The Miami Marlins’ struggles at the plate Wednesday, when they closed out their season-opening homestand against the New York Mets, were understandable. Jacob deGrom, the reigning Cy Young Award-winner, somehow looks even better than he did last season and carved through the Marlins for seven shutout innings.
On Friday, those struggles continued against Kevin Gausman. For seven innings, Miami flailed against the 27-year-old starting pitcher. Shut out for the first time in 2019 and held by the starter to just two hits, the Marlins offense hit its lowest point of the young season in a 4-0 loss to the Atlanta Braves in their first road game of the year.