With a 4-2 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers, the San Diego Padres made franchise historical past by clinching their third-consecutive berth within the MLB Playoffs.
Nearer Mason Miller did permit a run after Shohei Ohtani doubled dwelling Tommy Edman – who reached on a wild pitch after Miller’s 127th strikeout of the season to maintain the sport alive – however he received Mookie Betts to floor out and safe a postseason spot for San Diego. Whereas their participation in October baseball is now assured, who they’ll face within the Nationwide League Wild Card is but to be decided heading into the ultimate weekend of the common season.
Miller is without doubt one of the nastiest relievers in all of baseball regardless of his ERA “rising,” to 1.30 within the the season’s closing month. He’s recorded an absurd 127 punch outs in 69.0 innings, and his career-high 38 saves is tied with Riley O’Brien for the N.L. lead and trails solely Cleveland’s Cade Smith and Tampa Bay’s Bryan Baker in all of baseball. If the Padres are in a position to take leads late into postseason video games, issues will look very dicey for whoever is on the plate.
Which brings us to right now’s quiz. Miller is one in all 24 primarily reduction pitchers to achieve the 100-strikeout milestone in three completely different MLB seasons. What number of of these relievers are you able to title in 5 minutes?
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