One of the themes of this season for the Marlins has been the poor run support being provided to their starting pitchers. The offense occasionally erupts like we saw on Friday, but seemingly never when Sandy Alcántara is on the mound. The Dominican right-hander is pitching as well as ever, going eight innings in each of his last two starts. Somehow, the Marlins lost both games.
On June 16, Alcántara took the loss against the Cardinals even though he pitched 8 1⁄3 innings of six hits and an unearned run.