NEW YORK -- Sandy Alcantara was superb on Sunday afternoon at Citi Field, and it helped the Marlins defeat the Mets, 5-1 , and win the four-game series.

Alcantara looked like the pitcher who dominated the National League in 2022, when he won the Cy Young Award. Playing in his first season after undergoing Tommy John surgery in 2023 , Alcantara had one of his best games of the season, throwing seven innings and allowing one run on four hits while striking out six.

Alcantara’s fastball was clocked as high as 100.3 mph. In fact, he reached the century mark four times in the game and had 17 swings and misses. The Mets scored their lone run off Alcantara in the sixth inning, right after frustration boiled over on New York’s side.

After he was hit by an Alcantara pitch to put runners on

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