Erick Fedde took the mound last night in Miami and dominated the Marlins over 6 1⁄3 innings on the mound in loanDepot park, giving up six hits and one walk, while striking out a career-high 10 of 25 batters faced in a 103-pitch effort in a 5-1 win for Washington’s Nationals. What was the key for Fedde?
“I think the pregame talk was it was a very aggressive team,” Fedde told reporters on a post-game Zoom call from South Florida, “and being able to land breaking balls and cutters early in the count I think got me into a lot of 0-2, 1-2 counts, where I could go after the punchouts and I think just landing those early in the counts was working well for me.