MIAMI (AP) — Sandy Alcántara pitched two-run ball for seven innings, rookie Máximo Acosta homered for his profession hit and the Miami Marlins beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-2 on Wednesday evening.
Heriberto Hernández had three hits and two RBIs and Troy Johnston singled twice for the Marlins, who averted a three-game sequence sweep.
Alcántara (7-11) scattered 5 hits and struck out a season-high 9. It was the 29-year-old right-hander’s third outing of the season that lasted seven innings.
Acosta, who was hitless in eight at-bats since being referred to as up Monday, hit a fastball from Cardinals starter Andre Pallante 418 ft over the wall in heart within the sixth inning to extend Miami’s result in 5-2.
The Cardinals had lower their deficit to 4-2 within the high of the inning Willson Contreras’ solo homer, his seventeenth.
Hernández scored from third on a double-play groundout within the second, and gave the Marlins a 3-0 lead with a two-run single within the third.
Lars Nootbaar’s RBI double within the fifth put the Cardinals on the board earlier than Johnston hit a run-scoring single within the backside half to provide the Marlins one other three-run benefit.
Pallante (6-11) was lifted after 5 1/3 innings. He gave up 5 runs and eight hits with 4 strikeouts.
Key second
Jakob Marsee and Agustín Hernández accomplished a double steal earlier than Hernández’s single within the third.
Key stat
Alcántara made his 163rd profession begin, surpassing Dontrelle Willis for second in Marlins’ historical past. Ricky Nolasco leads with 197.
Up subsequent
RHP Sonny Grey (11-6, 4.30 ERA) will begin the opener of a three-game sequence at Tampa Bay on Thursday. The Rays will go together with RHP Joe Boyle (1-2, 4.68).
The Marlins haven’t introduced a starter for the opener of a three-game residence sequence in opposition to Toronto on Friday. RHP Shane Bieber will make his season debut for the Blue Jays.
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