Sandy Alcantara throws fourth career complete game as Marlins avoid sweep against Braves

Sandy Alcantara was masterful on the mound as soon as once more. The offense, lastly, got here up with clutch hits.

With these two forces coming collectively, the Miami Marlins prevented being swept by the Atlanta Braves, taking the sequence finale on Sunday 4-3 at loanDepot park. Miami (18-22) dropped the primary two video games of the sequence 5-3 on Friday and 4-3 on Saturday.

Alcantara threw his first full sport of the season and the fourth of his profession, holding held the Braves (19-22) to 3 runs (two earned) on six hits and two walks whereas putting out seven. He recorded the 27 outs on 115 pitches.

Over his final three begins, all Marlins wins, Alcantara has given up 5 whole runs (4 earned runs) over 24 innings.

The Braves made him work for the ultimate three outs, although. Travis d’Arnaud and Ozzie Albies began the ninth with back-to-back doubles to drive in a run. Austin Riley then hit a fly ball to proper subject for the primary out of the inning that moved Albies to 3rd. Dansby Swanson hit an RBI groundout that drove in Albies to chop Miami’s result in one. Adam Duvall popped out to catcher Jacob Stallings to finish the sport. Stallings and Alcantara embraced at house plate after the ultimate out was recorded.

The one run he gave up earlier than that on Sunday got here within the fifth inning. The Braves’ Albies reached third base on an error by Jesus Sanchez when he dropped a ball on the warning observe in middle subject. Swanson then drove Albies house with a bloop single that dropped into shallow proper subject.

That tied the sport at 1-1, with the Marlins having opened scoring within the first on a Garrett Cooper sacrifice fly that scored Jazz Chisholm Jr., who led off with a stroll and made it to 3rd base on a Jesus Aguilar double.

Miami retook the lead on a Brian Anderson RBI single within the sixth that scored Cooper. The Marlins added a pair of insurance coverage runs within the seventh on a Stallings RBI single that drove in Erik Gonzalez, who led off the inning with a single, stole second and reached third on an errant throw from Braves catcher Travis d’Arnaud, and an Avisail Garcia sacrifice fly with the bases loaded that scored Stallings.

An infield of accidents

The Marlins’ infield depth is being severely examined because the group offers with an assortment of accidents.

Joey Wendle and Jon Berti are on the injured listing. Wendle has been sidelined since Could 12 with a proper hamstring pressure, his second problem with that hamstring already this season. Berti was positioned on the IL since Could 7 following a constructive COVID-19 check.

Shortstop Miguel Rojas has been coping with a left calf harm since Could 11, when he was faraway from the Marlins’ sport towards the Arizona Diamondbacks. He left late in Miami’s sport Saturday and didn’t play Sunday.

And now Chisholm Jr. is coping with a left leg problem. He was spiked by Albies on a stolen base try within the eighth inning Saturday and was enjoying gingerly the remainder of the sport. He began on Sunday however was eliminated within the third inning with left hamstring tightness. Joe Dunand, who was recalled from Triple A Jacksonville previous to the sport, completed the sport at second base.

Wendle and Berti did baserunning drills pregame with supervisor Don Mattingly, basic supervisor Kim Ng and the coaching workers observing. The 2 will most certainly go on a rehab task earlier than rejoining the lively roster.

Extra harm updates and roster strikes

▪ The Marlins optioned Daniel Castano to Triple A Jacksonville to make room for Dunand on the lively roster.

▪ Richard Bleier (restoration after having COVID-19) started a rehab task with Triple A Jacksonville on Sunday.