The Milwaukee Brewers used a four run second inning to defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night. Sal Frelick stole the headlines as he had a pair of defensive gems and also hit his first home run of the season. Digging deeper into the game starting pitcher Joe Ross was phenomenal and overall the pitching staff set a single season high in whiffs.
Milwaukee Brewers starting pitcher Joe Ross collected 21 whiffs against the Pittsburgh Pirates.

During the pitch-tracking era whiffs, or swings and misses by a batter, have been tracked. Against the Pirates Joe Ross collected 21 whiffs across five innings pitched. Nine swings and misses came off of his slider, six off his fastball, three from the sinker, two from the changeup, and one from the curveball. Overall he struck out six batters and 21 whiffs is one shy of his career best that was set in 2021.
As a team the Milwaukee Brewers collected 36 whiffs and set a single season high in that category.

Following Joe Ross reliever Bryan Hudson pitched two innings, Elvis Peguero one inning, and then Trevor MeGill collected the save in the ninth inning. This collection of pitchers combined for 36 whiffs in which after Ross’s 21 Hudson added four, Peguero four, and MeGill seven.
What is the Brewers franchise record for whiffs in a game?

Statistician Dominic Cotroneo posted after the game that Milwaukee collected 37 whiffs against the Pirates and tied a franchise record in the pitch-tracking era. As outlined above Baseball savant has the Brewers collecting 36 whiffs in this game. However it is worth noting that 37 whiffs is the franchise record in the pitch-tracking era.
Tonight the Brewers’ pitching staff combined for 37 whiffs against the Pirates.
That’s the most in a 9-inning game in baseball this season.
And tied for the most in a 9-inning game for the Brewers in the pitch-tracking era.
— Dominic Cotroneo (@Dom_Cotroneo) May 15, 2024
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