Misiorowski

Jacob Misiorowski ties a career high with 12 strikeouts in the Brewers' victory over the Cardinals. (0:57)

MILWAUKEE -- Jacob Misiorowski matched a career high with 12 strikeouts and carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning as the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 5-1 on Monday.

Christian Yelich hit a two-run homer and Andrew Vaughn went 3-for-4 as the Brewers extended their NL Central lead over St. Louis to 2½ games.

Misiorowski (5-2) threw 57 pitches of at least 100 mph, which represented the most in a single game since pitch tracking began in 2008. The previous record for 100-mph pitches in a game was 47 by Cincinnati's Hunter Greene against St. Louis on Sept. 17, 2022.

He reached a top velocity of 103.4 mph while allowing one run, two hits and one walk in seven innings. His ERA improved to 1.83.

Misiorowski started the game by walking JJ Wetherholt , but the Cardinals wouldn't get another runner on base until Pedro Pages hit a bloop single to lead off the sixth. The Cardinals got a run later in the sixth to end Misiorowski's streak of consecutive scoreless innings at 29 1/3.

Teddy Higuera owns the Brewers record with 32 straight scoreless innings in 1987.

Milwaukee took the lead for good by scoring three runs in the first inning off Matthew Liberatore , who entered the day with a 1.26 ERA in four career starts against the Brewers.

Jackson Chourio drew a leadoff walk, stole second and scored on a single to left by William Contreras . Yelich followed that by sending a 2-2 pitch over the wall in left-center, an opposite-field shot that traveled 381 feet.

The Brewers wouldn't do any more damage against Liberatore (2-3), who had a career-high 10 strikeouts in five innings.

Milwaukee added single runs in the seventh and eighth inning against Brycen Mautz , who was making his major league debut. Garrett Mitchell had an RBI single in the sixth and Vaughn doubled home a run in the seventh.

_Originally reported by [ESPN](https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/48874861/brewers-misiorowski-hits-100-mph-57-s-fans-12-gem)._