Jacob Misiorowski wasn't in a diplomatic mood after Sunday's 3-0 loss to the Los Angeles Angels.

The Brewers' 24-year-old ace didn't hold back when describing the pitcher's mound at Angel Stadium, calling the surface dry, rockhard, awful, and one of the worst he has ever seen.

The dirt near his landing spot was so bad, he said, that he had to ask the grounds crew multiple times mid-start just to get it playable.

“It was awful,” Misiorowski said after the game, per Talkin' Baseball on X.

“It was probably one of the worst mounds I’ve had. It was dry, it was rock hard. So, you know, I had the guys out there fix it three times, two times. And, you know, we got it back to being decent, but yeah, it was awful, it was bad.”

The mound issue first became a problem in the second inning, when Vaughn Grissom opened the inning on a 0-2 count, and Wade Meckler followed with a two-run homer to right-center.

At 6-foot-7, Misiorowski has one of the longest strides of any starter in the league. It means his front foot lands significantly farther down the slope than most pitchers'.

That spot, he said, the visiting grounds crews tend to overlook when they're prepping the mound before a series.

"I land so much further than most guys," he said. "They don't really fix that part of the mound."

When a reporter asked whether pitching on an inconsistent surface carries injury risk, Misiorowski said that any time the footing is off, there's always a chance something goes wrong.

Misiorowski faced a similar issue in the past

This was not the first time a visiting mound created a problem for Misiorowski, but it was the most vocal one.

Last August, Misiorowski had an even worse experience in Cincinnati. At Great American Ball Park, he struggled so much with the landing spot that he completely lost control.

Asked about the mound that night, Misiorowski simply avoided the question.

"No comment," he said at the time, per the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. "I'm not going to insult anyone. You obviously know how I feel, so no comment."

He was pulled before finishing the second inning after allowing five runs with four hits and three walks. The Brewers had to empty the bullpen to bail him out, and Milwaukee eventually won the game 10-8.

Mound complaints aside, Misiorowski was brilliant again on Sunday.

He allowed just two hits and one walk while striking out 10 batters in seven innings. He also threw 79.5 percent strikes, another personal best in the regular season or postseason. And he retired 17 of the final 18 hitters he faced.

But the Brewers still lost because Angels rookie Walbert Ureña shut them down over six scoreless innings, and Milwaukee was blanked on the road trip.

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