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Milwaukee Brewers Rookie Pitcher Joined Rare Baseball History in Wild Card Round

The Milwaukee Brewers may have lost on Thursday to the New York Mets, but it wasn't the fault of rookie Tobias Myers.

Brady Farkas

Milwaukee Brewers starting pitcher Tobias Myers (36) pitches during the first inning of Game 3 of National League wild-card series against the New York Mets on Thursday October 3, 2024 at American Family Field in Milwaukee, Wis.
Milwaukee Brewers starting pitcher Tobias Myers (36) pitches during the first inning of Game 3 of National League wild-card series against the New York Mets on Thursday October 3, 2024 at American Family Field in Milwaukee, Wis. / Jovanny Hernandez / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images
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The Milwaukee Brewers lost to the New York Mets on Thursday night in the National League wild card round. The loss ended the season for Milwaukee in that round for the second consecutive year. The Brewers won the National League Central against long odds, but it's still a disappointment to fizzle out like this.

The Mets have moved onto the National League Division Series, where they will meet the Philadelphia Phillies.

In the Game 3 that cost them the series, the Brewers got a historically great start from rookie right-hander Tobias Myers on the mound. Myers went 5.0 shutout innings and struck out five.

According to Sarah Langs of MLB.com, here's how the history factored into it:

scoreless start of 5+ IP in in winner-take-all postseason game, rookies :

2024 NLWCS G3 Tobias Myers
1909 WS G7 Babe Adams (SHO)

h/t @EliasSports

The 26-year-old made his major league debut back on April 3rd of this season. He helped keep the rotation afloat in the wake of season-ending injuries to Robert Gasser, Brandon Woodruff and Wade Miley. Furthermore, the Brewers also had gotten rid of Adrian Houser, Eric Lauer and Corbin Burnes in the offseason, so his contributions were needed even more.

For the year, Myers went 9-6 with a 3.00 ERA over 27 starts. He struck out 127 batters in 138.0 innings. Given the excellent start to his career, he's likely to assume a starting rotation spot in 2025 as well.

Myers was a former sixth-round pick of the Orioles back in the 2016 draft.

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Brady Farkas
BRADY FARKAS

Brady Farkas is a baseball writer for Fastball on Sports Illustrated/FanNation and the host of 'The Payoff Pitch' podcast which can be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Videos on baseball also posted to YouTube. Brady has spent nearly a decade in sports talk radio and is a graduate of Oswego State University. You can follow him on Twitter @WDEVRadioBrady. 

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