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Miami Marlins\u2019 Kyle Stowers celebrates after hitting a two-run home run during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Athletics Saturday, July 4, 2026, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo\/Sara Nevis)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. \u2014 Sandy Alcantara allowed one run with a season-high eight strikeouts in eight innings to win his seventh consecutive start, leading the Miami Marlins past the Athletics 7-2 on Saturday night.<\/p>

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Otto Lopez homered and had three hits and three RBIs for Miami to celebrate his first All-Star selection. Joe Mack and Kyle Stowers also connected while Liam Hicks added three hits for the Marlins (48-42).<\/p>\n

Alcantara (10-4) gave up six hits and walked one against the A\u2019s to extend the longest winning streak by a Marlins starter since 2016. Tyler Zuber pitched the ninth. Miami has won eight of 11.<\/p>\n

Lopez, the National League leader in hits entering the day who will join teammate Max Meyer in the All-Star Game, hit a two-run home run off A\u2019s starter Aaron Civale in the third. The 27-year-old infielder also got to Civale for an RBI double in the fifth for his 38th multi-hit game before the All-Star break, an ongoing Marlins record.<\/p>

Read more Braves unleash 5 homers in a 14-3 rout of the Mets as Chris Sale earns win<\/a><\/p>\n

Joshua Kuroda-Grauer and Carlos Cortes each had two hits for the A\u2019s. Manager Mark Kotsay\u2019s club has lost four of five on its homestand and 10 of 13 overall.<\/p>\n

Mack put the Marlins ahead with his third home run in four games, a 449-foot drive off Civale leading off the third.<\/p>\n

After Hicks singled, Lopez added his seventh home run to make it 3-0.<\/p>\n

Stowers hit his 11th home run off Kade Morris in the seventh.<\/p>\n

Civale (5-6) had six strikeouts and allowed four runs in 4 2\/3 innings.<\/p>\n

Athletics LHP Gage Jump (3-2, 2.29 ERA) was set to face RHP Eury Perez (4-6, 4.21) on Sunday in the series finale.<\/p>

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