TBR 12, MIA 7; Marlins swept in Citrus Series

Jim Rassol-USA TODAY Sports Marlins ace Sandy Alcántara, who had missed more than a month of in-game action due to testing positive for COVID-19, returned to the mound Sunday afternoon in the series finale vs. the Tampa Bay Rays at Marlins Park. However, the right-hander was greeted with two solo home runs in the opening inning, as the Rays, who once led, 12-1, finished off a struggling Miami club, 12-7, smacking four home runs in the victory.

Your browser does not support HTML5 video.Alcántara tossed 32 pitches in the first and left in the fifth inning with the bases loaded and zero down. Alcántara’s replacement, Robert Dugger, allowed four runs on five hits in his only inning out of the…