ATLANTA BRAVES (22-15) OPPONENT INFO RHP MIKE SOROKA (1-1, 4.50) MARLINS VS. BRAVES vs. DATE SITE RESULT W/L/S 5/10 MIA L,2-9 Foltynewicz/Smith/Gohara MIAMI MARLINS (14-24) 5/11 MIA W,6-3 Straily/McCarthy/Ziegler LHP JARLIN GARCÍA (1-1, 2.68) 5/12 MIA 7:10 5/13 MIA 1:10 MARLINS PARK, MIAMI, FL – SATURDAY, MAY 12, 2018 – 7:10 P.M. 5/18 ATL 7:35 5/19 ATL 7:10 GAME 39 (14-24) | HOME GAME 21 (8-12) | TONIGHT'S BROADCASTS TV: FSFL RADIO: WINZ (940AM) / WAQI (710AM) 5/20 ATL 1:35 7/23 MIA 7:10 INCOMING FIGHTERS THIS DAY IN MARLINS HISTORY 7/24 MIA 12:10 The Marlins continue a seven-game homestand with the third of four games against 7/30 ATL 7:35 the Atlanta Braves tonight at 7:10 p.m. LHP Jarlin García, making his sixth start MAY 12 7/31 ATL 7:35 and eighth appearance of the season, is taking the mound for the 11th time against A.J. Burnett threw the third no-hitter in Club 8/1 ATL 7:35 Atlanta in his career, with no record and a 3.68 ERA (7.1 ip/3 er). The Braves are history in 2001 at San Diego. Burnett walked 8/13 ATL 7:35 countering with RHP Mike Soroka, who is making just his third career start, first nine batters and struck out seven. Despite 8/14 ATL 7:35 against Miami. The Marlins returned home Wednesday night from a six-game road the no-hitter, San Diego's eight regulars all 8/15 ATL 7:35 trip to Cincinnati (2-1) and Chicago (0-3). The series loss to the Cubs snapped a reached base. 8/23 MIA 7:10 string of four consecutive series wins, the Marlins longest series win streak since 8/24 MIA 7:10 taking five straight from August 11-27, 2017. After winning eight of 11 from April 24-May 6, the Marlins have dropped four of their last five. 8/25 MIA 7:10 The current homestand will continue with a three-game series against the Los Angeles Dodgers following Monday's off-day. 8/26 MIA 1:10 All Times Eastern STATUS REPORT OF THE REBELLION Miami snapped a four-game skid with a 6-3 win over the first-place Atlanta Braves. The Marlins opened the scoring in the first, as SERIES INFO J.T. Realmuto scored on a groundout by Starlin Castro. After Atlanta tied the game in the top of the third, Realmuto led off the 2018 at Home 1 1 bottom of the frame with a home run to left on the first pitch. The Braves wouldn't stay down, as they tied the game again in the top 2018 on Road 0 0 of the fourth. Miami pulled away in the bottom of the inning, as Lewis Brinson drove in the go-ahead RBI with a single to left, and 2017 Series 8 11 Realmuto stroked an RBI-single to score the second run. Miami added two more in the fifth, the first on Castro's second home run All-Time at Home 95 111 of the season, and the final run on an RBI single from Miguel Rojas. Realmuto, Derek Dietrich, and Rojas each had three-hit games, at Sun Life Stadium 75 75 with Realmuto and Castro each driving in two runs. Dan Straily earned his first win of the season, allowing three runs (two earned) at Marlins Park 20 36 on three hits with three walks and five strikeouts.Brad Ziegler converted his fifth save of the season and 100th of this career. All-Time on Road 81 130 REBELS VS. THE IMPERIAL SOLDIERS at Fulton County Stadium 8 17 at Turner Field 68 106 The Marlins dropped the 2017 season series, 8-11, despite winning the series in Miami, 5-4. It marked just their third home at Ft. Bragg Field 1 0 season series win over Atlanta since 2010. The Marlins have gone 95-111 all-time in South Florida, including a 20-36 mark at at SunTrust Park 3 7 Marlins Park. Miami trails the overall series, 175-241. All-Time Totals 175 241 THE FORCE IS STRONG WITH THIS ONE Despite giving up seven runs in his last start against Cincinnati, Jarlin García has combined to allow just nine runs in his first five TEAM VS. TEAM STATS career starts. The nine runs allowed through five starts is tied for the third fewest by any Marlins starter, behind Aníbal Sánchez 2018 MARLINS VS. BRAVES (6) and Michael Tejera (8). The fewest allowed over one's first six career starts is nine, done by Livan Hernandez and Tejera. Average .............................................. .288 • Limited opponents to just 10 hits over his four starts this season, marking the fewest hits allowed over a pitchers first four career starts in Runs ......................................................... 8 Marlins history. Brad Hand previously held the record, limiting opponents to 13 hits over his first four starts in 2011. There had been only ERA ..................................................... 5.50 three pitchers since 1996 to allow fewer hits over their first four career starts than García; Cory Rasmus (6 in 2014), Andrew Cashner (7 in 2011-12), and Archie Bradley (9 in 2015). Only 10 pitchers total have allowed fewer hits in their first four career starts dating back to 2018 BRAVES VS. MARLINS 1913. - Stats LLC Average .............................................. .280 • Became first pitcher in Club history with four-or-fewer hits and one-or-zero runs in each of his first three career starts; first pitcher in MLB Runs ........................................................ 12 to do so since fellow southpaw Eduardo Rodriguez in 2015. - Elias Sports Bureau ERA ...................................................... 3.71 • Five hits combined over his first three career starts was lowest total in Club history, besting Brad Hand (2011), Josh Beckett (2001), Josh Johnson (2005-’06), and Vladimir Nunez (1999), who all had nine. García was the first starter in MLB to have five-or-fewer combined hits SERIES NOTES over first three career starts since Cory Rasmus in 2014, and first lefty since Tom Fordham in 1997-98. - Elias • Martín Prado spent the first six sea- • Had not allowed a run over his first 14.0 innings as a starter, a streak snapped by Kiké Hernández’s fourth-inning on April 23 at Dodger sons of his Major League career with the Stadium. Braves (2006-12), batting a combined .295 • In his first career start, tossed 6.0 no-hit innings, April 11 against the Mets at Marlins Park, becoming the only pitcher in Marlins history (752x2546) with 52 home runs and 286 RBI to go as many as 6.0 innings in his starting debut without allowing a hit (Elias) and the first Major League pitcher to throw 6.0-or-more in 683 games. no-hit innings in his first career start since Ross Stripling of the Dodgers on April 18, 2016 at San Francisco (7.1 ip). • In his second start, held the Yankees hitless until a one-out double in the fifth, finishing with 5.0 scoreless innings and just the one hit allowed. Snapped a streak of 38 consecutive batters faced without allowing a hit. AROUND THE BALLPARK • According to Elias, his 10.0 IP hitless streak to begin his career as a starting pitcher tied the Modern Era (since 1900) record (also NATIONAL ANTHEM/FIRST PITCHES the St. Louis Browns’ Bobo Holloman, 10.0 IP in May 1953, which included a 9.0-inning no-hitter in his first career start on 5/6/53 vs. Philadelphia. Holloman had made four prior career relief appearances). Tonight's National Anthem is being performed by • Additionally, according to Elias, Garcia’s 10.0-inning hitless streak was tied for the second-longest in Marlins history (Armando Benitez- Renaissance Middle Charter School. 11.0IP in Aug.-Sept. 2004; Al Leiter-10.0IP in May 1996; Kevin Brown-10.0IP in June ‘97; and Anibal Sanchez-10.0IP in Sept. ‘06). JEDI TRAINING ACADEMY HOME PLANET OF TATOOINE The Miami Marlins partnered with Challenger Baseball and Special Olympics Florida – Miami- J.T. Realmuto has hit safely in each of his eight games at Marlins Park this season, batting .333 (11x33). The eight-game streak Dade County to host a Baseball Fantasy Camp marks the second-longest home hitting streak of his career, behind an 11-game run from August 27-Sept. 24, 2015. He has at Marlins Park from 10 a.m. to noon today. recorded at least one hit in 13 of his last 14 at home since Sept. 5, 2017, hitting .368 (21x57) over that span. Additionally, Starlin Fifty (50) athletes received instruction from Castro has posted a .313 average (184x588) at home since 2016 to rank 15th in the Majors. J.D. Martinez leads baseball with a RHP , INF/OF and C .360 mark (180x500). Tyler Cloyd Derek Dietrich Bryan Holaday. FREE LANDSPEEDER - 000 PARSECS ON ODOMETER MASPP APPRECIATION NIGHT The Marlins, in partnership with AutoNation, America’s largest automotive retailer, will be awarding a prize of a 24-month car The Marlins will be recognizing administration lease to a select fan tonight, the sixth of 25 dates this season where a fan (or fans) will drive off with a new car. The “Marlins from Kinloch Park Middle School and Miami Year of the Fan Sweepstakes, Driven by AutoNation” is open to any eligible fan in attendance at each select home date. Fans Senior High in a pregame ceremony as part will be eligible for that date’s drawing by scanning their valid, digital game ticket, stored on a mobile device, upon entry to of MASPP Appreciation Night.