The Dodgers ugly 8-3 loss to the Cleveland Guardians on Tuesday evening was ‘just one of those games,’ as they say. But even the best team in the National League West (by a significant margin) is entitled to ‘just one of those games’ now and then.

That being said, it is impossible to overlook the impressive outing that 24-year-old Dodgers righthander Bobby Miller had in his 15th game (seventh start) of the 2023 season; this despite the four earned runs that he allowed in his 6.1 innings pitched, his longest outing of the season thus far.

The (very) hard-throwing Elk Grove Village, IL native and Dodgers first-round draft pick in 2020 out of the University of Louisville allowed those four earned runs on six hits while striking out five and walking only one walk on 97 pitches, 75 of which were strikes.

Among those six hits was a 346-foot solo home run down the right field line by Guardians designated hitter Oscar Gonzalez, only his second home run of the season.

“Just looking back, I thought I was really in attack mode today. I was really aggressive in the strike zone,” Miller told SportsNet LA’s Kirsten Watson postgame. “I didn’t feel scared of the strike zone at all. You know, I just wanted to start with everything in the zone and go out of the zone when I have to. Yeah, just looking back at like two pitches honestly, the 0-2 slider (to Gonzales) slipped right out of my hand, ended up being a homer unfortunately. Other than that, just the one walk, but everything else I felt really good about.”

No sweat, Bobby. ‘Just one of those games.’

Play Ball!

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