MIAMI GARDENS, Florida (Interstat) — Sandy Alcantara pitched seven innings of four-hit shutout ball and Kyle Stowers provided the only offense with a first-inning solo home run as the Miami Marlins defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 1-0 on Tuesday night at loanDepot Park.

Alcantara struck out five and walked one, improving to 11-6 on the season. The right-hander allowed just four singles and never faced more than four batters in an inning after the second, when the Phillies put two runners on base but failed to score. Aaron Nola took the loss for Philadelphia, falling to 3-9 after allowing one run on six hits over six innings. He walked three and struck out five. Pete Fairbanks recorded his 14th save with a perfect ninth inning, striking out two.

The game was decided in the bottom of the first. With one out, Stowers drove a 2-1 pitch from Nola over the right-center field wall for his 14th home run of the season. The Marlins did not score again but made the lead stand behind Alcantara’s dominance and a defense that turned two double plays.

Philadelphia had its best scoring chance in the top of the second. Alec Bohm walked to lead off, and Brandon Marsh reached on a fielder’s choice that also saw Bohm advance to second on a throwing error by first baseman Stowers. Edmundo Sosa struck out on a foul tip, and Justin Crawford grounded out to shortstop, moving Bohm to third and Marsh to second. Bryan De La Cruz then popped out to first base in foul territory to end the threat.

The Phillies put two runners on again in the sixth. Bryce Harper singled to center and Bohm followed with a sharp line-drive single to right, putting runners at first and second with one out. Brandon Marsh struck out looking, and Edmundo Sosa lined out to third base to end the inning. In the seventh, De La Cruz doubled with one out for Philadelphia’s fourth and final hit, but Garrett Stubbs grounded out to shortstop to strand him.

Miami added baserunners throughout the game but could not push across an insurance run. Liam Hicks went 2-for-4 with a pair of singles, and Joe Mack was 1-for-2 with a walk. The Marlins left eight runners on base, including two in the bottom of the sixth when Hicks singled to put runners at the corners with two outs before Esteury Ruiz struck out swinging. In the eighth, Hicks singled again to put runners at first and third with one out, but Ruiz grounded into a force out to end the inning.

For Philadelphia, the loss dropped its record to 57-51. The Phillies were coming off an 8-7 defeat to the Marlins on Monday night in the series opener and have lost four of their last six games. Miami improved to 54-54, snapping a three-game losing streak and earning its second straight win over the Phillies. The Marlins have won four of the last five meetings between the teams, including eight of the last 12 overall.

The attendance was 12,010, and the game lasted 2 hours, 23 minutes.

The most important sequence of the game occurred in the bottom of the first inning when Stowers turned on a Nola fastball and sent it over the fence. That swing not only gave Miami the lead but also set the tone for Alcantara, who retired the side in order in the top of the first and never allowed the Phillies to mount a sustained rally. The lone run proved decisive as both pitchers settled into dominant rhythms, with Alcantara facing only one batter over the minimum from the second through the fifth innings. Nola, meanwhile, stranded two Marlins in the second when Graham Pauley lined into an unassisted double play, and he worked out of a jam in the sixth when Hicks singled to put runners at first and third before Ruiz struck out. But the Stowers home run was the only blemish on Nola’s line, and it stood as the game’s defining moment.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Philadelphia 4, Miami 0, and Interstat’s ELO system gave Philadelphia a 55.00 percent chance to win. The Phillies were installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus-1.5. The total score of one run went over the over-under line of eight.