MILWAUKEE — — Jacob Misiorowski pitched five no-hit innings before leaving his major league debut with cramping in his right calf and quadriceps as the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 6-0 on Thursday night.
Misiorowski (1-0) slipped on the front part of the mound after throwing his third pitch of the sixth.
The Cardinals didn’t get their first hit until Willson Contreras grounded a single up the middle against Aaron Ashby leading off the seventh. They finished with three hits.
St. Louis right-hander Sonny Gray (7-2) entered having allowed three runs over his last four starts, but he couldn’t make it out of the fifth inning in this one.
St. Louis’ Victor Scott was hit in the head by an 80 mph pitch from Ashby in the eighth but remained in the game.
The four-game series continues Friday with a matchup of right-handers, as Erick Fedde (3-5, 3.54 ERA) pitches for St. Louis against Freddy Peralta (5-4, 2.69), 6:15 with the pregame and the first pitch at 7:15 on KIRX.