The Padres got Mason Miller at the Trade Deadline for postseason moments exactly like these, and the flamethrowing closer has delivered. On Wednesday afternoon in Game 2 of the NL Wild Card Series ...

Miller threw 13 pitches in Game 1 on Tuesday and then 27 in Game 2. Only once this season has Miller worked three straight days, and that was back in May, before the Padres acquired him from the A's.

Mason Miller's 104.5 mph fastball is the fastest pitch ever recorded in the playoffs since pitch tracking began in 2008.

Imanaga, 32, has mastered the so-called rising fastball which relies on physics as much as physical skill. At the University of Illinois, professor Alan Nathan has become one of the foremost experts ...