World Series preview: Surprising Brewers-Rays showdown will open Jacob Misiorowski’s record heat
MILWAUKEE — The Miz will try to whiz his famous fastball by batters on baseball’s biggest stage, opening a new-look World Series between teams guaranteed to produce a first-time champion. Jacob Misiorowski brings his record-setting heat to the mound for the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday night when he throws the first pitch of the best-of-seven […] Jacob Misiorowski, a 24-year-old starting pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers, is expected to set a World Series velocity record when he throws the first pitch of the championship against the Tampa Bay Rays. The match is set to be the first between teams seeking their first championship and the first to be played indoors. This is also the first World Series with robot umpires and could be the second with a 104 mph pitch. Misiorow, who threw 1,115 pitches of 100 mph or higher this year, is likely to break the 101.1 mph record for a Series starter by the New York Mets’ Noah Syndergaard in 2015 and possibly the overall Series high of 103.2 mph by Cubs reliever Aroldis Chapman to Cleveland’s Coco Crisp in 2016. Both teams have a successful throwback offense, scoring 32.1% of their runs on homers and 34.4% on sacrifice bunts.
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MILWAUKEE -- The Miz will try to whiz his famous fastball by batters on baseball’s biggest stage, opening a new-look World Series between teams guaranteed to produce a first-time champion.
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Les sujets: Baseball, World Series, Milwaukee Brewers
