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Bethel Park’s Mason Miller hits Shohei Ohtani and Trea Turner in the All-Star game.

Bethel Park’s Mason Miller hits Shohei Ohtani and Trea Turner in the All-Star game.

As expected, a right-handed pitcher from Pittsburgh dominated the All-Star Game with his power pitching.

Make way, Pirates rookie Paul Skenes.

Make way for Mason Miller from Bethel Park.

The 25-year-old Oakland A’s closer reached triple figures on eight of his 12 pitches and struck out Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani and Philadelphia Phillies shortstop Trea Turner in an impressive fifth inning on Tuesday night at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas.

The 6-foot-5, 200-pound Miller, who has 15 saves and is averaging 15.9 strikeouts per nine innings in 33 appearances this season, started with a 101-mph fastball as his first pitch to Arizona’s Ketel Marte, who hit a flyball to left for the first out.

Miller then challenged Ohtani, hitting a three-run home run in the third inning against Boston’s Tanner Houck, firing a 100.6 mph fastball that was ruled a strike. Ohtani pulled a ball with a slider, then another fastball ruled a strike at 101.8, before missing deep and inside with an 89.2 mph slider.

“I didn’t allow him one, that’s for sure,” Miller told Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports in an in-game interview. “I think I threw the second strike, then I got one that was maybe a little off, but I got the back-foot slider.”

Miller put even more pressure on Turner, reaching triple digits five times and capping his first pitch with a 103.6 mph fastball. Turner managed a full count, swinging and missing a 102.3 mph fastball before mistaking a 103 mph fastball for a ball and missing one at 102.4 mph before Miller froze him with a slider for a third strike.

“It’s hard not to enjoy this, with this crowd and these players here,” Miller said. “It’s what you dream about.”

Kevin Gorman is a TribLive reporter who covers the Pirates. A Baldwin native and Penn State graduate, he joined the Trib in 1999 and covered high school sports, Pitt football and basketball, and was a sports columnist for 10 years. Reach him at [email protected].