The grounds crew at National Park had a hard time keeping the bases pristine white on Monday due to the steady drizzle that fell throughout the evening and the constant stream of mud-spiked foot traffic resulting from the poor pitching of Sandy Alcantara and Stephen Strasburg.
Strasburg was bad. But Alcantara was worse.
The Marlins lost 7-3 for two major reasons: they never managed to break through against Strasburg despite forcing him to throw 100 pitches in only four innings while the Nationals made Alcantara pay for his many mistakes.
Alcantara, like Strasburg, only managed to make it through four.