Fastest pitch in World Series history as Brewers win opener

The Milwaukee Brewers beat the Tampa Bay Rays 3-2 in the opening game of the best-of-seven World Series as both sides aim for their first title. The Milwaukee Brewers' starting pitcher Jacob Misiorowski led Major League Baseball with 252 strikeouts in the regular season Milwaukee Brewers starting pitcher Jacob Misiorowski threw the fastest recorded pitch in World Series history as his side began the best-of-seven season finale with a win. The right-hander played a starring role in the 3-2 win at home to the Tampa Bay Rays, in the first match of the 122nd World Series. It is only the second time in more than a century that neither side contesting the World Series has won the title before.

A sell-out crowd watched the Brewers in only their second appearance in the finale of the Major League Baseball season, and their first since losing to the St Louis Cardinals in 1982. Milwaukee's American Family Field has 41,900 seats but with standing-room-only tickets available for the 'Fall Classic', 43,250 fans packed in to see the game. "It was amazing – just to have the city behind me, it means the world, we couldn't ask for anything better," said Misiorowski. The Brewers host the second match of the best-of-seven series on Saturday before the teams move to Florida for three games, then