MILWAUKEE -- Bryce Miller created his own rendition of ¡°Miller Time¡± in territory where that slogan rings loudly. Andr¨¦s Mu?oz rebounded from a disastrous outing the night prior. The Mariners¡¯ scuffling offense manufactured a five-hit inning for the first time since last August. And a somewhat surprising decision to turn to the bullpen when Miller was cruising worked out despite a late jam.

Saturday night¡¯s game was shaping up to be the Mariners¡¯ most complete win in this young season. But despite a late Brewers rally, and thanks to a critical insurance homer from Luis Ur¨ªas in the venue where he played at his peak, Seattle eked out a 5-3 victory at American Family Field.

¡°We played a really good game tonight,¡± Mariners manager Scott Servais said.

Miller was easily the game¡¯s MVP, turning in arguably the best start of his young career. He matched a personal best with seven shutout innings and needed just 78 pitches to do so. He effectively landed his two- and four-seam fastballs at the bottom of the zone early, rode the heater at the top rail later in counts and mixed in his new splitter as a dominant out pitch.

Perhaps most telling was that Miller -- who¡¯d been tagged by left-handed hitters for a .903 OPS in his first 26 career starts -- held them hitless in 13 at-bats on Saturday.

¡°That was my goal this offseason, to find a way to attack lefties,¡± Miller said. ¡°And I'm happy with where we're at.¡±

Saturday was also a stark difference to how he trended over the final month of his rookie year, as Miller entered carrying a 6.05 ERA across his past eight starts dating back to Aug. 25, over which hitters had a .914 OPS against him.

Moreover, while mowing down Milwaukee, Miller barely broke a sweat.

At the only moment where potential damage loomed for him, Miller needed a quick break -- to tie his right shoe. He¡¯d just surrendered a two-out single to William Contreras while working the third time through the Brewers¡¯ lineup, and awaiting in the on-deck circle was Christian Yelich, the lefty slugger who¡¯s been hitting like the 2018 version of himself that was the National League MVP.

After Miller double-knotted his gray New Balances and catcher Cal Raleigh utilized the time for a mound visit, Miller blew an elevated four-seamer by for a swinging strike and a darting splitter for a groundout.

¡°I feel way better with where the sinker is this year,¡± Miller said. ¡°It's hard enough to hit one fastball, let alone two, so if I'm able to mix both of those, then it also helps getting ahead and then I can play the splitter or whatever off of it.¡±

The way Miller was pitching made it somewhat surprising that Servais replaced him to begin the eighth with Austin Voth, who gave up a leadoff single to Brice Turang then a massive two-run homer to Jackson Chourio that made things interesting. Gabe Speier then entered and issued a four-pitch walk to Yelich and gave up a sac fly to pinch-hitting Rhys Hoskins to make it a 4-3 game, before Trent Thornton came in and induced a groundout to close the floodgates.

¡°Everybody wants to [question it] because we gave up a couple of runs,¡± Servais said. ¡°We are so early in the season. It's seven innings. He's not been up and down that much. This is a young pitcher that's got 30 more starts ahead of him.¡±

Then came Mu?oz, who the night prior walked the bases loaded, then issued a free pass to walk it off. But on Saturday, Mu?oz pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his second save, capped with a punchout of Chourio, MLB Pipeline¡¯s No. 2 overall prospect.

"I want to do the best that I can to help the team and to not be able to do it, it's a lot of frustration on me,¡± Mu?oz said. ¡°And that's why the good thing was I came the next day, ready to work ... so that doesn't happen again."

Mu?oz¡¯s efforts were aided heavily by a key solo homer from Ur¨ªas in the ninth, and Miller¡¯s were backed by a three-run third, which began with a bunt single from Samad Taylor. The speedster then advanced to second on a passed ball, to third on a single from J.P. Crawford and scored on a 98.2 mph knock from Julio Rodr¨ªguez. Jorge Polanco -- who hit his first homer with the Mariners in the eighth -- and Mitch Garver also had RBIs in the inning.