The Miz caps a likely Cy Young season with poise in Brewers' World Series clincher

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Jacob Misiorowski rushed out of the third base dugout, his long arms raised high, then hugged and jumped with his Milwaukee Brewers teammates on the diamond where they had just won the first World Series title in the franchise's 58 seasons.

“You're just floating, running out there on that field,” he said. “Your mind finally clears and you're like: Holy cow, we did it!”

Misiorowski pitched with poise Wednesday when he couldn't overwhelm with punishing heat, overcoming Tampa Bay batters and the Tropicana Field mound.

On a night when he tied his career low with only two strikeouts, baseball's hardest-throwing starting pitcher tossed two-hit ball over 5 2/3 scoreless innings before leaving because of a leg cramp with a four-run lead. The Brewers went on to a 4-1 victory in Game 5.

“I joke and label him Forrest Gump because he goes about his day: `Dee-dee-dee, and just, I’m going to do it.' And he just does it,” Brewers manager Pat Murphy marveled. “But he worked really hard developing who he was. He worked in the weight room and he got himself better.”

Completing a record-setting season that likely will earn him the NL Cy Young Award next month, the 24-year-old right-hander reached 100 mph with 51 of 86 pitches, including 30 of 101 mph or more, an even dozen that reached 102 mph and a pair of 103 mph offerings.

“It was insane," he said. "I woke up this morning and I felt like throwing up from the beginning. I felt awful. My fiancée was amazing today. She helped me out, get through this and really made sure I got what I needed. It was amazing.”

Tampa Bay's grounds crew made several trips to fill in a divot on the mound that the wiry 6-foot-7 pitcher created with the long stride of his left leg. He finally came out, accompanied by head athletic trainer Brad Epstein, after a cramp in his right calf — similar to an ailment that forced Misiorowski from a pair of May starts.

Misiorowski went 2-0 with a 0.84 ERA in the Series, striking out just five in 10 2/3 innings, showing the toll of pitching 193 2/3 innings over the regular season and postseason — up from 141 1/3 innings last year.

“He’s not even scratching the surface of how good this kid can be,” Murphy said. “He’s got so much more to work on, and he kind of has an inkling of that.”

The Miz made the 2025 All-Star team just a month after his debut and went 5-3 with a 4.36 ERA and 87 strikeouts in 66 innings, then dominated batters this season.

“I’m someone that has been able to tell him things how they are to his face, and I think he needs that,” said Milwaukee catcher William Contreras, the Series MVP. “Jacob is still a kid. Jacob is still young, and he’s still learning in his career.”

Misiorowski finished the regular season with a 16-5 record and became just the fourth pitcher since 1950 to lead the majors in ERA (1.80), strikeouts (252) and opponents’ batting average (.157).

“He won the trust of the players this year,” Murphy said. “They saw him work. They saw him come in 30 pounds heavier. They saw the work he does in between his starts and he won the trust of the ballplayers. And when you win that trust — I don’t care how talented you are, when you win that trust, you can help us.”

Misiorowski threw 1,115 pitches 100 mph or faster this year, shattering the previous high of 673 by Jordan Hicks of St. Louis in 2018 — including a 105.5 mph blazer to the Chicago Cubs’ Pete Crow-Armstrong on June 27.

“It isn’t easy for a young kid with that much expectation,” Murphy said. “Every time he goes out and doesn’t touch 105, people are like: `What’s wrong?'”

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Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Jacob Misiorowski celebrates with teammates after winning baseball's World Series, against the Tampa Bay Rays, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Jacob Misiorowski celebrates after their win in baseball's World Series against the Tampa Bay Rays, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Jacob Misiorowski throws during the first inning of Game 5 of baseball's World Series, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026, in St. Petersburg, Fla., between the Milwaukee Brewers and the Tampa Bay Rays. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Jacob Misiorowski talks with head athletic trainer Brad Epstein and manager Kevin Cash after being pulled from the game during the sixth inning of Game 5 of baseball's World Series, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026, in St. Petersburg, Fla., between the Milwaukee Brewers and the Tampa Bay Rays. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)

Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Jacob Misiorowski reacts to the third out of the fourth inning of Game 5 of baseball's World Series, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026, in St. Petersburg, Fla., between the Milwaukee Brewers and the Tampa Bay Rays. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Jacob Misiorowski celebrates the end of the fourth inning of Game 5 of baseball's World Series, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026, in St. Petersburg, Fla., between the Milwaukee Brewers and the Tampa Bay Rays. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

NEW YORK (AP) — A potentially historic drop for Alphabet’s stock is dragging the U.S. market lower Thursday after the company behind Google and YouTube reported weaker growth for the summer than analysts expected. The report underscored worries about whether all its huge investments in artificial-intelligence technology will pay off.

The S&P 500 fell 0.3% and was on track for its first loss in four days, while the Nasdaq composite tumbled 1.2%. Most of the rest of the stocks on Wall Street were rising, though, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down a more modest 0.2%, or 104 points, as of 11:15 a.m. Eastern time.

Alphabet is one of the most influential stocks on Wall Street because it’s one of the largest, and its loss of 11.8% had it heading toward its worst day since it began trading more than 20 years ago. It was under pressure to at least meet analysts’ expectations for growth amid concerns about how much it’s spending to invest in AI.

Alphabet said late Wednesday that it burned through more cash during the latest quarter, according to a measure called free cash flow, after its purchases of property and equipment topped $51 billion.

Worries are weighing on the entire AI industry following a frenzy to build data centers and fill them with AI chips. Not only are concerns high that the AI revolution may not produce as much profit and productivity as hoped, future spending on data centers is also under pressure because of how expensive it’s become to borrow money to buy more chips.

If not for Alphabet’s drop, the S&P 500 would have been higher for the day.

Several companies rallied after reporting stronger profits for the summer than analysts expected, including KLA Corp. The company, whose equipment helps make semiconductors, rose 6.7%.

Eli Lilly climbed 6.4%, Mastercard rose 4.7% and Merck added 5.1%.

DoorDash rose 6.6% after saying it agreed to buy Instacart in a deal valuing it at $17 billion. DoorDash also reported stronger profit and revenue for the latest quarter than analysts expected.

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings steamed 14.1% higher after likewise topping expectations for summertime profit and revenue. It benefited from cruisers spending more money once aboard ships than the company expected, among other things.

Expectations are high for profit growth broadly among U.S. companies. That's what allowed the S&P 500 to set its record earlier this month despite high interest rates and other worries weighing on the stock market.

In the bond market, Treasury yields eased following several mixed reports on the U.S. economy.

The overall economy’s growth may have accelerated by more during the summer than economists expected thanks to spending by U.S. consumers and businesses investing in AI, according to a preliminary report. But Americans’ growth in incomes was weaker in September than economists expected, while a measure of inflation worsened.

Fewer U.S. workers applied for unemployment benefits last week, meanwhile, which could indicate few layoffs across the country.

Following the jumble of reports, the yield on the 10-year Treasury fell to 4.98% from 5.05% late Wednesday. It's been generally pulling back since topping 5.30% earlier this month and touching its highest level since 2002.

Helping to pull yields lower on Thursday was a drop in oil prices. The price for a barrel of Brent crude oil sank 2% to $109.42.

In stock markets abroad, indexes rose in Europe after the European Central Bank held interest rates steady on the continent. The bank's president, Christine Lagarde, also said she will resign in February, nine months before the end of her term.

In Asia, indexes were mixed. South Korea’s Kospi fell 1.2% due to a drop for market heavyweight Samsung Electronics, which sank 4.1% even though it reported a jump in profit.

AP Business Writer Chan Ho-him contributed to this report.

An earlier version of this story incorrectly said that DoorDash's profit and revenue for the latest quarter missed analysts' expectations. They both topped forecasts.

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