Giancarlo Stanton had a nice day at the plate.
He just didn’t have a historic one.
Stanton went 2 for 5, recorded the hardest-hit base hit in the brief history of Statcast — a 122-mph single — but failed to produce a home run that would have given him 60.
The Marlins closed out the season with an 8-5 loss to the Braves.
Included in the crowd of 25,222 were incoming owner Derek Jeter and his predecessor, Jeffrey Loria. With nothing at stake in terms of the outcome, all eyes were glued on Stanton to see whether he would become the sixth player in Major League history to hit at least 60 home runs.