Only the 2023 Oakland A’s could lose this game.
Mason Miller, the A’s rookie phenom, in just the third start in the majors and the thirteenth starts of his professional career pitched the game of a lifetime. Over seven efficient innings, the young righty threw exactly 100 pitches to strike out 6 batters and hold the Seattle Mariners completely hitless. Of his 6 Ks, 3 were on his wicked slider, 2 on his flaming four-seamer, and one on his infamous Demon Cutter.
He wielded his elite stuff to near perfection, carving up opposing batters with ease. Outside of an uncharacteristic 4 walks, he was everything the A’s have been hoping for and been needing this whole season.