Miller’s dominance to open career history in the making

PHILADELPHIA — Bobby Miller was so impressive through his first three career starts that he hadn’t needed to worry much about pitching his way out of big league jams.

Miller danced around some early trouble Saturday afternoon before settling in to continue his historically dominant run to begin his career. The 24-year-old right-hander tossed six scoreless innings to lower his ERA to 0.78 — and to lead the Dodgers to a 9-0 win over the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park.

In doing so, Miller became just the third pitcher in AL/NL history to go at least five innings and allow no more than one run in each of his first four career starts. The last to do so was Kenta Maeda in 2016 (also with the Dodgers), while Cody Anderson also did so in 2015 with Cleveland.

Miller’s latest gem came despite a 34-pitch second inning in which he escaped a bases-loaded jam. Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman rewarded him with back-to-back RBI singles in the top of the third, before Miller cruised through his final four frames.

David Peralta added a solo homer in the fourth and Los Angeles blew the game open with a six-run seventh, punctuated by J.D. Martinez’s three-run blast.