May 17, 2025, marked the last time Mason Miller recorded a loss. The San Diego Padres' closer is one of two pitchers in baseball with 15 saves, but now he has a 1-1 record that puts things into perspective.

The Los Angeles Dodgers dropped the first game of the series, 1-0, in a game that saw Miller record his 15th save. One night later, the Padres didn't execute their usual plan.

Since coming over from the Athletics, Miller has been one of, if not the best, the top relievers/closers in all of baseball. Time and time again, he's gotten the job done for San Diego, but Los Angeles got to Miller, something that hasn't been done in over a year.

Andy Pages fell behind, 0-2, in the ninth inning with the Dodgers in a crucial 4-4 game. Miller wasn't in this game to record a save; he was looking to keep the score intact, something he's had no issue doing all season long.

Somehow, Pages turned an 0-2 count into a nine-pitch at-bat, one that changed everything. While he didn't record a hit off Miller, Pages didn't need to. He hit a deep fly ball that had enough on it to score Alex Call and put the Dodgers on top 5-4.

That score held on as Will Klein recorded not only his first save of the season, but the first of his three-year career.

Freeman, 36, told ESPN's Alden Gonzalez that Pages' at-bat was "one of the greatest at-bats I've ever seen in person, and I've been playing a long time."

Pages, Tuesday night's hero, shrugged off any notion that Miller was going to easily record an out against him, "I never thought he was going to strike me out or dominate me," Pages said. "I was 100% certain I was going to move the ball forward."

He added, "To me, he's simply a pitcher who throws hard. He's a good pitcher, but to me, he's simply a pitcher who throws hard, and if you're able to get on time against him, you can do damage against him."

Miller threw the ball hard against Pages, there's no denying that. The Dodgers outfielder saw five pitches of 100-plus miles per hour in the at-bat. In total, Pages fouled off six of the nine pitches he saw. He swung at four of the five fastballs and fouled off three of the four sliders that came his way.

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