M's rookie Montgomery 1-hits Padres for 2nd straight shutout
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Rookie left-hander Mike Montgomery never threw a shutout in 168 starts during eight minor league seasons.
Montgomery took a no-hit bid into the seventh inning and finished with a one-hitter for his second consecutive shutout as the Seattle Mariners beat the San Diego Padres 5-0 Tuesday night.
Montgomery, who turns 26 on Wednesday, was coming off his first career shutout, a five-hitter against Kansas City.
[...] the closest the Padres came to getting a hit was Melvin Upton Jr.'s sinking liner to center, but Austin Jackson made a shoestring catch.
After nine starts with Triple-A Tacoma — including a loss to the Padres' El Paso affiliate — he made his major league debut with a no-decision in a loss to the New York Yankees on June 2.
Miller's two-run shot cleared the Jack Daniel's party deck atop the right-field wall with two outs in the fourth, his seventh.
Mariners: RHP Felix Hernandez is fine despite exiting his last start following six innings because of heat exhaustion.
Padres: INF Cory Spangenberg was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a sore left knee.