Since winning NL Pitcher of the Month honors in April, Pablo López, while not bad - the right-hander posted a 3.92 ERA (4.15 FIP) in 11 starts in May/June - his stock went from possible NL All-Starter to questioning whether he even deserved a selection at all.
For the first 6 innings in Sunday’s 7-4 victory over the Nationals, though, shades of April-Pablo rang through. Working around a hit-by-pitch, 3 walks and 3 consecutive inning-ending double plays, López kept the Nationals hitless until Josh Bell doubled to lead off the bottom of the 7th, by time Miami had taken a 2-0 lead.