Overview
- Closing out a 2-1 win Sunday in Anaheim, Miller logged a clean ninth to reach 32 2/3 consecutive scoreless innings, leaving him one inning short of Cla Meredith’s 2006 Padres mark of 33 2/3.
- Miller has struck out 27 of 38 batters this season for a 71.1% rate, which Elias and multiple outlets note is the highest by any pitcher through his first 11 appearances of a season since 1900.
- San Diego has surged to 15-7 with 13 wins in 15 games, leaning on Miller to lock down late leads as teammates rave about the certainty he provides in the ninth.
- The next appearances are set for Coors Field and then Mexico City, where thin air can cut pitch movement and boost ball carry, making shutout innings harder to sustain.
- Elias research shows Miller is one inning from the Padres record and closing on Expansion Era top-10 lists for both scoreless innings by a reliever and consecutive scoreless appearances.