It wasn’t smooth in the end, but the Marlins escaped with a one-run victory over Shohei Ohtani, Mike Trout, and the Los Angeles Angels.
After eight spectacular innings from Sandy Alcantara (I copied and pasted those words from all my previous recaps), Marlins closer Tanner Scott took over in the ninth. While Scott has perhaps been the Marlins’ most reliable pitcher in the closing role this year with 10 saves in 12 tries, Tuesday was his fourth appearance in five days.
It may have been the lack of rest that caused him to load the bases with a single and two walks with just one out.