MIA 0, STL 1; Sandman puts *both* lineups to sleep

Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports My Marlins-Cardinals series prediction almost came true. Sandy Alcantara didn’t need much run support to salvage the series finale for Miami on Wednesday. Problem is, he didn’t get any run support, becoming the first Marlins pitcher in nearly nine years to suffer a complete game loss.

Your browser does not support HTML5 video.Concluding a grueling stretch of playing games on 16 consecutive days, Don Mattingly decided it’d be valuable to send 30-something sluggers Jesús Aguilar, Adam Duvall and Starling Marte on their own mini-vacations. That has become an increasingly common tactic across Major League Baseball. However, doing so with all three of them at the same…