MIAMI (AP) \u2014 Sandy Alcantara pitched seven innings of two-run ball to outlast Detroit ace Tarik Skubal, who exited early after experiencing left side tightness, in the Miami Marlins\u2019 8-2 win over the Tigers on Friday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Alcantara (9-12) allowed four hits and struck out eight in the matchup of Cy Young Award winners. The 2022 NL Cy Young Award winner matched a season-high seven innings for the sixth time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Skubal (13-5) struggled after a recent string of dominant outings. He gave up four runs and four hits before\u00a0he left with one out in the fourth. The reigning AL Cy Young Award winner had allowed one earned run over his previous 27 1\/3 innings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tigers shortstop Javier B\u00e1ez\u00a0left after he fouled off a pitch that struck near his left eye\u00a0during an at-bat in the second inning. B\u00e1ez swung at a 90 mph changeup from Alcantara and the ball first deflected off the brim of his helmet before making contact near his eye.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rookie Agust\u00edn Ram\u00edrez, Heriberto Hern\u00e1ndez and Joey Wiemer homered for the Marlins, who won their third straight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ram\u00edrez put Miami on the board with a solo shot in the first. He drove Skubal\u2019s fastball into the left-field seats for his 20th homer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hern\u00e1ndez connected off Skubal to lead off the second and Javier Sanoja added an RBI fielder\u2019s choice in the second to make it 3-0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After Riley Greene\u2019s solo homer in the fourth narrowed the deficit for Detroit, Miami responded with Sanoja\u2019s two-run double.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wiemer helped expand the Marlins\u2019 lead with a two-run homer against reliever Chris Paddack in the sixth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was the Marlins\u2019 first three-game win streak since a three-game home sweep of the New York Yankees Aug. 1-3 that got them to 55-55.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
RHP Charlie Morton (7-13, 4.85 ERA) will start for the Tigers on Saturday against RHP Jansen Junk (6-3, 4.48) of the Marlins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"