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Sandy Alcantara is simply untouchable in June. The Miami Marlins trailed the Colorado Rockies five to two in the fifth when Otto Lopez got things started with a solo shot, then Griffin Conine came off the bench and absolutely crushed a three-run changeup off the third-deck facade in right field. Final score, ten to seven, and Alcantara moves to six and zero for the month. That man owns June.
Meanwhile in Boston, Willson Contreras stepped to the plate in the first inning against Washington carrying something much bigger than a baseball game. The Red Sox first baseman had been playing through personal grief, and when he put one over the wall for a three-run homer, he broke down weeping in the dugout. He said he prayed to God for that home run. Some moments go well beyond the box score.
And in Detroit, Casey Mize put on a masterclass against the New York Yankees, becoming just the third pitcher in major league history to register ten strikeouts, zero walks, and one or fewer runs allowed against New York in a single outing. That is rarefied air, and the Tigers walked away with the win.
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