Brownwood High School graduate Shelby Miller collected his seventh save of the season for the Arizona Diamondbacks Wednesday in a 5-2 victory over the Seattle Mariners.
Miller, 34, had recorded a total of three saves in his 13-year Major League Baseball career prior to this season, as he has now reached double figures with 10.
Also this year, Miller has posted a 3-1 record with a 1.63 ERA, 29 strikeouts and 11 walks over 27.1 innings covering 28 appearances.
The Diamondbacks are currently 34-34 on the season and in fourth place in the National League West Division, 6.5 games behind the front-running Los Angeles Dodgers.
Miller now owns a 50-67 career record with a 4.04 ERA and 10 saves. He has pitched in 282 Major League games, starting 133, and tossed 903.1 innings with 764 strikeouts and 355 walks.
The 13th overall pick in the first round of the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft by the St. Louis Cardinals, Miller is playing in his 13th season.
Miller pitched for the Cardinals, Braves, Diamondbacks, Tigers, Texas Rangers, Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates, San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers – a total of nine franchises overall.
Miller made his MLB debut on September 5, 2012 with St. Louis.
On May 11, 2013, Miller tossed a one-hitter with the Cardinals, retiring the final 27 Colorado Rockies batters in a row after yielding a lead-off single. Miller notched 13 strikeouts in the contest.
Miller appeared in the 2015 All-Star Game as a member of the Braves, as he posted a 3.02 ERA in 33 starts with a 6-17 record. Miller was one out away from recording a no-hitter against the Florida Marlins on May 17, 2015.