Sandy Alcantara’s 3-hit shutout lifts Marlins over White Sox

Sandy Alcantara pitched a three-hit shutout and Liam Hicks drove in four runs, leading the host Miami Marlins to a 10-0 win over the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday afternoon.

After playing their first two series against teams that lost more than 100 games last season — the Rockies and White Sox — the Marlins are 5-1 before heading to New York to play the Yankees on Friday.

Alcantara (2-0) did not walk a batter and struck out seven, throwing just 93 pitches for the first Marlins complete-game shutout since Braxton Garrett had one in May 2024.

It was his fifth career shutout for Alcantara and the second time he pitched a “Maddux” — a complete-game shutout in fewer than 100 pitches.

Hicks, acquired by the Marlins in December 2024 as a Rule 5 draft pick, went 3-for-4 with a homer on Wednesday.

He had six homers, 45 RBIs and a .693 OPS in his first season in the league last year. In six games this season, he has three homers, 12 RBIs and a 1.659 OPS.

Also for Miami, Otto Lopez homered, tripled, and scored three runs.

Shane Smith (0-2) took the loss for the White Sox, allowing eight hits, two walks and eight runs, seven earned, in three innings.

Smith, who went undrafted out of Wake Forest in 2021, had a dream season last year, going from Rule 5 draft pick to rookie All-Star. This year, though, he has a 19.29 ERA through two starts.

Miami opened the scoring with a four-run first. Hicks had a run-scoring single, Connor Norby added an RBI double, and Owen Caissie capped the rally with a two-run single.

The Marlins made it 6-0 in the second on Hicks’ two-out, two-run homer just inches over the glove of right fielder Everson Pereira.

In the third, Heriberto Hernandez drew a walk and advanced to third on Graham Pauley’s ground-rule double down the right field line. The White Sox brought the infield in, and Javier Sanoja drilled a two-run single right past the glove of shortstop Luisangel Acuna to make it 8-0.

Miami extended its lead to 9-0 in the sixth as Lopez tripled and scored on Hicks’ RBI single.

In the eighth, the Marlins made it 10-0 on Lopez’s 392-foot homer to left.

–Field Level Media