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

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.

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.

Clayton Kershaw told reporters that he wasn’t familiar with Brewers rookie fireballer Jacob Misiorowski going into their matchup at American Family Field. Misiorowski saw the quote. And then he did something about it.

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,