Former Brewers' fan favorite spoils Kyle Harrison's scoreless innings streak

Milwaukee Brewers' southpaw Kyle Harrison was once again dominant in his Tuesday night start against the San Francisco Giants -- the team that drafted him back in 2020. The 24-year-old left-hander, whom the Brewers acquired from the Boston Red Sox back in early February, matched a career high with 12 strikeouts in a start that ended with two outs in the sixth inning.

Along the way, Harrison reached several impressive milestones that further showcase just how dominant he's is pitching. The Brewers' left-hander became just the third pitcher in all of MLB this season to reach 10 strikeouts in the four innings, joining teammate Jacob Misiorowski, who accomplished the feat on Opening Day against the Chicago White Sox, and Kansas City Royals' southpaw Cole Ragans. It was Harrison's third outing of 11 or more strikeouts this season and he raised his season total to 73 punch outs -- good for 10th in the National League.

Additionally, Harrison extended his scoreless inning streak, which began back on May 9, in a start against the New York Yankees, to an even 23 frames. Harrison didn't allow any runs during his last three starts, and was once again unscored upon through the first 5.2 innings of tonight's start against the Giants as well.

Unfortunately, as Harrison was nearing the end of his start tonight, with his pitch count already exceeding the 100-pitch mark, the Brewers' left-hander surrendered his first run in nearly a month. The culprit, who put an end to the streak with a solo homer, was none other than Brewers legend Willy Adames.

Kyle Harrison turns in another gem despite Willy Adames putting an end to the Brewers' left-hander's scoreless innings streak

Harrison was rolling all night, but had yet to retire Adames as the former Brewers shortstop stepped up to the plate with two outs in the sixth inning. Adames drew a walk in his first at-bat and singled to right field on an excellently located four-seam fastball at the top of the zone from Harrison in his second trip to the plate.

Facing Adames for a third time, Harrison got ahead in the count before leaving a four-seam fastball over the heart of the plate. Adames didn't miss it, but rather sent it just over the left field fence, and put an end to Harrison's shutout and his scoreless innings streak.

However, despite the somewhat sour ending to his outing tonight, Harrison continued his impressive start to his Brewers' tenure with another strong outing. The young southpaw lowered his season ERA down to 1.57, which would rank second in the NL -- between Cristopher Sánchez and Jacob Misiorowski -- if Harrison had enough innings to be considered a "qualified starter," which he's very close to.

The Brewers clearly have a dominant one-two punch at the top of their rotation with Misiorowski and Harrison, both of whom are under team control through at least the 2030 season (2031 in Miz's case). The 2026 season couldn't be off to a much better start for the two 24-year-old starting pitchers.

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