Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Jacob Misiorowski recently responded to Clayton Kershaw's pre-game comments in a huge way.

From Kershaw's clean-shaven 2008 debut to Paul Skenes' first MLB start in 2024, some All-Star pitchers today look more different from their rookie selves than others.

In his six innings of work, Misiorowski gave up only that one run on four hits. He walked one. He struck out 12. That is one shy of the Brewers' rookie record ( Freddy Peralta, now Misioroski's teammate, struck out 13 on May 13, 2018).

Milwaukee sent Jacob Misiorowski to the mound while the Dodgers sent legendary lefty Clayton Kershaw to the hill.One thing that was a story before the action was that Kershaw was asked about Misiorowski and seemingly took a little dig at the rookie.

Hard-throwing rookie Jacob Misiorowski recovered from a leadoff home run by Shohei Ohtani to toss six dominant innings and the Milwaukee Brewers held on for a 3-1 victory Tuesday over the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers,

Clayton Kershaw took the mound Tuesday night under more normal circumstances after having reached 3,000 career strikeouts his last time out. But it also was with the Los Angeles Dodgers in the midst of a four-game losing streak and facing talented Milwaukee Brewers rookie Jacob Misiorowski.

The Los Angeles Dodgers veteran was completely candid when asked about his matchup with the impressive Milwaukee Brewers rookie.

In a rookie campaign already featuring multiple standout efforts, Tuesday's against the Dodgers may be Misiorowski's best yet.