“Obviously, it’s frustrating,” Miller said after the game, according to The Seattle Times. “The whole last month has been frustrating. I just gotta get back to who I am.”
Miller is 4-8 with a 4.12 ERA this season but has lost his past eight starts for Seattle. He’s given up 27 earned runs over his last 30⅔ innings pitched. After Sunday’s game he downplayed a recent issue with his lat muscle, not wanting to use it as an excuse for his performance.
When asked if a move to the bullpen is possible for Miller, manager Dan Wilson said the team is “looking at everything.”
Things fell apart for Miller on Sunday in the third inning, when he surrendered a grand slam to Ian Happ after issuing three straight two-out walks. Miller had a career-high seven walks in the game and was tagged for six runs in 4⅓ innings. He finished with a similar line against the Brewers on Tuesday, giving up five earned runs in 4⅓ innings.
Most of the damage in Sunday’s game came after Seattle waved the white flag. Backup catcher Jhonny Pereda was responsible for seven runs in the eighth inning, including a grand slam from Pedro Ramirez.
Seattle is the fifth team in the past 125 seasons to lose two games by at least 17 runs in a six-game span, according to ESPN Research, and the first since the 1933 Phillies.
Despite that, the Mariners (62-69) are still in the hunt for a postseason berth and sit three games back of the Houston Astros and Texas Rangers for the top spot in the American League West.
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