Sandy Alcantara threw five high quality ins and Kyle Stowers blasted a two-run home run when Miami Marlins defeated the visiting New York Mets 4-2 on Tuesday.
Alcantara (1-0), which was drawn after 70 seats, allowed two runs on three hits and no walks. He knocked out four. Miami’s third bass man Graham Pauley laced a two-run double in the fourth, and Marlins won his third match in his last four.
Mets Starter Kodai Senga (0-1) allowed four runs (two earned) on three hits and a walk in five rounds and knocked out eight. Brandon Nimmo was 2-for-4, including a solo home run in the second round of New York. Mets will try to pass the Midweek series on Wednesday.
Miami struck in the first round. Xavier Edwards met a doll, and Stowers followed his first home run in the season, a 421 foot shot to the midfield.
New York immediately sliced its deficit in half at Nimmos Homer to start the top of the other. It was his second blast in the same number of games. An inning later band Francisco Lindor on two, Singling Home Luisangel Acuna, which led from the frame with a ground rule double.
At the bottom of the fourth, after Otto Lopez reached Lindor’s field errors to lead the inning, Senga Jonah Bride with two went out, and Pauley doubled both runners.
Ronny Henriquez took over for Alcantara to start the sixth and threw two speechless innings.
Senga was also removed after five rounds. Max Kranick retired the last three rounds and retired all nine Miami writers he met.
Lake Bachar hit a speechless peak in eighth for marlins, but Anthony Veneziano encountered difficulties in the ninth. He went Juan Soto to start inning, and after a force, he allowed a single to Nimmo.
Anthony Bender replaced Veneziano and made Mark Ventos fly out and Jesse Winker to mark out for his first rescue of the season.
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