The San Diego Padres robbed themselves of a chance to celebrate star reliever Mason Miller on Wednesday.

Miller threw nine pitches and nine strikes in the eighth inning of Wednesday's series finale against the Baltimore Orioles. It was the first immaculate inning by a Padres hurler Brian Lawrence since in 2002, and only the second in franchise history.

However, not only did the Padres lose, 7-5, but they were swept in their three games this year against the last-place Orioles. Though Baltimore has been an above-.500 team since the start of June, it still was an embarrassing setback for a team with World Series aspirations.

"Would have been way better if we'd had a two-run lead, but good for Mason," manager Mike Shildt said, per AJ Cassavel l of MLB .com. "It was electric. Slider was

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