Bryce Miller dazzles again as Mariners blank Tigers

Bryce Miller continued his spectacular start to the season, tossing six scoreless innings of one-hit ball in the Seattle Mariners’ 4-0 win over the Detroit Tigers on Saturday afternoon.

Seattle Mariners 4, Detroit Tigers 0: Box score

Miller struck out nine of the 20 batters he faced and issued just two walks. Jose A. Ferrer, Matt Brash and Gabe Speier followed in relief complete a two-hit shutout.

Dominic Canzone went 3 for 4 with an RBI double in the first inning and a 451-foot solo blast in the fourth, which was the Mariners’ longest home run of the season. Randy Arozarena had a two-run double in the third that capped a sequence of three hits on three pitches for Seattle.

After missing the first seven weeks of the season with a strained oblique, Miller has recorded a dazzling 1.33 ERA and 0.78 WHIP over his first five outings of 2026. He has 29 strikeouts and five walks in 27 innings.

This was Miller’s first traditional start since his May 13 season debut. The 27-year-old right-hander’s past three outings came in a “piggyback” role with veteran Luis Castillo – a strategy the club went with to address having six healthy starting pitchers following Miller’s return from the IL.

For at least the next two times through the rotation, the Mariners are going with a six-man rotation instead of the “piggyback” approach, with the club currently in a stretch of 16 games in 17 days.

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