Fish Stripes · Sep 23, 2021
Marlins fall to Nats as Elieser struggles, Soto shines
Rhona Wise-USA TODAY Sports The Marlins went into Wednesday night’s action two games ahead of the Nationals for fourth place in the NL East. Due to a rough outing by Elieser Hernandez and excellence from Juan Soto, the Marlins fell to the lowly Nationals, 7-5.
Before the game, Don Mattingly described Elieser’s season as “okay, but probably not as consistent as he’d like it to be”. That trend continued on Wednesday night as he got hit pretty hard and gave up some free passes. Hernandez made just his 10th start of the season, having been sidelined for most of the campaign due to injuries.