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- Updated: August 5, 2016
SEATTLE — Four batters into his first Major League start, Ariel Miranda was in a jam. He had put three runners on base and only gotten one out. Veteran second baseman Robinson Cano went to the mound to talk to him.
All Cano said, according to Miranda, was, “Let’s get this last out and go back to the dugout.”
And that did it. Miranda settled in and retired the next two batters in order. The lefty went on to log a quality start in his Mariners debut, allowing two earned runs in six innings on eight hits in the Mariners’ 3-2 loss to the Red Sox. Miranda struck out five and walked one.
“The key was controlling the secondary pitches,” Miranda said through translator Fernando Alcala. “After the first inning I was able to calm down a little bit and focus on controlling those.”
Seattle acquired Miranda in a trade with the Orioles on Sunday in exchange for left-hander Wade Miley. Miranda went 4-7 with a 3.93 ERA over 19 starts for Triple-A …
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