Ronald Acuña Jr. Could Only Laugh After Marlins Position Player Struck Him Out With a Beautiful Pitch

This whole at-bat was spectacular.

Andy Nesbitt | May 4, 2023

Ronald Acuña Jr. Could Only Laugh After Marlins Position Player Struck Him Out With a Beautiful Pitch /

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It’s always fun when a position player has to come in and pitch. It could go really well for the guy or it could be a laughable disaster.

Well, there were laughs at the end of Marlins catcher Jacob Stallings‘s inning of work Wednesday night against the Braves—but those chuckles by Ronald Acuña Jr. were out of disbelief after Stallings struck him out looking with a beautiful pitch.

Stallings, who pitched the eighth inning of a 14–6 game, fired an 85-mph heater that painted the bottom of the strike zone and ended the inning.

Check this out:

Pretty good, right?

The whole at-bat was spectacular:

You gotta love baseball.

Published May 4, 2023

ANDY NESBITT

Andy Nesbitt is the assistant managing editor of audience engagement at Sports Illustrated. He works closely with the Breaking and Trending News team to shape SI’s daily coverage across all sports. A 20-year veteran of the sports media business, he has worked for Fox Sports, For the Win, The Boston Globe and NBC Sports, having joined SI in February 2023. Nesbitt is a golf fanatic who desperately wants to see the Super Bowl played on a Saturday night.