MILWAUKEE -- If Ke’Bryan Hayes’ swinging bunt could have left his bat a bit harder, or veered toward Jacob Misiorowski on the mound, this could have been so much simpler.

Misiorowski could have escaped his bases-loaded introduction to big-league bullpen duty, gone on to a tidy outing against the Reds on that final Saturday of the regular season, and been all systems go as part of the Brewers’ bullpen in the National League Division Series.

But that would have been too easy. Little has come easily for the Brewers this season, nor for Misiorowski since the 23-year-old rookie’s surprise trip to the All-Star Game in July, when he was one of the hottest pitchers in the Majors. Two and a half months later, he is his team’s greatest unknown.

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