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06/01 20:48 CDT Alcantara rebounds on the mound and the Marlins snap their 5-game skid with a 7-3 win over the Nats Alcantara rebounds on the mound and the Marlins snap their 5-game skid with a 7-3 win over the Nats By NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer WASHINGTON (AP) --- Sandy Alcantara pitched seven steady innings and the Miami Marlins hit three home runs, snapping their five-game losing streak with a 7-3 win over the Washington Nationals on Monday night. After yielding 14 runs over his previous two starts, Alcantara (4-4) allowed three runs and seven hits this time. He struck out five without a walk. The Marlins trailed 3-1 before scoring three runs in the sixth. After pinch-hitter Heriberto Hernndez tied it with a two-run homer, Miami went ahead on Connor Norby's RBI double off Richard Lovelady (2-3). Liam Hicks and Kyle Stowers added home runs for the Marlins in the ninth. Jacob Young went deep for Washington. Otto Lopez had three hits and a walk for Miami, raising his major league-leading batting average to .333. Cade Cavalli walked three batters in the first inning, including Owen Caissie with the bases loaded to give the Marlins a 1-0 lead. Young's two-run homer put Washington up by a run in the second, and Curtis Mead added an RBI single in the third. Leo Jimnez led off the sixth with a single, and with three straight left-handed batters due up, the Nationals pulled Cavalli in favor of Lovelady, a lefty. Hernndez batted for Caissie and sent a drive to left field that easily cleared the wall, tying the game. The Marlins weren't finished. After a hit batter and a sacrifice bunt, Norby sent a flare just inside the foul line behind first base, putting Miami up 4-3. Hicks hit a solo homer and Stowers added a two-run shot in the ninth. Miami put right-hander Josh Ekness on the 15-day injured list with a right calf strain, retroactive to Friday.

Up next The Nationals send Miles Mikolas (1-4) to the mound Tuesday night. Miami had not announced a scheduled starter. ___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB