MIAMI — Sandy Alcantara had already thrown 104 pitches when he trotted out of the dugout and back to the loanDepot park mound for the seventh inning on Thursday. The Miami Marlins’ ace was likely on a short leash with his pitch count in triple digits for a third consecutive start.
He barely broke a sweat in his final frame of work.
Alcantara needed just seven pitches — and got assisted by two great defensive plays behind him — to record a perfect inning on the way to a 3-0 Marlins win over the San Francisco Giants to begin a four-game series. Miami improves to 21-28 after recording its third shutout victory of the season. The Giants fall to 27-23 and were shut out for the third time.
