Lane Thomas is 0 for 11 with 6 Ks against Miami Marlins’ starter Sandy Alcantara in their respective careers, so with the Fish ace set to start Sunday’s series finale in Washington, D.C., Nationals’ manager Davey Martinez decided to give the surging outfielder a day off.
As the Nats highlighted in their pregame notes, Thomas, after going 1 for 3 with a homer Saturday afternoon, had, “hit safely in 12 of his last 13 games, going 20-for-56 (.357) with four doubles, one triple, two homers, eight RBI(s), five walks, one stolen base, and eight runs scored,” over that stretch, and in 48 games going back to July 23rd, the 27-year-old outfielder had a, “.