Miami Marlins’ seven-game win streak snapped in series finale loss to Seattle Mariners

Sandy Alcantara wanted yet another out to complete the highest of the sixth inning Friday and maintain the Miami Marlins’ deficit towards the Seattle Mariners at simply two runs.

That out by no means got here.

He gave up a double to J.P. Crawford to place a runner in scoring place. Marlins supervisor Don Mattingly then known as for an intentional stroll of Abraham Toro.

After which got here the dagger.

Julio Rodriguez, the third-ranked prospect in baseball in response to MLB Pipeline, despatched a 97 mph sinker on the inside fringe of the strike zone a projected 450 ft for a three-run house run — the primary of Rodriguez’s younger MLB profession.

“Once you mess up, you pay,” Alcantara mentioned, “and he received it.”

Alcantara’s day was executed. The Marlins’ win streak ended shortly afterward.

Alcantara’s tough begin coupled with the offense not getting going till it was too late resulted within the Marlins’ 7-3 loss to the Mariners on Sunday at loanDepot park. The Marlins (12-9) had received seven consecutive video games previous to the loss, together with 8-6 and 3-1 victories over the Mariners (12-11) on Friday and Saturday to clinch the three-game collection earlier than falling within the finale.

All informed, Alcantara gave up 5 earned runs on six hits — together with a pair of house runs — and 4 walks whereas placing out six over 5 2/3 innings.

Alcantara has a 2.90 ERA by means of his first 5 begins, however opponents are hitting .243 towards him and he has a 4.06 walks per 9 inning charge (14 walks in 31 innings).

“I don’t assume we’ve seen the very best Sandy at this level,” Mattingly mentioned. “He’s all the time good. He all the time appears good for essentially the most half as a result of he all the time will get by means of issues and he battles, however I don’t assume he’s been extraordinarily sharp but.”

Crawford hit a solo house run within the second to offer Seattle the early lead. Toro’s RBI single within the fourth that scored Jesse Winker made doubled the Mariners’ result in 2-0 earlier than Rodriguez’s house run within the sixth. Seattle tacked on two extra runs within the ninth inning towards Zach Pop.

The Marlins, in the meantime, had been stymied early on by Mariners beginning pitcher Logan Gilbert, who got here into the sport with only one earned run allowed by means of his first 4 begins. Miami didn’t get successful till Jon Berti and Garrett Cooper had back-to-back singles within the fifth. The didn’t break up the shutout till Brian Anderson hit a solo house run within the sixth.

“The child’s received a fantastic arm. He was electrical at the moment,” Anderson mentioned. “I used to be in search of a mistake, one thing out over the plate [on the sixth-inning home run]. … He didn’t make many errors at the moment and he’s received a very good fastball. It will get on you rather well. We simply weren’t capable of get to him fast sufficient.”

Jorge Soler drove in every of Miami’s different two runs with an RBI single by means of the correct aspect to beat the shift that scored Berti and a 451-foot solo house run within the ninth.

The Marlins left 12 runners on base and went simply 2 for 9 with runners in scoring place.

Choices to make

MLB rosters shrink from 28 gamers to 26 beginning Monday. That features the utmost variety of pitchers on a staff’s energetic roster dropping from 15 to not more than 14.

Meaning the Marlins should trim both two pitchers or one pitcher and one place participant from its energetic roster earlier than they start their three-game collection with the Arizona Diamondbacks.

This story was initially revealed Could 1, 2022 5:03 PM.