MIAMI — Sandy Alcantara took the mound Monday with the Miami Marlins tumbling through their worst stretch of the season, to face the always-daunting San Diego Padres and their own All-Star ace. There is seldom much margin for error for Alcantara and it was even more so the case this time.
The Padres did give him a challenge — Alcantara battled an unusually high pitch count through four innings and was uncharacteristically reliant on strikeouts — and still he rose to it to end his team’s misery for at least one night.
It was another seven scoreless innings for the All-Star starting pitcher and, finally, a 3-0 win for the Marlins in front of 9,123 at loanDepot park.
