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San Diego Padres reliever Mason Miller can’t really articulate what it’s like to throw 104.5 mph. It’s become routine for him at this point to test the limits of how hard pitchers can throw.
“You have to have confidence in [the pitch],” Miller said after the Padres’ 3-0 win over the Cubs in Game 2. “I mean, that’s my fastball. It’s my normal.”
Miller entered the game in the seventh with a 3-0 lead and made his impact felt. He struck out Seiya Suzuki for the first out, finishing him off with a 102.