MIAMI -- As Henderson Alvarez discussed his two-hit victory in the Miami Marlins clubhouse, teammate Jose Fernandez served as a translator. Joe Panik Jersey . The performance actually spoke for itself. Alvarez won for the first time since his no-hitter to end the 2013 season, helping Miami beat the Seattle Mariners 7-0 Saturday. The Venezuelan faced only 28 batters, one over the minimum. "It was amazing," praised Fernandez, who watched from the dugout with other Marlins pitchers. "From the first inning he was locating his pitches well. We were all sitting together, so it was exciting watching him throw like that." Alvarez (1-2) retired the first 15 batters en route to the third complete game and third shutout of his career. He struck out four, walked none and threw 90 pitches. "Talk about efficiency," manager Mike Redmond said. "In the first inning you could sense the intensity, and the way he was executing his pitches, you could tell he was on a mission." Alvarez said he was mindful in the early innings of his shot at a second no-hitter. "I thought about it, but I was concentrating on getting outs," Alvarez said in Spanish. The Mariners lost their fifth game in a row and were shut out for the fourth time. "This is a tough stretch for us," manager Lloyd McClendon said. "Everybody in baseball goes through tough stretches, and we just happen to have ours now. Weve got to grind it out and keep our heads up and keep going." Alvarez generated more offence than Seattle, driving in a run with a two-out broken-bat single in the sixth off rookie Roenis Elias to make it 3-0. The hit left Alvarez shaking his right hand in pain. "He jammed me hard," he said. "I thought I broke all five fingers when I got to first base." Elias (1-2) allowed six runs in 5 2-3 innings. Marcell Ozuna had a three-run homer, his third, and an RBI single to hike his average to .343. Adeiny Hechavarria contributed three hits, scored twice and made two fine plays at shortstop. Christian Yelich doubled to extend his hitting streak to 13 games. The Mariners had eight left-handers in the lineup against Alvarez, but that didnt faze the right-hander, who retired the side in order for five innings before Dustin Ackley singled to shallow left-centre on the first pitch of the sixth. The pitch was a sinker called by catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia. "That wasnt the pitch I wanted to throw," Alvarez said. "It was a little high. I wanted to throw a changeup down." After the crowd of 24,003 gave Alvarez a warm ovation, Ackley was erased on a double play. Mike Zunino doubled with one out in the ninth for the Mariners other hit before Alvarez closed out the Marlins first complete game this year. He lowered his ERA from 4.30 to 2.66. "He was keeping the ball down and hitting his spots," Saltalamacchia said. "If he missed, he missed away. In his last few starts he left balls up in the zone a little bit." Alvarez, who turned 24 Friday, reached 96 mph on the scoreboard radar gun and had good command of his sinker. He went to three balls on only one batter, and induced 17 groundball outs. "When you run into a guy thats got three or four pitches working and hes a power pitcher, its going to be tough," McClendon said. "Youre probably going to have a long night. Thats the way it was." The dominating performance was reminiscent of Alvarezs no-hitter on the final day of last season, when Miami scored in the bottom of the ninth to beat Detroit 1-0. That was the first time a no-hitter was secured with a walk-off wild pitch to bring home the winning run, and Alvarez was in the on-deck circle at the time. NOTES: Marlins 2B Rafael Furcal (hamstring) will begin a rehabilitation assignment Monday with Double-A Jacksonville. ... Marlins RHP Jacob Turner (shoulder) is scheduled to make his first rehab start Wednesday for Class A Jupiter. ... The Mariners Corey Hart was given the night off. ... Seattle RHP Brandon Maurer and Marlins RHP Kevin Slowey are scheduled to make their first starts of the season Sunday. Austin Jackson Jersey . Canada was placed in one of the easiest groups during Saturdays live televised draw in Montreal. Cheap San Francisco Giants Jerseys . With the Rangers already leading 2-0, Carey Price was taken down early in the second period of New Yorks 7-2 pounding of the Canadiens in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference final on Saturday afternoon. http://www.cheapsanfranciscogiantsjerseys.com/?tag=cheap-barry-bonds-jersey . Yoenis Cespedes proved he can play through a hurting right heel, giving Scott Kazmir and the As a spark with a pair of RBIs that helped spoil the Minnesota Twins home opener with an 8-3 victory on Monday.GLENDALE, Ariz. - The game plan was to get shots on goal, so thats just what Brenden Dillon did.It came from along the boards near the blue line, wasnt a particularly hard shot and was probably going wide, yet found its way into the net.After a long scoring drought like his, Dillon was happy to see anything go in, even if it was on a lucky bounce.Dillon scored his first goal in 62 games early in the third period and Antti Niemi stopped 27 shots, lifting the San Jose Sharks to a 3-2 win over the Arizona Coyotes on Tuesday night.Ive had a couple of those bounces like that go against us this year, so to get one go for us — and for me personally — and get the win, Im really excited, Dillon said.Coming off a disappointing loss to the New York Rangers, the Sharks were solid at both ends.Joe Pavelski scored his 22nd goal early in the second period and Tomas Hertl put one in just over a minute later, sending the Sharks into the third period tied at 2-all.Dillon put San Jose up 3-2 early in the third period with a shot that caromed off the skate of Coyotes defenceman Zbynek Michalek and squeezed through Devan Dubnyks pads.Niemi closed it out, making some big saves down the stretch to give the Sharks a victory before opening a seven-game homestand.It was a pretty evenly-played game, but well take the bounce that went our way and move on, Sharks coach Todd McLellan said.The Coyotes were right there with the Sharks, playing solidly after a disappointing loss in their last game.Arizona created some good chances, with Mikkel Boedker scoring in his third straight game and Shane Doan adding a goal before sitting out most of the third period with a right leg injury.Dubnyk was steady, stopping 22 shots, yet Arizona still came away with its fourth loss in six games, thanks, in large part, to an unfortunate bounce.Things are just bouncing the wrong way for us right now, Boedker said. Thats just the way it goes and weve got to keep working at it, keeping doing the things were doing and getting chances. We do that and things will start falling for us.After a superb stretch in December, the Sharks hit a bit of a slump, losing six of nine games.SSan Jose has struggled to score at times during its funk, scoring two or fewer goals five times. Gregor Blanco Jersey. The return of Joe Thornton after four-game absence during to a shoulder injury did little to spark the Sharks against the New York Rangers on Saturday, leading to a 2-1 loss.Arizona figured to be a nice remedy for San Jose.Despite being built upon defence, the Coyotes have struggled in their own end all season, entering Tuesdays game 28th in goals-against in the NHL, allowing 3.31 per game. Arizona had blowup games twice in the last three games, allowing 11 goals in a pair of losses wrapped around a 4-1 win over Winnipeg.The Sharks had some good scoring chances in the first period, but didnt score.The Coyotes also generated some good opportunities and did score late, when Boedker faked a shot then beat Niemi with a slap shot for his fourth goal in three games.Once the second period revved up, so did San Joses offence.Pavelski tied it 30 seconds into the period on a power play, a wrister from the right faceoff dot that Dubnyk had no chance of seeing through traffic in front of the crease.Hertl put San Jose up 63 seconds after that, redirecting a pass from Brent Burns just past Dubnyks stick side.Doan tied it midway through, punching in his 10th of the season from just outside the crease after a pass by Antoine Vermette hit a skate and bounced toward the net.San Jose had a goal waved off in the closing seconds of the second period, when Dubnyk knocked the goal off its moorings.The Sharks paid him back in the third period with Dillons carom goal.It was a shot that was probably going wide of the net and I was just trying to that side of the ice and we got an unfortunate bounce, Dubnyk said. Thats all I want to say about it.NOTES: Coyotes D Oliver Ekman-Larsson, named an NHL All-Star last the weekend, played in his 300th career game. ... Sharks C Andrew Desjardins did not play so he could be with his wife, Mandy, who is pregnant with their first child. ... Coyotes C Martin Hanzal missed his fourth straight game with an upper-body injury. ... Dillons goal was his first since last Feb. 27 against Carolina. ' ' '