DENVER - Padres closer Mason Miller slammed the door emphatically against the Rockies, sealing a 10-8 victory Thursday at Coors Field to salvage their sixth straight series win over Colorado after trailing most of the day and securing his ninth save in nine opportunities.
The Padres opened the ninth inning trailing 8-5, but a leadoff walk and four straight hits capped by a three-run birthday blast over the out-of-town scoreboard in right field by Gavin Sheets quickly turned the tide as the Friars took a 10-8 lead.
The come-from-behind rally set the stage for Miller to close out the ninth. He induced a grounder from Tyler Freeman before yielding a single to Troy Johnston, setting up a game-ending 5-4-3 double play.
Though he’s been making his way to the upper echelon of Padres pitchers on a march that started Aug. 6, 2025, Thursday’s save saw Miller crack the Top 10 of all Major League relief pitchers since the Expansion Era began in 1961, extending his historic run to 33 2/3 scoreless innings over 31 regular-season games.
Miller leapfrogged over the 33 1/3 scoreless inning streaks from Warren Brusstar with the Cubs in 1983 and Matt Albers with the 2015-16 White Sox.
He is now tied at eighth with Chris Short from the 1963-68 Phillies (who made 216 appearances in that span, but only 33 in relief) and Cla Meredith, the Padres’ all-time leader, who posted his streak in 2006.
Not included in that list are his two scoreless 2025 playoff appearances, meaning he’s now gone scoreless in 34 of his 35 appearances in a Padres uniform.
Also not included are four more scoreless innings in the World Baseball Classic.
The longest scoreless inning streak in AL/NL history, going back to the start of the Live Ball Era in 1920, belongs to the Dodgers' Orel Hershiser (59 innings in 1988).