With catcher Jorge Alfaro sitting out the past two games while dealing with an upper body injury suffered in the Marlins’ 10-3 win against the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday, Chad Wallach has received extra playing time recently.
And he has made the most of it.
Wallach has gone 3 for 8 at the plate with three walks since replacing Alfaro in the seventh inning on Saturday and is hitting .333 in 21 at-bats overall this season.
His highlight plate appearance came in the fourth inning of Monday’s 7-2 loss to the Chicago Cubs, when he roped a 405-foot home run off Cubs starter Yu Darvish.