Alcantara (8-12) picked up the win in Saturday's 6-1 victory over the Reds, allowing one run on six hits and a walk over seven innings. He struck out a career-high 12.
The right-hander got staked to a 5-0 lead in the first inning and never looked back, slicing through the Cincinnati lineup on 98 pitches (and a whopping 75 strikes) while fanning double-digit batters for the third time in his last six starts. A 10-run disaster at Coors Field aside, Alcantara has looked like a bona fide ace lately, delivering quality starts in six of his last seven outings with a 3.35 ERA, 1.03 WHIP and 53:10 K:BB through 45.2 innings over that stretch.