The Latest Breaking News from Sandy Alcantara

PHILADELPHIA — The tying run stood on third base. A left-handed pitcher trotted in from the visiting bullpen. Nick Castellanos waited to hit.

MIAMI — The Miami Marlins’ latest homestand included 17 shutout innings from Sandy Alcantara, a pair of walk-off wins and a 90-minute, get-it-all-out-on-the-table team meeting. They split a four-game series with one of the worst teams in the majors, swept a three-game set with one of the worst and finished…

MIAMI — Sandy Alcantara’s recent run of dominance continued Saturday.

MIAMI — Sandy Alcantara was masterful on the mound once again. The offense, finally, came up with clutch hits.

MIAMI — Pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre Jr. made his way to the mound in the second inning Monday to talk to the Miami Marlins’ ace who was looking very little like the title with which he has been bestowed. Sandy Alcantara was already at 35 pitches, already had to sneak…

The Marlins opened Sunday learning they’d be without one starting pitcher for roughly two weeks at least.

PHOENIX — The Miami Marlins got a vintage Sandy Alcantara start on Wednesday and the offense put together its best inning of the season when the team needed it the most.

SAN FRANCISCO — After back-to-back games when they squeezed one run from nine innings of opportunity, the Cardinals did a remix of their lineup and, as a new rhythm took hold, introduced a hitter they once thought was going to be part of their season all along.

MIAMI — The American League’s best pitcher in April, at least by statistics and likely by MLB award, started off May in similarly dominant fashion while pulling his team from its losing ways.