Burnes outpitches Alcantara, Brewers edge Marlins 1-0 September 30 sharefacebooktwitterredditlink MILWAUKEE (AP) Corbin Barkevious Mingo Jersey Burnes outpitched Sandy Alcantara, striking out seven in eight innings to lead the Milwaukee Brewers to a 1-0 victory over the Miami Marlins on Friday night.Milwaukee (84-73) remained a half-game back of the Phillies for the third NL wild-card spot. Philadelphia snapped a five-game losing streak earlier in the day with a victory over the Nationals in Washington.Burnes (12-8) allowed four hits and lowered his ERA to 2.98. Devin Williams struck out three and worked around a pair of walks in the ninth for his 15th save.Alcantara (14-9) struck out eight over his eight innings of work and held Milwaukee to five hits, two by rookie center fielder Garrett Mitchell.Mitchell led off the sixth with a base hit up the middle, then stole second and moved to third on Willy Adames single before scoring Ugo Amadi Jersey the games only run on Rowdy Tellezs sacrifice fly to the track in center.Miami didnt put a runner into scoring position until the ninth, when Lewin Diaz led off with a single and Jon Berti drew a five-pitch walk off Williams.Williams struck out Miamis next two batters, bringing up former teammate Avisail Garcia, whose grand slam a night earlier dealt the Milwaukee a lo s. Garcia walked on four pitches, loading the bases but Williams recovered, striking out Jesus Sanchez to end it.K-MENAlcantara became the first pitcher in Marlins history to strike out 200 batters in consecutive seasons when he whiffed Milwaukees leadoff batter, Christian Yelich, in the first inning.He set a career high with 201 strikeouts last season and surpa sed that mark in the third against Mitchell while also moving into a tie with Ryan Dempster for sixth on the Marlins career strikeout list with 628.Burnes, meanwhile, increased his total to 238 for the season to surpa s his previous career high of 234, set a year ago. He leads the NL and is second only to the Yankees Gerrit Cole (248) in the majors.TRAINERS ROOMMarlins: Chris Carson Jersey SS Miguel Rojas returned to the starting lineup Friday after sitting out the last two games with a sore wrist.UP NEXTThe series continues Saturday with Marlins right-hander Edward Cabrera (6-4, 3.15 ERA) facing off against Milwaukee left-hander Aaron Ashby (2-10, 4.50 ERA).___More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports in this topic Corbin Burnes Milwaukee Brewers National League Major League Baseball Miami Marlins Miguel Rojas Edward Cabrera Gerrit Cole Christian Yelich Avisal Garca Jon Berti Corbin Burnes Aaron Ashby Sandy Alcantara Devin Williams Miami Marlins Washington Nationals Milwaukee Brewers Philadelphia Phillies share Ronaldo looks to shine like Mbapp and Me si at World Cup Cristiano Ronaldo has been overshadowed by the brilliance of Lionel Me si and Kylian Mbapp so far at the Cassius Marsh Jersey World Cup 11 MINS AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Ottawa hosts Los Angeles after Giroux's 2-goal game The Ottawa Senators host the Los Angeles Kings after Claude Giroux's two-goal game against the San Jose Sharks in the Senators' Tyler Lockett Jersey 5-2 win 47 MINS AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Penguins host the Blue Jackets following Kapanen's hat trick The Pittsburgh Penguins host the Columbus Blue Jackets after Kasperi Kapanen's hat trick against the St. Louis Blues in the Penguins' 6-2 win 47 MINS AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Ducks bring losing streak into game against the Hurricanes The Anaheim Ducks aim to end their six-game losing streak when they play the Carolina Hurricanes 48 MINS AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Blackhawks face the Metropolitan Division-leading Devils The Chicago Blackhawks face the top-ranked team in the Metropolitan Division, the New Jersey Devils 48 MINS AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS
