Miami Marlins at Pittsburgh Pirates

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Miami Marlins

35-35, 12-19 Away

Final
8 - 3

Pittsburgh Pirates

35-35, 19-18 Home

Marlins beat the Pirates 8-3 for their 6th straight victory

Sandy Alcántara records 1,000th K in Marlins' win

Sandy Alcantara (6-4) won for the third time in three starts in June, working eight innings. He gave up three runs on five hits while striking out seven and walking one.

Tied at 2 going into the seventh, the Marlins scored four runs off reliever Wilber Dotel (1-2). Xavier Edwards brought home the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly, Heriberto Hernandez had an RBI single and Caissie broke it open with his double off the fence in center.

Liam Hicks added a two-run home run in the eighth off Antoine Kelly, who was making his major league debut, to make it 8-2. Hicks finished 3 for 4 with a double and three runs.

Endy Rodriguez homered and doubled for the Pirates, who lost for the sixth in seven games. Brandon Lowe went deep in the bottom of the eighth after the Pirates had fallen behind by six runs.

The Pirates opened the scoring in the third when Rodriguez hit a leadoff double and scored on Jared Triolo’s single.

The Marlins moved in front 2-1 in the fifth. Otto Lopez drove in one run with a groundout and Kyle Stowers followed with an RBI single. Rodriguez homered in the bottom of the inning to tie it.

Pirates starter Braxon Ashcraft allowed two runs in five innings.

Up next Pirates rookie RHP Bubba Chandler (2-7. 4.91 ERA) was set to start Saturday. The Marlins had not announced a starter.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Rodríguez struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Valdez struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Valdez hit for Callihan
	9th Inning	Gonzales singled to center.
	9th Inning	O'Hearn flied out to center.
	9th Inning	King relieved Alcantara

Statistics

MIA		PIT
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
14	Ground Balls	11
7	Strikeouts	9
8	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
11	Hits	6
0	Stolen Bases	1
6	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
8	Runs	3
2	Ground Into Double Play	0
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
36	At Bats	33
1	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
18	Runners Left On Base	11
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
4	Doubles	1
16	Fly Balls	13
0	Caught Stealing	0
160	Pitches	120
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
18	Total Bases	13
43	Plate Appearances	34
162.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
5	Extra Base Hits	3
6.8	Runs Created	2.9
.306	Batting Average	.182
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.500	Slugging Percentage	.394
.361	Secondary Average	.273
.395	On Base Percentage	.206
.895	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.600
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
6.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.9
54.0	Batter Rating	27.0
36.0	At Bats Per Home Run	16.5
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.72	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.53
.194	Isolated Power	.212
0.86	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.11
.140	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.029
.056	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.091
16.0	Runs Produced	6.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.2
97.8	MLB Rating	75.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0