Sandy Alcantara surrendered two runs over five innings on Monday in a loss to the Phillies.
Alcantara recorded five strikeouts and only issued one walk. A pair of solo home runs courtesy of Trea Turner and Max Kepler accounted for all of the damage against him in this one. The 29-year-old righty didn’t get enough run support to avoid being saddled with a loss, but he’s clearly turned things around since the calendar flipped to June, allowing two earned runs or fewer in each of his last three starts. He isn’t producing astronomical strikeout totals, but the fact that he isn’t getting lit up each time he takes the mound is a significant step in the right direction. We’re almost back at the point where he can be trusted again for fantasy purposes. He’ll carry an underwhelming 6.88 ERA, 1.47 WHIP and 55/32 K/BB ratio across 68 innings (14 starts) into a home matchup on Sunday against Atlanta.