohtani. He's been driving for five straight 12K LADs in six innings, and he's finished with 157km of sliders
Milwaukee Brewers Express Rookie Jacob Mizerauski. AP Yonhap News
The strongest major league batters were in a tight spot due to the fiery fastball of the "Monster Rookie". Milwaukee Brewers Jacob Mizerowski put the Los Angeles Dodgers to bed.

Mizurauski led the team to a 3-1 victory at the American Family Field on the 9th (Korea time) by pitching brilliantly, striking out 12 in six innings.

The Dodgers' lineup failed to chase after leadoff Shohei Ohtani hit a leadoff home run against Mizurauski in the top of the first inning and scored a point, pressed by his ball.




Mizerauski gave up four hits and one walk and allowed one run to become the winning pitcher. His performance this season was 4-1 with a 2.81 ERA in five games. He pitched 25 ⅔ innings, allowing 12 hits and 11 walks, and striking out 33. With a batting average of 0.138, WHIP of 0.90 and nine innings of strikeouts of 11.57, he has emerged as a strong candidate for NL Rookie of the Year.

In particular, it is impressive that he won a complete victory against Dodgers starter Clayton Kershaw. Kershaw, who achieved his 20th 3,000 strikeouts in the Chicago White Sox game on the 3rd, pitched well with a quality start of six innings with six hits, one walk, three strikeouts, and two runs, but fell to his knees in a pitching match against a new ace. Kershaw, who lost his first game of the season (four wins), had a 3.38 ERA and a total of 3003 strikeouts.

A 100-mile rookie that you can't hit except Ohtani. He's been driving for five straight 12K LADs in six innings, and he's finished with 157km of sliders
Tani Shohei goes out as the leadoff hitter in the top of the first inning and hits a mid-wall home run by hitting a curveball by Mizerauski. AP Yonhap News
Ohtani hit Mizerauski with a solo home run in his first at-bat in the first inning. Ohtani, who sent a 100.3-mile fastball on a strike at the first pitch, swung and missed on a 90.3-mile curve on the second pitch and then rolled up as the 88.2-mile curve on the third pitch fell on the course. The ball, which flew at a launch angle of 27 degrees and a batting speed of 108.4 miles, hit the right corner of the electronic display board and fell 431 feet away from it.




It is the first time in a week that Ohtani hit a home run since the game against the White Sox on the 2nd. Leading the NL in this category with his 31st homer of the season.

However, Mizurauski took the lead in the game by striking out all three Dodgers-centered hitters, including Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman and Andy Paz. Betts struck out 97.3 miles outside slider, Freeman 88.6 miles outside curve, and Pazs stared at the 100.8 mile fastball that poked the outside corner.

Mizerauski struck out three outs in the second inning, when he gave up one hit, and got a double off the leader Miguel Rojas in the third, but struck out Ohtani, hit Betts with a fly ball to center field, and struck out Freeman with a swing and miss.




In the fourth inning, Kim Hye-sung struck out Miserauski's 87.3 mile curve on the two strike.

A 100-mile rookie that you can't hit except Ohtani. He's been driving for five straight 12K LADs in six innings, and he's finished with 157km of sliders
Shohei Otani is tagged out while digging home for a follow-up hit after walking in the sixth inning. ImagesYonhap News
Mizerauski, who blocked the fifth inning with a three-out strikeout with two strikeouts, overcame the crisis in the sixth inning with a 2-1 lead to achieve a quality start. Mizurauski, who grounded out Freeman to first base after giving up a walk to the leadoff Ohtani and an infield hit to Betts, induced Pazs to ground out to third base, caught Ohtani, who was running home, and finished the inning by catching Michael Confoto to ground out to first base.

Mizerauski went into the dugout with his right hand clenched and roared as he overcame the crisis in the sixth inning.

His four-seam fastball velocity, which threw 42 of 91 pitches, averaged up to 101.6 miles and 99.7 miles. The average speed was 0.5 miles faster than 99.2 miles in the previous four games after making his major league debut.

The slider with a maximum speed of 97.4 miles (156.8 kilometers) also silenced the power of Dodgers batters along with fastballs, and the curve that threw 19 pitches induced 62% (8 out of 13) of swings and misses, effectively taking away the timing.

In the first at-bat of the second inning, Kim Hye-sung struck out with a swing and miss on Mizerauski's body curve and struck out with a rookie in the fourth inning, and in the seventh inning, he hit a ground ball to left-hander Jared Keynick to the first base. His batting average fell to 0.327 (33 hits in 101 at-bats) with two strikeouts and no hits in three at-bats.

The Dodgers, which have been mired in a five-game losing streak, marked 56 wins and 37 losses.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.