Mariners infielder Brad Miller was a part of history Tuesday against the Rays, but he needed a little help from his counterpart in a Rays' uniform.
Miller opened the game with a home run and then added another in the fifth, joining forced with Ben Zobrist to become the first pair of leadoff hitters to home twice in the same game since 1994, and just the second since 1916.
"I was just trying to get things going and I hit a ball I was hoping had enough to get out of there, and it did," Miller told MLB.com after the game. "I was just flying around the bases. I don't know, just kind of blacking out a little. But it felt really good."
Miller finished the game 2 for 5 with two runs and two RBI in a 5-4 win. He has four home runs and 20 RBI in 39 games, while hitting .261/.329/.439.