Sandy Alcantara took the mound under difficult circumstances — the Miami right-hander’s mother died, and this was his first start since coming off the bereavement list.
“I hope she was watching the game too,” he said.
Alcantara pitched into the seventh inning, and Sandy León hit a three-run homer in the second to help the Marlins to a 7-3 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday night.
Lewin Díaz and Brian Anderson added solo shots for Miami, which has won three straight. León singled and scored in the fourth.
Alcantara (6-9) allowed three runs and six hits in six-plus innings in his first start since July 16.