Misiorowski strikes out eight in 7 innings as the Brewers beat the Astros 2-0

HOUSTON — Jacob Misiorowski struck out eight in seven innings and Abner Uribe and Trevor Megill completed the three-hitter to lead the Milwaukee Brewers to a 2-0 win over the Houston Astros on Sunday.

Jake Bauers provided the offense with a two-run homer in the fourth inning to help the Brewers to their fifth win in six games.

Misiorowski (6-2) permitted three hits without a walk to improve to 5-0 this month. The hard-throwing right-hander threw 39 pitches over 100 mph, including all 14 in the first inning.

The performance came after threw 57 pitches of at least 100 mph — the most by any individual in a game since pitch tracking began in 2008 — while getting 12 strikeouts to match his career high Monday in a 5-1 win against the St. Louis Cardinals.

He had 57 strikeouts in May, which is a franchise record for any pitcher in a calendar month. He allowed just one earned run this month for a 0.23 ERA and held opponents to a .109 average.

Houston’s Tatsuya Imai (2-3), who was the starter in a combined no-hitter his previous time out, permitted three hits and two runs with five strikeouts in six innings.

Andrew Vaughn hit a one-out single in the fourth before Bauers put the Brewers on top 2-0 with his home run to the seats in left field.

The Astros loaded the bases with two outs in the third when Misiorowski hit Yordan Alvarez with a pitch, but Christian Walker grounded out to end the threat.

Isaac Paredes got his 500th career hit on a double with one out in the fourth inning. It was the first extra-base hit Misiorowski had allowed since April 19, a span of seven starts.

Misiorowski didn’t allow a baserunner after that, retiring the last 11 batters he faced before he was replaced by Uribe for the eighth.

Megill struck out two in the ninth for his eighth save.