In a mid-May start against Washington in Miami, Marlins’ starter Sandy Alcantara retired the final 20 Nationals’ hitters he faced after giving up three hits and a run early in the outing.
Last night in loanDepot park, Alcantara, 26, tossed nine scoreless inning against Miami’s NL East rivals, on an efficient 105 pitches, 84 strikes, working around six hits in what ended up a 2-1 win for the home team in extras.
“Alcantara is — he’s the best in our league, I think, I really do,” Nationals’ manager Davey Martinez told reporters after his club struggled to get anything going against Alcantara again last night.