Sunday’s finale of the four-game set between the Miami Marlins and Washington Nationals read on paper as a classic pitcher’s duel.
In one corner, you have the Marlins’ workhorse, Sandy Alcantara, entering Sunday’s game with a 1.19 ERA over his last 4 starts. For Washington, it was their ace, three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer.
Through the first 5 innings, both limited the respective offenses to 1 run. Alcantara allowed an unearned run to score in the first following a Josh Harrison single, while Scherzer surrendered a leadoff triple to Jazz Chisholm, followed by an RBI double courtesy of Jesús Aguilar.