Alcantara dominates, O’Brien crushes to lead Marlins over Mets 5-2

Sandy Alcantara allowed two runners in the first but settled in after that on the way to 4.1 innings of shutout ball to go with five strikeouts and just two walks. He sat between 96-98 mph with his four-seamer, but his 90 mph changeup was really the star of the day with a late dart downward that the Braves were unable to handle. He was a little wild and inefficient, however, leading to an early exit after throwing 76 pitches when he had been scheduled to go five full frames.

The other star of the game was O’Brien, who broke out of a 2-for-23 slump to start the spring that included 14 strikeouts. His bloop RBI single off of Julio Teheran in the first gave the Fish their first lead of the day.…