Today’s game didn’t start very encouragingly for Miami Marlins starter Pablo Lopez. Considered a near-lock for the team’s number three starter, Lopez didn’t make it through his scheduled two innings of work. In 1 2/3 frames, he surrendered four hits and hit two batsmen. He would have got out of it clean, as well.
With one out and the bases loaded in the second inning, Nolan Gorman hit a likely 3-6-1 double-play ball. Fielded cleanly by Jesus Aguilar and relayed to Miguel Rojas, Lopez couldn’t close the glove on it, allowing two runs on the play.