Miami 8, at Pittsburgh 3

PITTSBURGH (Interstat) — Sandy Alcantara pitched seven strong innings and the Miami Marlins used a four-run seventh inning to break open a tie game, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-3 on Friday night at PNC Park. Both teams entered the contest with identical 35-35 records, tied at .500. The Marlins snapped a brief losing streak and improved to 36-35, while the Pirates dropped to 35-36. The game drew 19,587 fans and lasted 2 hours, 38 minutes. Miami struck first, but neither team scored in the opening two frames. Pirates starter Braxton Ashcraft worked around a two-out single by Kyle Stowers in… Read more...