Sandy Alcantara can set Miami up nicely to begin the road trip by eating innings here. He's thrown 95+ pitches in three straight starts, yet missed the over on this line in his last two. In those starts he allowed 10 hits and seven runs across six innings, and uncharacteristically walked six batters in five innings last time out. This should be an easier matchup though, against a Giants team that ranks dead last in OPS against righties and last in drawing walks as well. Alcantara is once again on an extra day of rest so the workload should be there, and this is one of the few ballparks he gets a positive bump over his home park.

Over the first five innings, Marlins starter Sandy Alcantara has a 5.40 ERA in the opening frame but allowed only 3 ER in innings 2-5 combined. Giants starter Adrian Houser has allowed four runs in three straight starts and has a 6.75 ERA in both the first and second innings, and a 9.82 ERA in the fifth. Neither team is mashing right now, but the Giants rank dead-last in home OPS (.560) and are averaging 2.6 runs per game at Oracle Park. Miami’s a respectable 16th in road OPS.