MIAMI (AP) — Sandy Alcantara struck out eight in seven innings, becoming the Miami Marlins' career leader in innings pitched, and Xavier Edwards had three RBIs in a 7-0 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday.
Alcantara (13-6) broke the record in the third, working his 1,226th inning and passing Ricky Nolasco, who pitched 1,225 2/3 innings for the Marlins from 2006-13. He gave up three hits and walked one. Reliever Pete Fairbanks struck out all three batters in the ninth to end the game.
Edwards hit an RBI double as Miami took a 2-0 lead in the third, followed by Otto Lopez's two-run single to double the Marlins' lead. Jakob Marsee tripled to lead off the fifth, and Edwards singled to send him home.
Griffin Conine singled and Heriberto Hernández doubled in the fifth to make it 7-0.
Angels starter Walbert Ureña (7-8) pitched the first 2 1/3 innings. He allowed four hits and four earned runs. He walked three and struck out two. Brett Kerry pitched the final 5 2/3 innings, striking out seven and walking one. He gave up six hits.
RHP Grayson Rodriguez (3-4, 7.24 ERA) will start on the mound for the Angels in the series finale on Sunday. RHP Ryan Gusto (0-3, 4.80) will start for the Marlins.
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Miami Marlins pitcher Sandy Alcantara tips his cap after breaking a team record on most innings pitched during the third inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels Saturday, Aug. 8, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Andrés Chaparro drove in three runs and the Washington Nationals snapped Cincinnati ace Chase Burns’ 12-game winning streak, beating the Reds 8-2 on Saturday night.
Rookie Abimelec Ortiz drove in two for Washington. The Nationals have won three of four after dropping a season-worst seven in a row.
Eugenio Suárez homered for Cincinnati as the Reds dropped consecutive games for the first time since July 11-12.
Washington took a 3-2 lead when Dylan Crews opened the sixth with a double and scored on Daylen Lile’s double. Burns (13-2) then loaded the bases before yielding to Sam Moll, who was greeted by Chaparro’s pinch double. Chaparro advanced on a wild pitch and scored when Jacob Young singled.
Burns, who built the fifth-longest winning streak in club history, lost for the first time since April 10. He allowed five runs in 5 1/3 innings while striking out six.
Chaparro and CJ Abrams added RBI singles in the eighth.
Clayton Beeter (5-3) worked a scoreless eighth for Washington.
José Tena led off the third with a single to center, then moved up two batters later when Abrams slapped a first-pitch slider down the right-field line for a double. Both scored when Ortiz poked Burns’ 0-2 fastball the opposite way to left.
Nationals starter Andrew Alvarez surrendered a run on three hits and a walk in 5 1/3 innings, and was pulled after Sal Stewart’s infield single dribbled off third base. Max Kranick relieved him, and two batters later Suárez ripped a fastball into the visitor’s bullpen in left.
Alvarez has not allowed a home run in his last 51 1/3 innings, the franchise’s seventh-longest streak since moving to Washington in 2005.
Cincinnati RHP Brady Singer (5-10, 4.67 ERA) was set to start Sunday in the series finale. RHP Brad Lord (5-2, 3.81) was scheduled open a bullpen game for Washington.
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Cincinnati Reds pitcher Chase Burns throws during the third inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals, Saturday, Aug. 8, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
Washington Nationals pitcher Andrew Alvarez throws during the second inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds, Saturday, Aug. 8, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
Washington Nationals second baseman Nasim Nunez throws to first base but cannot get Cincinnati Reds' Noelvi Marte during the second inning of a baseball game, Saturday, Aug. 8, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
Washington Nationals pitcher Andrew Alvarez throws during the third inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds, Saturday, Aug. 8, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
Washington Nationals' CJ Abrams dives towards second base for a double during the third inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds, Saturday, Aug. 8, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
