After a promising start yesterday, things took a turn for the worse for the Colorado Rockies, as the Milwaukee Brewers jumped on Colorado’s bullpen late to take the game to extras and earn a decisive win.
Not to paint a picture of doom and gloom, but Game 2 of the series won’t get any easier since the Rockies have a date with Jacob Misiorowski, who is dominating the league in several categories.
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The Rockies have already faced their fair share of top pitchers in 2026, and, sadly, the results in those matchups have not been great. Looking across this season’s pitching leaders and other big names, Colorado has already taken on the likes of Paul Skenes (3-1 loss), Shohei Ohtani (4-1 loss), Cristopher Sánchez (6-0 loss), Chris Sale (9-1 loss), and Chase Burns (7-2 loss).
Misiorowski, by the numbers, will be the toughest hurdle the Rockies hitters will have faced so far.
The Miz leads MLB in strikeouts (108), WHIP (0.79), and batting average against (.150). He’s second in the league in ERA (1.65) and has been stingy with hits (just 37) and home runs (four) allowed across 12 games. Conversely, the streaky Rockies offense is tied for fifth-worst in strikeouts, so Misiorowski could prove to be a tough nut to crack.
Misiorowski is currently on a streak of five straight quality starts. In his last, a 2-0 win over the Houston Astros, he went seven innings with three hits and eight strikeouts. He’s relied primarily on his utterly dominant four-seam fastball (63% usage, averaging a whopping 99.9 MPH), but has effectively mixed in a slider, curveball, cutter, and changeup.
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Heading into this morning, there was some uncertainty around Colorado’s plans for the evening’s pitching. The probable starter for the Rockies, Tanner Gordon, has joined the army of players on the injured list. It has since been announced that Zach Agnos will get the start.
Agnos last started against the Arizona Diamondbacks on May 21st, pitching five scoreless innings and giving up just one hit with four strikeouts. Since then, however, he returned to the bullpen and has fared much worse. He’s given up 14 runs across his last two relief appearances, giving up seven runs on six hits in two innings to the Los Angeles Dodgers and another seven runs on seven hits in only one inning against the San Francisco Giants.
Runs may come at a premium for the Rockies offense against the flamethrower on the mound. Agnos will need to return to form and show the promise he flashed in his lone start that has been missing in his relief appearances for Colorado to stay in the game.
First Pitch: 7:10 pm MDT
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