MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (Interstat) — Sandy Alcantara authored a masterful complete-game shutout, and the Miami Marlins’ offense erupted early to crush the Chicago White Sox 10-0 on Wednesday afternoon at loanDepot Park, securing a series victory and continuing their torrid start to the 2026 season.

Facing a White Sox team reeling from a 1-4 start, Alcantara was the story. The Marlins’ ace needed just 2 hours and 14 minutes to dispatch Chicago, allowing only three singles while striking out seven and walking none. He faced just two batters over the minimum, throwing 67 of his 101 pitches for strikes in a dominant, efficient performance that followed up his seven scoreless innings against Colorado on March 27.

The game was effectively decided in the first three innings as Miami relentlessly pounded White Sox starter Shane Smith and built an 8-0 lead. Smith, who took the loss to fall to 0-2, never found his footing. The Marlins’ first inning was a clinic in opportunistic offense. After a walk and a fielding error by Smith put runners on the corners, catcher Liam Hicks lined an RBI single to center. Connor Norby followed with a run-scoring double, and Owen Caissie capped the four-run outburst with a two-run single to left.

The onslaught continued in the second. Following a single by Xavier Edwards, Hicks launched a two-run homer to right field. The call was briefly reviewed but upheld, giving Hicks his third home run of the season and pushing the lead to 6-0.

Miami added two more in the third. Graham Pauley laced a ground-rule double, and Javier Sanoja drove him and Heriberto Hernández home with a single to left, though Sanoja was thrown out trying to stretch it into a double. The early explosion provided more than enough support for Alcantara, who was in complete command.

The most important sequence of the game was undoubtedly the first-inning rally. Smith’s error on Otto Lopez’s fielder’s choice set the table for the Marlins, and they capitalized immediately with three consecutive run-scoring hits. That early four-run deficit, against a pitcher of Alcantara’s caliber, proved insurmountable for a struggling White Sox lineup and set the tone for a lopsided affair.

Chicago’s offense, which mustered only three hits, never threatened. Their best chance came in the third when Chase Meidroth singled with two outs, but Munetaka Murakami struck out swinging. Alcantara retired the final 13 batters he faced, and only one White Sox runner reached second base all afternoon.

Miami added single runs in the sixth and eighth innings. In the sixth, Hicks delivered again with an RBI single to score Lopez, who had tripled. In the eighth, Lopez provided the final margin with a solo home run to left field, his first of the year.

For the Marlins, Hicks was the offensive standout, going 3 for 4 with a home run and four RBIs. Lopez finished 2 for 4 with the homer, a triple, and two runs scored. Sanoja added two hits and two RBIs, while Pauley contributed two doubles.

The White Sox bullpen, after Smith’s early exit, found minor solace in the work of Lucas Sims and Chris Murphy. Sims threw two scoreless innings with one hit allowed, and Murphy struck out three over two innings, surrendering one run. Jordan Leasure allowed the eighth-inning homer to Lopez in his inning of work.

The announced attendance was 6,505. The victory improved the Marlins’ record to 5-1, the best in the National League early in the season, while the White Sox fell to a dismal 1-5. Miami took three of four games in the series, outscoring Chicago 23-11 over the final three contests after dropping the opener.

The result defied the pregame projection from Interstat, which had forecast a narrow 5-4 Miami victory. The Marlins easily covered the -1.5 spread, and the combined 10 runs went under the over/under line of 7.5, largely due to Alcantara’s shutout.

The White Sox will look to regroup as they return to Chicago to open a series against the Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday. The Marlins, riding high, will enjoy an off-day before beginning a challenging road series against the New York Yankees in the Bronx on Friday.