For the second week in a row, the Dodgers face the Marlins, this time for three games at loanDepot Park beginning Monday night in Miami.
The Dodgers swept that series in Los Angeles, part of a six-game losing streak for the Marlins. Miami snapped the skid with a walk-off win on Saturday. Kyle Stowers hit the walk-off blast on Saturday to cap off a two-homer, six-RBI game. The outfielder also hit two home runs on Wednesday at Dodger Stadium, part of a 5-for-10 series against the Dodgers.
In the last game Shohei Ohtani played in Miami, last September 19, he had what Dodgers announcer Joe Davis called “the greatest day in baseball history,” driving in a team-record 10 runs with three home runs, two doubles, and two stolen bases, clinching the first 50-50 season in baseball history.
Former Cy Young Award winner Sandy Alcantara starts for the home team in the series opener. Alcantara has struggled mightily this season as he returns from Tommy John surgery, with an 8.31 ERA and 6.48 ERA in his six starts.
That included getting peppered for seven runs and recording only eight outs last Tuesday at Dodger Stadium. Alcantara walked five in that game and has a 14.2-percent walk rate so far this season, nearly double his 7.4-percent rate from the first seven years of his career.
Ohtani led off that Tuesday game with a home run, his only hit in five career at-bats against Alcantara.
Sunday game info
- Teams: Dodgers at Marlins
- Stadium: loanDepot Park, Miami
- Start time: 3:40 p.m. PT
- TV: SportsNet LA
- Radio: AM 570 (English), KTNQ 1020 AM (Spanish)