Perhaps lost in the wild win yesterday, Bryce Miller made his first return to the Mariners from the IL, getting through four innings before hitting his pitch limit of 70-75 pitches, as prescribed by manager Dan Wilson pregame. And while it didn’t look exactly like the Miller of old, Bryce himself was decidedly more encouraged about his start in his postgame comments—and definitely excited to be back on the mound.
“It’s not very entertaining, doing nothing for eighteen days,” he said in his signature Texan drawl postgame.
Miller was sharp in his first inning, leading off with a swinging sword strikeout of Byron Buxton on a splitter, followed by another swinging strikeout on the curveball and then a gentle flyout on a four-seamer that registered 95.