Sandy Alcantara has worst begin of season. Miami Marlins swept by Los Angeles Dodgers

LOS ANGELES

Arguably one of the best pitcher in baseball this season was no match for arguably one of the best lineup in baseball this season.

Miami Marlins ace Sandy Alcantara, who entered the weekend as a high contender for the National League Cy Young Award, had his worst outing of the season in a 10-3 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday at Dodger Stadium. The Marlins (52-69) had been swept within the three-game set towards the Dodgers (84-36), additionally shedding 2-1 on Friday and 7-0 on Saturday.

Alcantara’s ultimate line: Six earned runs on 10 hits, together with one residence run, and one stroll with 5 strikeouts over simply 3 2/3 innings.

It was Alcantara’s shortest outing of the yr, one inning shorter than his 4 2/3 inning begin towards the San Diego Padres on May 6. It was additionally probably the most runs and hits Alcantara has allowed in a sport this season. He had beforehand allowed 5 earned runs as soon as this season (May 1 towards the Seattle Mariners) and hadn’t given up greater than eight hits (July 29 towards the New York Mets and Aug. 10 towards the Philadelphia Phillies).

Alcantara gave up at the least one run in every inning he was on the mound.

In a 27-pitch first inning, Will Smith’s RBI single to heart area scored Mookie Betts, who led off the inning with a single and stole second. In the second, Cody Bellinger hit a two-run residence run to right-center area after Joey Gallo hit a triple to proper area. Alcantara then gave up singles to 3 of the primary 4 hitters he confronted within the third, with Max Muncy ambushing a first-pitch changeup to attain Trea Turner. And within the fourth, Betts hit a single via the left facet to attain Gallo and Smith hit a ground-rule double to proper area to attain Betts and finish Alcantara’s outing after 89 pitches.

All 5 run-scoring hits had been in or across the coronary heart of the strike zone.

The efficiency pushed Alcantara’s ERA for the season to 2.19, the very best it has been after a begin since May 16. He now ranks fourth within the majors in that class and second within the National League behind the Dodgers’ Tony Gonsolin, who has a 2.12 ERA however has pitched 53 1/3 fewer innings than Alcantara (176 2/3 innings for Alcantara in comparison with 123 1/3 for Gonsolin).

Alcantara gained’t have to attend lengthy to try to get redemption. His subsequent scheduled begin on Saturday is towards the Dodgers at loanDepot park.

▪ The Marlins scored their solely runs Sunday on a Lewin Diaz two-run residence run within the fourth inning and a JJ Bleday solo residence run within the eighth.

▪ In runs the Dodgers scored that didn’t come towards Sandy Alcantara: Max Muncy hit a solo residence run within the seventh inning towards reliever Huascar Brazoban and Los Angeles tacked on three extra runs on three hits and two walks within the eighth inning towards Brazoban and Andrew Nardi in addition to a throwing error by proper fielder Brian Anderson.

Up subsequent

The Marlins shut out their ultimate West Coast journey of the season with a three-game sequence towards the Oakland Athletics.

The projected beginning pitching matchups are as follows: Pablo Lopez (7-8, 3.83) and Adam Oller (2-5, 6.63) on Monday, Edward Cabrera (3-1, 1.78) and Zach Logue (3-7, 6.35) on Tuesday, and Jesus Luzardo (3-5, 3.44) and Cole Irvin (6-11, 3.33) on Wednesday.