After a tough loss on Opening Day, Pablo López stepped on the bump for the Marlins Saturday afternoon for his first start of the season. Donnie Baseball put out a heavily right-handed lineup against the southpaw, Carlos Rodón.
Early on, the Marlins struggled against Rodón, especially his fastball. His velocity sat in the high 90s and generated a lot of whiffs.
Nevertheless, Jon Berti manufactured a run on his own—he singled, made it to second on an error, stole third, and them reached home on a passed ball. Besides that Berti magic, the Marlins offense stalled up until the seventh.