RHP Shelby Miller won his first game for the Diamondbacks, beating his former team on Saturday in Atlanta. The two runs he allowed came in the first two innings as he limited the Braves to four hits over his six innings. Miller, acquired for three players over the winter, is 1-3 with a 7.36 ERA after seven Arizona starts. The first-inning homer by Freddie Freeman broke a streak of seven opening innings in which Miller hadn't allowed a hit.

RHP Shelby Miller (0-3, 8.49) will try to turn his season around against the Braves, for whom he pitched last season. Miller has failed to pitch five innings in three of his last five starts and is coming off a loss against the Rockies that saw him allow three runs on four hits and four walks in 3 2/3 innings. Miller has stuck out 19 and walked 19 and allowed six home runs in 23 1/3 total innings this season. Miller needs one strikeout to reach 500 for his career.

RHP Shelby Miller will start against his former team for the first time on Saturday when the Diamondbacks visit the Atlanta Braves. Miller has been effective against the Braves, going 3-1 with a 1.82 ERA in four career starts.

RHP Shelby Miller will start against his former team for the first time on Saturday when the Diamondbacks visit the Atlanta Braves.

RHP Shelby Miller failed to reach the fifth inning for the third time in four starts Sunday, undone by a series of hard-hit balls and what has become a chronic lack of command. Miller allowed three runs on four hits but also walked four over 3 2/3 innings. Over his last four starts, including one in which he scraped his fingers on the mound on his follow-through, Miller has walked 16 batters in 10 1/3 innings. Arizona manager Chip Hale, asked if Miller may be skipped for a start to tweak his mechanics, said "No one has discussed it. I don't think it's the answer but that might be decided above me."

RHP Shelby Miller corrected a flaw in his delivery and pitched four scoreless innings Tuesday before giving up five runs in the fifth inning, a rally fueled when a fly ball to right-center just eluded CF Chris Owings. Miller gave up three-run homer to Brandon Moss to cap the rally three batters later. "Honestly I felt like I made one bad pitch and it was the home run," Miller said. Miller (0-2) has given up 19 earned runs in 19 2/3 innings this season, an 8.79 ERA, and he has given up six homers in 16 innings at Chase Field. He did not get more than six outs in either of his previous two starts. "I feel like we're headed in the right direction, sure," Miller said. "At the end of the day, you give up five runs in five innings. That's how I look at it."

RHP Shelby Miller is scheduled to start Tuesday against St. Louis, the team that drafted him in the first round of the 2009 draft. Miller was 1-1 with a 0.59 ERA in two starts against the Cardinals with Atlanta last year. Miller pinch-ran in the 12th inning and stayed in to play left field in the 13th inning of a 12-10, 13-inning loss to Pittsburgh on Sunday. Miller pinch-ran for Zack Greinke, who was needed as a pinch-hitter in the 12th inning. "I don't want to have to pinch-hit Zack Greinke," Hale said. "I don't want to put one of my pitchers out in the outfield ever. But it's a baseball game, and we can't just throw in the towel and stop the game. We tried to put the game out there we thought could handle it."

RHP Shelby Miller threw a side session off the Chase Field mound on Saturday, an unusual step, as he prepares for Tuesday's start. Miller is 0-1 with an 8.59 ERA in four starts.

RHP Shelby Miller threw a side session off the Chase Field mound in front of pitching coach Mike Butcher and manager Chip on Hale on Saturday, an unusual step, as he prepares for his Tuesday start. Miller, 0-1 with an 8.59 ERA in four starts, has been fighting his mechanics. "Gives you the real view of what it is going to be like on the mound," Hale said. "It's just something different. He threw the ball very well. He's ready to go. He was driving the ball into the zone. He was throwing strikes. We know if he is throwing strikes with his top-end stuff, he's going to get outs. Just staying on line, not getting tipped over to the left too much like he was when he was hitting his hand." The Diamondbacks videotaped the session for review.

RHP Shelby Miller is scheduled to make his next start Tuesday, manager Chip Hale said, although he suffered bruises on both knuckles of his right index finger that caused him to leave a start in San Diego in the second inning last Saturday. He walked five in two-plus innings in San Francisco on Thursday, including the final four batters he faced. "As of right now, we're not planning on him skipping a start," Arizona manager Chip Hale said. "Can that change? It always can. He's feeling good. He's healthy. His arm is fine. His hand's fine. He should be OK. Hale said a slight mechanical tweak may be all that is necessary for a return to form. "He is pulling over (his body) and his head is coming off the ball," Hale said. "He knows it. He just has to correct it. We're not concerned. A lot of times, inside, he's getting worked up and trying to do too much. He just has to let it go and pitch. He'll be fine."

RHP Shelby Miller, who was knocked out after two-plus innings Thursday and was charged with two runs on one hit and five walks. He threw 55 pitches, only 23 for strikes. In the third, Miller walked the only four batters he faced to force in a run, but the Diamondbacks rallied for a 6-2 win at San Francisco."I felt like mechanically was just off," Miller said. "I'd have a couple of good innings here and there, and things fell out of whack for me in the third. I felt like I couldn't get the ball in the strike zone, and (I) beat myself there."

RHP Shelby Miller is well rested and, he says, pain-free for his start Thursday against the San Francisco Giants after scraped knuckles on his pitching hand cut short his last outing in the second inning Saturday in San Diego. It's been a rough start to his Diamondbacks career for Miller, who surrendered 10 runs in just 11 innings in his first two starts before giving up two in 1 2/3 innings against the Padres. The good news is: He's 2-1 with a 1.71 ERA in four career starts against the Giants.

RHP Shelby Miller cut both knuckles on his right index finger of when it hit the ground during a follow-through on a pitch Saturday. It is uncertain if he will be ready for his scheduled Thursday start at San Francisco.

RHP Shelby Miller expects to make his next start after suffering cuts to both knuckles on the index finger of his right hand while pitching to pitching rival Andrew Cashner in the second inning on Saturday night. With both knuckles bleeding, Miller had to leave the game after issuing two walks, the second with the bases loaded to force home a run. "It was just some poor mechanics," Miller said. "I just sort of fell off the side of the mound and my hand hit the ground a couple of times." Because of Miller's early departure, the Diamondbacks were forced to use nine pitchers in the 14-inning game. Closer Brad Ziegler worked two innings after getting the save Friday night and Monday's scheduled starter Ruddy De La Rosa worked the 14th and took the loss. Relievers pitched 12 innings for the Diamondbacks. Four relievers worked two or more innings.

RHP Shelby Miller gave up four runs and seven hits in five-plus innings in his second Arizona start, lifted after Cubs OF Jorge Soler homered and 3B Tommy La Stella opened the sixth inning with hits. "I felt good," Miller said. "Just figure out a way to keep the ball in the ballpark here." Miller has given up five homers in 11 innings in his two starts, including a 442-homer to Cubs RHP Jake Arrieta on an eight-pitch at-bat in the second inning Sunday. Soler has three homers in 12 career at-bats against Miller. "Just kept carrying," Miller said. "It's definitely a hitter's park, there is no doubt about that. Everybody knows that. That's just an excuse. You have to make pitches regardless." Arizona starters had a 7.96 ERA in the seven-game homestand, giving up 33 earned runs in 37 1/3 innings.

PHOENIX -- Shelby Miller found a supportive offense in his first Arizona Diamondbacks start Tuesday. It must have seemed a long time coming.The D-backs scored nine runs in the final three innings of an 11-6 victory over the Colorado Rockies, and while Miller gave up six and was only on the mound for two of the D-backs' runs, the late rush took him off the hook, something the Atlanta Braves seldom were able to do in 2015."It's just the mentality that they have at the plate and just in general," Miller said of the D-backs' attack."It's something I've never seen before. They know they are good and they are capable of going out and scoring 11 runs like they did. They are definitely going to pick me up in situations like they did tonight."Miller was the least appreciated pitcher in the majors last season, receiving an average of 2.54 runs of support per nine innings. It was the lowest average in the major leagues in 22 seasons and the second lowest since the statistic was first tracked in 1988.... [More]

RHP Shelby Miller, whom Arizona gave a ton to acquire from the Braves in the offseason, got lit up in his worst Cactus League appearance yet, surrendering seven runs on seven hits with three walks and a hit batsman in four innings of work against the A's, raising his spring ERA to 4.59."Did he pitch the way he wanted to? No, but that's OK," Diamondbacks manager Chip Hale said. "It's his last spring start, he got all his pitches in, and you have to flush that one. We know what we have in him, so we're not worried about him."

RHP Shelby Miller was 6-17 with a 3.02 ERA last season while receiving 2.54 runs of support per start, the lowest figure in the majors in the last 22 seasons. He and LHP Patrick Corbin are Nos. 2 and 2A in the Arizona rotation, according to manager Chip Hale.

RHP Shelby Miller signed a one-year, $4.35 million contract with the Diamondbacks on Friday to avoid arbitration. Miller had a 3.02 ERA last season and figures prominently in the D-backs rotation.

The Arizona Diamondbacks signed six on Friday to avoid arbitration with all but one of their eligible players. Right-hander Shelby Miller, catcher Welington Castillo, left-hander Patrick Corbin, and righties Randall Delgado, Daniel Hudson and Rubby De La Rosa all signed one-year deals..Miller signed for $4.35 million, Castillo $3.7 million, Corbin $2.525 million, Delgado $1.25 million, Hudson $2.7 million and De La Rosa $2.35 million.Outfielder A.J. Pollock is the only remaining unsigned arbitration eligible player. He exchanged salary figures with the club, filing for $3.9 million, while the team countered at $3.65 million.Miller had a 3.02 ERA last season and figures prominently in the D-backs rotation. Castillo hit 17 home runs and 50 RBIs in 80 games with the D-backs, Corbin was 6-5 with a 3.60 ERA in 16 starts, Delgado was 8-4 with a 3.25 ERA in 64 games, Hudson was 4-3 with a 3.86 ERA in 64 games and De La Rosa was 14-9 with a 4.67 ERA.