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Seattle Mariners at Washington Nationals

Final
Nationals Park81°, Cloudy22,226

Recap

Player of the gameBryce MillerSEA8.0ip 4h 2er 7k

As Bryce Miller paced in the visiting dugout deep into Friday night’s game at Nationals Park, he channeled the trademark line that virtually every starting pitcher uses when lobbying to keep going. “I’ve got one more,” the Mariners’ affable right-hander told manager Dan Wilson. In an era where pitch counts are treated so preciously, Miller got his wish. And he held up his end of it, too, clearing the eighth inning for the first time in his career and lifting the Mariners to a 10-2 win. “We had a big lead, and I also probably lost 20 pounds sweating so much,” said Miller, who needed just 91 pitches to get 24 outs. “But yeah, it was good.” As the sample size grows, Miller continues to show why Seattle’s front office was dreaming on him so vividly back in Spring Training -- before a right oblique strain sidelined him in late February and forced him to miss the season’s first seven weeks. He carved through the sport’s second-highest-scoring offense with ease, limiting the Nats to just two runs via solo homers -- from all-world slugger James Wood, who’s emerging as an NL MVP candidate, and Dylan Crews, but in garbage time, shortly after that confab with Wilson. Both were in three-ball counts, yet he finished with zero walks among the 26 batters he faced. And that part, he said, was the most rewarding. “I wasn't going to walk anybody,” Miller said. “Really, my two mistakes weren't even the home run pitches -- it was getting 3-1 to Wood, and then 3-0 to Crews. I think if it's a tighter game there, I probably don't try to go middle-middle 3-0. But when the offense puts up \[10 runs\

Team stats

11Hits4
3Home runs2
3Walks0
4Strikeouts8
1Stolen bases0
100Pitches thrown167
8Pitching strikeouts4

Box score

BattersABRHRBIHRBBSO
Miles Mastrobuoni3B-LF3011001
Jhonny PeredaC4110001
Victor RoblesRF-CF2100010
Patrick Wisdom3B1000001
Luke RaleyRF-LF-RF3112010
Josh Naylor1B5111100
Julio RodriguezCF3110010
Cole Young2B5120000
Randy ArozarenaLF2110000
Colt EmersonSS4112101
Dominic CanzoneDH4223100
Totals3610119334
PitchersIPHRERBBSOHR
Michael RuckerP1.0000010
Bryce MillerP8.0422072