Giancarlo Stanton’s aim was truer than Tom Koehler’s.
While Stanton threw out two runners with pinpoint-accurate throws on Sunday, Koehler’s throwing misfire on a potential inning-ending double play came back to haunt him in the Marlins’ 6-3 setback to the Reds.
The loss prevented the Marlins from completing their first sweep of the Reds in Cincinnati in 14 years.
Koehler gave up three home runs.
But none of those pitches proved as costly as his throwing miscue in the fifth when the Reds stretched a 2-1 lead into a 4-1 advantage.
With runners at the corners and one out, Koehler fielded Joey Votto’s bouncer.