CBS Miami · Mar 31, 2019
Alcantara’s Strong Start Lifts Marlins To Opening Weekend Split With Rockies
MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) — One thing the rebuilding Miami Marlins will offer this season is a plethora of young, electric pitchers.
Sandy Alcantara tossed eight crisp innings, Jorge Alfaro drove in two runs and the Marlins took down the Colorado Rockies 3-0 on Sunday to earn a split of the season-opening four-game set.
Alcantara allowed four hits, struck out six and walked none in his longest outing in 15 major league appearances.
The 23-year-old right-hander retired 14 straight hitters before Ryan McMahon reached on a two-out infield single in the seventh.
Alcantara (1-0) also picked up his major league hit on a line-drive single to left in the fifth.