While the Washington Nationals’ relief corps, as a group, has struggled early this season, Justin Miller has tossed 3 2⁄3 scoreless so far, striking out six of the 14 batters he’s faced.
In Wednesday afternoon’s win over the Philadelphia Phillies, the right-hander gave Davey Martinez two strong innings in relief on 25 pitches, helping his manager out after Aníbal Sánchez was injured on a line drive back to the mound and lifted after four innings.
Matt Grace tossed a scoreless fifth, then Miller retired five of the six batters he faced in the sixth and seventh to spare Martinez from having to over-extend his already taxed bullpen.