This is the MLB Game of the Day. Sandy Alcántara and Tyler Glasnow on a Wednesday afternoon at Dodger Stadium, series tied 1-1, first pitch 3:10 PM ET. Two ace-level arms — 3-2, 3.05 ERA versus 3-0, 2.45 ERA — settling a series that, until Janson Junk threw six shutout innings against Shohei Ohtani last night, the Marlins were not supposed to win. Pete Fairbanks landed on the 15-day IL after Monday’s blown save; Tyler Phillips closed Tuesday and is the closer-by-circumstance.
This is afternoon-delight baseball. Set the alarm.
How to Watch
- Matchup: Miami Marlins (14-16) at Los Angeles Dodgers (20-10) · Series tied 1-1
- First Pitch: Wednesday, April 29 · 3:10 PM ET / 12:10 PM PT
- Venue: Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles
- Pitching: Sandy Alcántara (3-2, 3.05 ERA) vs. Tyler Glasnow (3-0, 2.45 ERA)
- TV: SportsNet LA · Marlins.TV
- Streaming: MLB.TV · Fubo
- Radio: WQAM 560 (English, Miami) · WAQI 710 (Spanish, Miami) · AM 570 LA Sports (English, LA) · KTNQ 1020 (Spanish, LA)
Who’s Playing — Four Stories That Shape The Rubber Match
This is a baseball-without-borders matchup. The Marlins ace was born in Azua, Dominican Republic. The Dodgers ace was born in Newhall, California, and grew up a Dodgers fan twenty miles from Dodger Stadium. Three of the four players who shape Wednesday afternoon were born outside the United States.
Sandy Alcántara · Azua, Dominican Republic
The Marlins’ starter walks in carrying his country with him. Sandy was activated by the Dominican Republic on February 5 and pitched in the 2026 World Baseball Classic before he ever pitched for Miami this year. The DR went deep into the bracket. Sandy was the Dominican ace in March and is the Marlins ace in April. Through five starts: 41.1 IP, 3.05 ERA, 27 K. The 2022 NL Cy Young winner is throwing his changeup more than his sinker for the first time in his career — a real adjustment from the sinker-first version that won the Cy.
Miami Marlins third baseman Javier Sanoja, right, hugs starting pitcher Sandy Alcantara after he pitched a complete game shut out against the Chicago White Sox, Wednesday, April 1, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Tyler Glasnow · Newhall, California, USA
The local kid pitching at home. Glasnow grew up in Newhall — a community within Santa Clarita, just up the 5 freeway from Dodger Stadium — and grew up a Dodgers fan. When Tampa Bay traded him to Los Angeles in December 2023, his quote was: “I get to go home.” Wednesday is exactly that. The most overpowering arm in either rotation through April: 3-0, 2.45 ERA, 0.70 WHIP, 38 strikeouts. Glasnow’s last start was eight innings of one-hit ball at Oracle Park on April 23 — nine strikeouts. The 32-year-old right-hander rebuilt his durability over the offseason after a 2025 season cut short by elbow and shoulder injuries; he gained 20 pounds at the Dodgers’ request to help him hold up across a full year, and the work has paid off. He has not faced these Marlins as a starter since 2023, when he went seven innings of two-hit ball at loanDepot park. The Marlins have never beaten him.
Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Tyler Glasnow pauses in the team dugout prior to a spring training baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers, Monday, March 16, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Andy Pages · La Habana, Cuba
The Dodgers’ Cuban-born center fielder leads the National League in RBI at 25. Hitting .324/.370/.528 through 30 games. Pages defected from Cuba and signed with the Dodgers as an international free agent in 2018 for $300,000. Eight years later he is the everyday center fielder on the back-to-back World Series champions, hitting cleanup against Sandy Alcántara on Wednesday afternoon. The Cuban talent pipeline that Miami’s beat covers as a matter of identity passes directly through center field at Dodger Stadium today.
Los Angeles Dodgers left fielder Teoscar Hernandez (37), Dodgers center fielder Andy Pages (44) and Dodgers right fielder Kyle Tucker (23) react after a win over the Chicago Cubs during a baseball game Sunday, April 26, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Caroline Brehman)
Otto Lopez · Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (via Montréal)
The most distinctly WBN player on either roster. Lopez was born in Santo Domingo, moved to Montréal at age 12 when his father took a teaching job in Quebec, played his first organized baseball in Canada — having only played street ball in the DR — then moved back to the Dominican at 16 to get signed by the Toronto Blue Jays. He speaks Spanish, French, and English. He arrived in Miami on a waiver claim in 2024. He has been the offensive engine of this road trip — 1-for-4 Monday, 3-for-5 Tuesday, hitting .325 on the season, among the NL leaders in batting average all month. (WBN named him International Player of the Week last June.) Glasnow gets him three or four times Wednesday.
Miami Marlins’ Otto Lopez (6) and Javier Sanoja, right, celebrate after the Marlins defeated the Colorado Rockies in a baseball game, Friday, March 27, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
The Series at a Glance
- Mon 4/27 — LAD 5, MIA 4 (Tucker walk-off in the 9th off the Marlins’ bullpen)
- Tue 4/28 — MIA 2, LAD 1 (Junk 6 IP, 0 ER · Phillips save · Ohtani L)
- Wed 4/29 · 3:10 PM ET — Alcántara vs. Glasnow
Kyle Tucker, centro, de los Dodgers de Los Ángeles, celebra con sus compañeros de equipo después de dejar tendidos en el terreno a los Marlins de Miami con un sencillo, el lunes 27 de abril de 2026, en Los Ángeles. (AP Foto/Ryan Sun)
A win Wednesday flies the Marlins home at 15-16 with a road series win against the back-to-back World Series champions. A loss puts them at 14-17. The Phillies — who fired Rob Thomson on Tuesday and named Don Mattingly the interim manager through 2026 — come into loanDepot Friday night for four games. WBN will cover the Mattingly homecoming separately.
Sandy gets the rubber match. 3:10 PM ET. Don’t miss it.
— MT
Miami Marlins Files — Full Coverage
Marlins at Giants Preview — Chasing the NL Wild Card · Cardinals Coming to Town — Series Preview · Junk and the Bullpen Three-Hit Cardinals — MIA 4, STL 1 · Dustin May Wins Pitchers’ Duel — STL 5, MIA 3 · Marlins Take the Opener — MIA 5, STL 3 · Eury Perez Answers the Question — MIL 3, MIA 5 · Marlins Punch First — MIA 10, ATL 4 · The Miami Marlins Are Winning. Nobody’s Been Told Yet. · Meet Leo Jimenez, Miami’s Newest Panamanian · Edwards Delivers — MIA 7, NYY 6 · Sandy Throws a Maddux — MIA 10, CHW 0 · Caissie Walk-Off Sweep — MIA 3-0 · Alcantara Dominates — Opening Day
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