Bryce Miller looks to halt Mariners slide in crucial start vs. Dodgers
August 20 - |A|
Seattle Mariners right-hander Bryce |B|
Miller will match his |C|
season start total from |D|
a standout rookie campaign |E|
on Tuesday, although he |F|
already has improved on |G|
some impressive marks from |H|
a year ago. Miller |J|
will take the mound |K|
on the road against |L|
the Los Angeles Dodgers |M|
on Tuesday with a |O|
9-7 record and a |P|
3.29 ERA in 24 |Q|
starts, giving him one |R|
more victory and more |S|
than a full earned |U|
run less per nine |V|
innings than he had |Y|
last year. His 128 |Z|
strikeouts are an improvement |A|
by nine over his |B|
2023 total and his |C|
average of seven hits |D|
per nine innings is |E|
1.5 better than a |F|
year ago. He made |G|
his lone career start |H|
against the Dodgers last |J|
September when he allowed |K|
four hits over 5 |L|
1/3 scoreless innings. He |M|
was left with a |O|
no-decision in that contest, |P|
so a win on |Q|
Tuesday can top it. |R|
|F| dir="ltr">I go out there, |G| I try to put |H| up a zero and |J| see what happens, Miller |K| said following his outing |L| against the Tigers. I |M| try to go as |O| long as I can |P| and be efficient. So, |Q| just trying to do |R| my job and keep |S| us in games and |U| see what happens.
Eight |V| times this season, Miller |Y| has gone at least |Z| six innings without giving |A| up an earned run.
|B| dir="ltr">After a 3-0 loss |C| to the Dodgers on |D| Monday, the Mariners are |E| now 1-6 on a |F| three-city, nine-game road trip |G| that has done some |H| damage in their effort |J| to overtake the Houston |K| Astros for the American |L| League West lead. The |M| Mariners were tied for |O| first place as recently |P| as Aug. 11 and |Q| have fallen to five |R| games back entering play |S| Tuesday.
The new-look Dodgers |U| will send right-hander Walker |V| Buehler (1-4, 5.58) to |Y| the mound for his |Z| 10th start of the |A| season and second since |B| he returned from a |C| hip injury. Buehler had |D| missed nearly two full |E| years after a second |F| Tommy John surgery and |G| made a brief return |H| before the hip began |J| to give him trouble.
|K| dir="ltr">Buehler gave up four |L| runs (three earned) over |M| 3 1/3 innings on |O| Wednesday in a no-decision |P| on the road against |Q| the Milwaukee Brewers. The |R| Dodgers made two errors |S| on the infield.
Just |U| from the eye test, |V| he was out of |Y| sync, Dodgers manager Dave |Z| Roberts said. I think |A| his throw was inconsistent, |B| and obviously the delivery |C| was inconsistent. He didnt |D| get Strike 1 very |E| often. He was working |F| behind hitters, and then |G| youre trying to find |H| your way back into |J| counts. Its hard to |K| live like that.
I |L| think you see, hes |M| still searching.
Buehler is |O| 1-0 with a 3.46 |P| ERA in two career |Q| starts against the Mariners.
|R| dir="ltr">On Monday, outfielder Tommy |S| Edman made his Dodgers |U| debut following a late-July |V| trade from the St. |Y| Louis Cardinals and continued |Z| recovery from wrist and |A| ankle injuries. He went |B| 1-for-3.
Max Muncy started |C| at third base in |D| his first game in |E| three months after recovering |F| from an oblique strain |G| and hit a two-run |H| homer in a three-run |J| seventh inning.
Los Angeles |K| also revealed that first |L| baseman Freddie Freeman has |M| a hairline fracture on |O| the middle finger of |P| his right hand. Despite |Q| the injury, Freeman played |R| Wednesday and went 0-for-4 |S| while batting third in |U| the lineup.
The Dodgers |V| lead the National League |Y| West by three and |Z| four games over the |A| San Diego Padres and |B| Arizona Diamondbacks, respectively.
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