Jacob Misiorowski ends breakout campaign on top

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Jacob Misiorowski may not have started his trophy case with a World Series MVP award a few weeks before he is expected to be named the National League Cy Young Award winner, but it was still a Fall Classic to remember for the Milwaukee Brewers' ace. The 24-year-old started the first and last games of Milwaukee's five-game World Series victory over the Tampa Bay Rays, allowing one run on six hits over 10 2/3 innings to make the legend of the second-year big-leaguer grow even larger On Wednesday in his Game 5 victory, Misiorowski was again the less-dominant version of himself that emerged in the 2026 playoffs, but that was good enough. He allowed no runs on two hits with a walk and two strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings before leaving with a right leg cramp. Despite struggling with the footing at the landing spot of the pitcher's mound at Tropicana Field, he induced 10 flyball outs, several of them deep. The major league strikeout leader (252) worked