Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Bryce Miller threw seven scoreless innings to lead his team to a 6-1 win over the Houston Astros on Monday.
The Seattle Mariners this season have made an unfortunate habit of not providing enough run support despite pitching masterclasses from their starting rotation.In front of multiple friends and family , Mariners starting pitcher Bryce Miller threw seven scoreless innings and was supported by an efficient offense en route to a 6-1 win against the Astros on Monday at Minute Maid Park in Houston.record to 81-76. The Mariners moved 4.
But for most of it, Seattle had to carry a 1-0 lead that was brought on by an RBI single hit by Cal Raleigh in the top of the third.Miller prevented the Astros from building any consistent offense. In his first six innings pitched, he retired the side in order in five of them. The one inning he didn't, he helped strand two runners in the bottom of the second. One was in scoring position.
"Yeah it was all working pretty good," Miller said in a postgame interview Monday. "Pretty good game. My back kind of tightened up so that wasn't working but we battle through. ... I felt good all day. Then I started warming up and my back kind of tightened up. But I knew it was a big game and we needed a win today. So just had to go out and do what I could."
The Mariners iced the game in the top of the ninth with RBI doubles from Rodriguez and Randy Arozarena for the eventual final of 6-1.Seattle missed out on several opportunities this season to take advantage of teams above them in the standings faltering. Monday was not one of those missed chances.
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