On a hot Saturday afternoon, we had some Marlins baseball, headlined by the best pitching matchup of Spring Training so far: Justin Verlander vs. Jesús Luzardo.
Luzardo has an up-and-down outing
After a great top of the first inning, striking out both Pete Alonso and Francisco Lindor, Luzardo struggled an inning later. He gave up hits to Abraham Almonte and Jaylin Davis in the second. With one out in the inning, Luzardo threw an 84.1 MPH slider right down the middle and allowed a three-run bomb to Mets right fielder Lorenzo Cedrola.