Dinged but dominant: Padres' Mason Miller proving human, facing more patient opponents
San Diego's dominant relief pitcher has faced more opposing batters willing to work for a walk.
Dinged but dominant: Padres' Mason Miller proving human, facing more patient opponents originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Los Angeles Dodgers centerfielder Andy Pages took on the often unhittable Mason Miller and got the best of the San Diego Padres closer.
Shocked? Nine pitches into the duel Tuesday night, Pages connected on a 101-mph four-seam fastball and delivered what proved to be the game-winning run as the Dodgers claimed a 5-4 win at Petco Park . More importantly, perhaps, Pages helped prove Miller is human.
While his franchise-record scoreless innings streak ended after 34. 2 innings when he yielded two runs on three hits to the Chicago Cubs on April 27, Miller rebounded to work 8. 1 consecutive innings without yielding an earned run.
But he has been dinged. Pages executed what teammate Freddie Freeman described as " one of the best at-bats I've ever seen ," driving in the game-clinching run Tuesday night. In a contest between the top two NL West squads, Pages helped prove Miller's pitches aren't always untouchable.