Fish Stripes · Sep 13, 2018
Mets 13, Marlins 0; Zack Wheeler, rain drown the Fish offense
NEW YORK—I spent an entire afternoon and evening at Citi Field just to watch that bloodbath? You bet I did.
The Marlins (57-87) have grown accustomed to losing by large margins in 2018, but on Wednesday night, it was immediately apparent that they would come up short. Zach Wheeler cruised into the later innings and Trevor Richards, uh...didn’t in the 13-0 defeat.
The first inning is typically a big obstacle for Richards, so it was encouraging to see him escape it unscathed (despite a 25-pitch workload).
But from the get-go, the right-hander’s stuff was lacking in both velocity and late movement. And his teammates did him no favors.