Miami Marlins at Pittsburgh Pirates
Final
Recap
PITTSBURGH – Cheers to “El Caballo.” The Marlins toasted Sandy Alcantara with bottles of Veuve Clicquot shortly after Friday night’s 8-3 victory against the Pirates at PNC Park, where their ace recorded his 1,000th career strikeout. How fitting that Alcantara, the face of the franchise for nearly a decade, led the charge for Miami’s (35-35) sixth win in a row in its return to .500 for the first time since April 24 (13-13). “It means a lot,” Alcantara said. “I think I could have done that before, knowing that I lost almost two years because \[of\
Team stats
11Hits6
1Home runs2
6Walks1
7Strikeouts9
0Stolen bases1
120Pitches thrown160
9Pitching strikeouts7
Box score
Batting
| Batters | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heriberto HernandezLF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Joe MackC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Javier Sanoja3B | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Otto LopezSS | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Stowers1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Xavier Edwards2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Owen CaissieRF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Liam HicksDH | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jakob MarseeCF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Totals | 36 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
Pitching
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandy AlcantaraP | 8.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
| John KingP | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |