Jul 16, 2024, 11:05 PM ET

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Jesse Rogers: Shohei Ohtani’s home run off Tanner Houck was a thing of beauty, making Mason Miller‘s strikeout of him in his next at-bat in the fifth inning even more impressive. Miller has burst onto the All-Star scene with a dominant first half, firing 299 pitches of 100 mph or more. Add two more triple-digit offerings during Ohtani’s at-bat — mixed between two sliders — and it was the young pitcher who got the “oohs” and “aahs” from the crowd when Ohtani swung and missed on the righty’s fourth pitch. Miller — who also threw a Midsummer Classic record 103.6 mph pitch to Trea Turner — would be fun to watch in October, if he can get out of Oakland.

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