Sandy Alcantara and a big ninth inning by the offense lead Marlins to win over Diamondbacks

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Miami Herald

PHOENIX — The Miami Marlins got a vintage Sandy Alcantara start on Wednesday and the offense put together its best inning of the season when the team needed it the most. It paved the way for the Marlins ending a road trip to forget on a high note. Alcantara threw seven innings and the Marlins scored eight runs in the ninth as Miami beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 11-3 at Chase Field to avoid a three-game series sweep and get just their second win of this week-long West Coast trip after going 1-3 against the San Diego Padres. The Diamondbacks tied the game in the eighth on Jordan Luplow’s pinch-h…