DENVER (AP) — Jacob Misiorowski threw a record-setting 103.7 mph pitch and Brice Turang hit two of Milwaukee’s five solo home runs as the Brewers beat the Colorado Rockies 7-1 on Saturday night.
David Hamilton, William Contreras and Jake Bauers also went deep for Milwaukee.
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Colorado Rockies' Tyler Freeman, center, is tended to by trainer Heath Townsend, center left, as manager Warren Schaeffer, right, looks on after he was hit on the helmet by a pitch from Milwaukee Brewers starter Jacob Misiorowski in the sixth inning of a baseball game Saturday, June 6, 2026, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Milwaukee Brewers relief pitcher Drew Rom, left, congratulates catcher William Contreras after defeting the Colorado Rockies in a baseball game Saturday, June 6, 2026, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Milwaukee Brewers' William Contreras gestures to the bullpen as he rounds the bases after hitting a solo home run off Colorado Rockies relief pitcher Brennan Bernardino in the seventh inning of a baseball game Saturday, June 6, 2026, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
The speed of a pitch from Milwaukee Brewers starter Jacob Misiorowski is posted on the outfield scoreboard in the third inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies, Saturday, June 6, 2026, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Milwaukee Brewers starting pitcher Jacob Misiorowski works against the Colorado Rockies in the seventh inning of a baseball game Saturday, June 6, 2026, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Misiorowski (7-2) followed up his sensational May — he was 5-0 with a 0.23 ERA in six starts — with another excellent outing. He allowed just an unearned run on four hits and struck out eight in seven innings to lower his ERA to 1.50.
The right-hander worked out of a bases-loaded, one-out jam in the sixth and struck out Jake McCarthy and Sterlin Thompson looking with a runner on third to end his night.
Misiorowski fired a 103.7 mph fastball that was low and outside to Kyle Karros in the third inning, the fastest pitch by a major league starter since tracking began in 2008.
The 24-year-old Misiorowski has thrown the 12 fastest pitches by a starter. His previous high was 103.4 mph against St. Louis on May 25.
Milwaukee got a scare in the second when Troy Johnston’s grounder hit off Misiorowski’s calf. The pitcher was checked out by a team athletic trainer and remained in the game after tossing two warmup pitches.
Misiorowski was also involved in a more frightening moment when he hit Tyler Freeman in the helmet with a 98 mph cutter in the sixth. Freeman left the game but walked to the dugout under his own power.
Misiorowski needed just 40 pitches to get through four innings but Milwaukee’s defense faltered in the fifth, leading to the Rockies’ only run.
Turang gave the Brewers a 1-0 lead against Zach Agnos (0-1) in the first and added another solo homer in the eighth. Hamilton went deep in the second, one of his four hits that tied a career high, and Contreras connected during a three-run seventh.
Bauers, who also walked four times, hit his 11th homer of the season one out after Turang’s drive in the eighth.
Brewers rookie LHP Shane Drohan (2-1, 2.87 ERA) will face the Rockies for the first time Sunday, while Colorado counters with LHP Kyle Freeland (1-6, 8.06).
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Colorado Rockies' Tyler Freeman, center, is tended to by trainer Heath Townsend, center left, as manager Warren Schaeffer, right, looks on after he was hit on the helmet by a pitch from Milwaukee Brewers starter Jacob Misiorowski in the sixth inning of a baseball game Saturday, June 6, 2026, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Milwaukee Brewers relief pitcher Drew Rom, left, congratulates catcher William Contreras after defeting the Colorado Rockies in a baseball game Saturday, June 6, 2026, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Milwaukee Brewers' William Contreras gestures to the bullpen as he rounds the bases after hitting a solo home run off Colorado Rockies relief pitcher Brennan Bernardino in the seventh inning of a baseball game Saturday, June 6, 2026, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
The speed of a pitch from Milwaukee Brewers starter Jacob Misiorowski is posted on the outfield scoreboard in the third inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies, Saturday, June 6, 2026, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Milwaukee Brewers starting pitcher Jacob Misiorowski works against the Colorado Rockies in the seventh inning of a baseball game Saturday, June 6, 2026, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Prime Minister Albin Kurti's party won the most votes in an early parliamentary election in Kosovo on Sunday, early results showed. But it remained unclear whether the outcome will bring an end to a political impasse in the small Balkan nation seeking to move closer to the European Union and NATO.
The vote was Kosovo's third in less than 18 months. It was scheduled after the main political parties failed to agree by a March deadline on who should replace former President Vjosa Osmani. The first inconclusive election in February 2025 left the country without a functioning government for much of last year, forcing a second election in December.
Kurti's ruling Vetevendosje party won around 43% of the votes followed by the Democratic Party of Kosovo with 21,7% and the Democratic League of Kosovo with 18%, the state election authorities said after counting nearly 90% of the ballots cast on Sunday. The final tally also will need to include some 100,000 votes of Kosovars living abroad.
Kurti and his party had a comfortable majority of more than 50% of the votes in a previous early election in December. Coupled with a lower turnout, the fall in support appears to reflect voter disappointment with mainstream politicians who have kept the small Balkan nation in a state of a prolonged crisis.
The political stalemate has negatively affected Kosovo’s economy, already hit hard by the global energy crisis and rising fuel prices. Kosovo, one of the youngest and poorest countries in Europe, declared independence from Serbia in 2008, after a 1998-99 war that ended in a NATO bombing that forced Serbia to withdraw.
Kosovo’s president is elected by at least 80 lawmakers in the 120-member assembly, requiring a broader political consensus. The newly elected lawmakers will face the same task once the new assembly is formed after Sunday's vote despite a reshuffle in the their numbers.
The main opposition parties have accused Kurti of seeking to impose full control over all political institutions in the country.
“Today is a sunny Sunday, a very important day for democracy in Kosovo,” Kurti said after voting. “I hope the people of Kosovo once again will show their maturity as always, with a very high turnout.”
Osmani joined the opposition LDK in the election, having turned against Kurti after he refused to back her for a second term. Osmani on Sunday expressed “great optimism” that the election will “take us out of the repeated crisis that has damaged our country, both domestically and beyond our borders.”
While the key players blamed each other for the crisis, their inability to reach a compromise has fueled frustration among Kosovo’s just under 2 million voters, who want the government to focus on the economy and living standards instead.
The turnout on Sunday was 36,3% while it was nearly 45% in December.
Arton Smajli, 42, a resident of the capital, Pristina, said that “we are tired, but the will for change is greater than that.”
Sejdi Shala, 73, is also optimistic that the election will bring “stability of the institutions and the society.”
The institutional vacuum, without a stable government, has delayed access to the EU and other international funds available to the country. European Council President António Costa, during a visit last week, urged Kosovo to end the political stalemate and unite over the goal of EU integration.
Kosovo has been recognized by the United States and most EU countries, but not by Serbia and its allies, Russia and China. Pristina and Belgrade have been told that they must mend relations to move forward with their EU membership bids.
A voter signs an election document at a polling station for an early parliamentary election, the third in 18 months, in the northern Serb-dominated part of ethnically divided town of Mitrovica, Kosovo, Sunday, June 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Dejan Simicevic)
People wait in line at a polling station for an early parliamentary election, the third in 18 months, in the northern Serb-dominated part of ethnically divided town of Mitrovica, Kosovo, Sunday, June 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Dejan Simicevic)
A man votes during parliamentary election in Kosovo capital Pristina, on Sunday, June 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)
Kosovo's former president Vjosa Osmani votes during parliamentary election in Kosovo capital Pristina, on Sunday, June 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Blerim Berisha)
Kosovo's acting Prime Minister and Vetevendosje party leader Albin Kurti votes during parliamentary election in Kosovo capital Pristina, on Sunday, June 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)
People wait at a bus station displaying election posters in capital Pristina, Kosovo, Friday, June 5, 2026, ahead of snap parliamentary elections on June 7. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)
Vjosa Osmani, Kosovo former president, waves to supporter at the closing political rally of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), in capital Pristina on Friday, June 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)
People pass by a giant election poster of acting prime minister Albin Kurti, in capital Pristina, Kosovo, Friday, June 5, 2026, ahead of snap parliamentary elections on June 7. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)
