Look, anyone's free to criticize this team as they see fit.

Heaven knows they've got it coming.

But there's one way, maybe only one one that I'm not okay with.

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Wednesday morning, I'm Dan Kavachievich of D.K. Pittsburgh Sports.

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Marlins three, Pirates 2,

last night at PNC Park.

And yeah, they had Sandy Alcantara on the mound, and that's pretty much as close as the Miami roster comes to being competitive.

And yeah, that's tough to take.

It's also tough to take, Stranding guys at second

and third in the bottom of the ninth. Henry Davis popping up and Kibbrien Hayes striking out.

But honestly, that's really where the dialogue should be about a game like that.

See, here's the thing.

Alcantara was terrific last night.

Six scoreless innings, three hits, six strikeouts, one walk.

But he's got a 7.14 ERA this year.

He has not been his Sanyang self. In fact, before facing the even awfuler Rockies

earlier this month, Alcantara was hit for six runs each by the Dodgers and Padres, both of those

out on the West Coast. But the reason that this happens is the same reason that pretty much everything happens

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