Sandy (8 IP, 8 K's) twirls gem in Marlins' Fourth of July spectacle
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WEST SACRAMENTO -- Marlins ace Sandy Alcantara tossed eight innings, while All-Star Otto Lopez, Joe Mack and Kyle Stowers homered in Saturday night’s 7-2 win over the Athletics at Sutter Health Park.
With the victory, Miami (48-42) returned to a season-high six games over .500 and remained one game back of a National League Wild Card spot. The only seasons in franchise history with more wins through 90 games: 2023 (51) and 1997 (52). Both of those clubs reached the postseason.
Alcantara, who became the first Marlins pitcher to go 6-0 in a calendar month since José Fernández (2016), extended his career-high win streak to seven to notch his 10th victory of the season.
Over his last seven starts, Alcantara has posted a 2.98 ERA. He has seen his season ERA drop from 4.66 to 4.00 thanks to six quality starts.
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The 30-year-old allowed just one run on six hits with a season-high eight strikeouts, one walk and one hit-by-pitch. He induced 11 groundouts and completed four innings on single-digit pitches in a 100-pitch outing.
Alcantara surpassed Phillies All-Star Cristopher Sánchez for most innings in MLB this season (123) and has thrown six-plus frames in a MLB-high 15 of his 19 starts this season.