Baseball’s hottest hitter versus a bullpen in flux is a situation that often ends predictably. Such was the case Tuesday night when Matt Carpenter took an Elieser Hernandez pitch deep in the eighth inning for what would turn out to be the game-winning home run.
Pablo López tosses a career-high 7 innings, allowing 2 ER on 4 hits.
u27051st #Marlins starter to go more than 6 IP since July 22
u2705Has allowed 3 ER in past 13 IP
u2705He's only 22— Wells Dusenbury (@DuseReport) August 8, 2018Mattingly offered his thoughts on the performance:
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That “bullpen in flux” I mentioned earlier?