Alcantara, Cease named June Pitchers of the Month
Marlins right-hander Sandy Alcantara and White Sox righty Dylan Cease have been named the Pitchers of the Month for June.
Alcantara is the second Marlins hurler to take home National League Pitcher of the Month honors this season after Pablo López won the award in April.
The 26-year-old Alcantara threw at least seven innings in each of his six starts last month, extending his streak to 10 consecutive outings with seven-plus innings. He threw nine scoreless innings in Miami’s extra-innings win over the Nationals on June 8 and closed the month with a complete-game victory over the Cardinals.
All told, Alcantara went 3-1 with a 1.89 ERA, a 0.88 WHIP, 34 strikeouts and eight walks over 47 2/3 innings in June.
Cease, meanwhile, is the first American League Pitcher of the Month from the White Sox since Lucas Giolito in May 2019.
The 26-year-old Cease allowed only one earned run over 27 1/3 innings in June, recording a 0.33 ERA with 45 strikeouts and a .192 opponents' batting average. In his final two starts of the month, Cease struck out 24 of the 46 batters he faced and gave up one run in 13 innings.