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MIAMI MARLINS (15-11-3) HOUSTON ASTROS (18-9-4) (RHP Tyler Cloyd; 0-1, 18.90) (LHP Dallas Keuchel; 1-0, 1.74) at vs. NEW YORK METS (9-18-3) MIAMI MARLINS (15-11-3) (LHP Steven Matz; 0-4, 7.88) (RHP Odrisamer Despaigne; 1-2, 3.60) FIRST DATA FIELD, PORT ST. LUCIE, FL ROGER DEAN CHEVROLET STADIUM, JUPITER, FL FOX Sports FLorida, WINZ 940 AM/94.9 HD2, WAQI 710 AM 12:10 p.m. Sunday, March 25, 2018 1:05 p.m. TODAY’S GAMES: The Marlins wrap up their 2018 Grapefruit League schedule with a split squad day. It opens with a 12:10 match-up against the Mets in Port St. Lucie, and concludes with a 1:05 contest in Jupiter against the Astros. Miami holds a TODAY’S PITCHING LINEUP 4-1 lead over New York in the Spring series, and a 3-1-1 lead over Houston. at New York RHP Tyler Cloyd TODAY’S STARTING PITCHERS: Right-hander Odrisamer Despaigne gets the start in Jupiter, while right-hander Tyler Cloyd will come over from Minor League camp to make the start in Port St. Lucie. Despaigne will be making his third start (seventh vs. Houston appearance) of the Spring, while Cloyd will be making his second start (third appearance). RHP Odrisamer Despaigne MAD MAX: The Marlins defeated Max Scherzer for the second time this Spring, despite making six errors in a 4-3 victory in RHP Justin Turner West Palm Beach. Miami fell behind, 1-0, in the second, but scored twice in both the fifth and sixth innings against Scherzer RHP Junichi Tazawa to take the lead for good. Yadiel Rivera gave Miami the lead with a two-run homer in the fifth, and RBI singles byCristhian RHP Drew Steckenrider Adames and Rivera in the sixth put it out of reach. All three of Washington's runs were unearned. Trevor Richards started LHP Chris O'Grady for Miami and pitched around four of the miscues, allowing one unearned run on four hits and a walk over 6.0 innings, with LHP Justin Nicolino three strikeouts. RHP Javy Guerra LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL: Miami wraps up its Grapefruit League schedule today. After an off day tomorrow, it will host the University of Miami at Marlins Park on Tuesday (3:10 p.m.) in its final tune-up before MARLINS NOTES Opening Day. The West Plaza media entrance will open at 10 a.m. for the UM game, while the Marlins Marlins' full season credentials will be clubhouse will open from 11:00-11:45 prior to noon stretch. Don Mattingly will be available to the media at available for pick up at the West Plaza stretch time. media entrance at Marlins Park beginning On Wednesday, Miami will conduct a Workout Day at Marlins Park. The media entrance will open at 10 a.m., at 10 a.m. on Wednesday. For more and the Marlins' clubhouse will open from 10:45-11:45, and again after the noon workout. Don Mattingly will media information regarding Tuesday's be available to the media at noon; Opening Day starter José Ureña will also be made available (time TBD). UM game and Wednesday's Workout Marlins' 2018 season credentials will also be distributed at the media entrance on Wednesday; as per MLB Day, see the note at left. policy, individuals must pick up and sign for their own credentials with proper ID. JUST GETTIN' STARTED JUST GETTIN' STARTED: The Marlins this week announced that multi-platinum hip-hop artist DJ Khaled will perform a pregame, on-field concert on Opening Day at Marlins Park, which will include the The Marlins announced this week that multi- debut of the Miami Marlins' new anthem, "Just Gettin' Started." The new single was created in platinum hip-hop artist DJ Khaled will perform a collaboration with the Marlins and The Jingle Punks, a premier music solutions company. In addition pre-game concert at Marlins Park on Opening to DJ Khaled, the single features Miami's Nicky Jam and Kent Jones, and Poo Bear. The concert will Day. During the concert, which begins at 11:30 begin at 11:30 a.m., prior to the Opening Day contest between the Marlins and Cubs, which kicks off a.m., DJ Khaled will debut "Just Gettin' Started," a Major League Baseball's 2018 Championship Season. new single that was created as an anthem for the Marlins. For more details on the concert and the WE'RE LISTENING: The Marlins have announced the launch of a new listening campaign, Dímelo, collaborative effort to create "Just Gettin' Started," which allows fans to have their voices heard on myriad topics, ranging from food and in-game see the note at left. experience to team branding. Dímelo - Spanish for "Talk to me" - will give fans the ability to provide feedback online at Marlins.com/Dimelo, in-person at Marlins Park, and at select Marlins community events. Two Dímelo booths will be installed at Marlins Park, and a portable Dímelo booth will travel to off-site locations. Participants may enter the booth and record a video message that will be used to help improve the overall fan experience. Also, fans will be able to answer weekly Dímelo questions on social media using the hashtag #DimeloMiami, and can complete a survey at Marlins.com/Dimelo. Booth and web-based participants will be eligible for monthly prize drawings from April-September. Prizes range from exclusive experiences and signed memorabilia to premium ticket packages. HIP, HIP JOSÉ!: Marlins' manager Don Mattingly has named right-handed pitcher José Ureña as Miami's Opening Day starter. Ureña will throw the very first pitch of Major League Baseball's 2018 Championship Season, on Thursday, March 29 against the Cubs at Marlins Park (12:40 p.m.). It will be his first career Opening Day start. Ureña entered Miami's rotation on May 7 last season and went on to go 14-7 with a 3.97 ERA in 28 starts the rest of the way. From that date on, he led the National League in starts and tied for the second-most wins. CURRENT ROSTER: Miami has 42 players currently in Major League camp, including 29 members of the 40-man roster and 13 non-roster invitees. There are 19 pitchers in camp: 15 from the 40-man roster and four NRIs. There are 15 right-handed pitchers (11 40-man and four NRIs) and four left-handed pitchers, all on the 40-man. The Club is also carrying five catchers (two NRIs), 11 infielders (four NRIs), and seven outfielders (three NRIs). A NEW DAY: The Marlins enter 2018 under new ownership, led by Chairman & Principal Owner Bruce Sherman and Chief Executive Officer & Owner Derek Jeter. The ownership group, the fourth in Club history, took control of the organization on October 2 after receiving unanimous approval from Major League Owners to acquire the team. The group’s first major Baseball Operations hire was Gary Denbo, who was named Vice President of Scouting & Player Development. Denbo has worked to greatly expand the Marlins’ scouting and analytics departments, making several new hires. On the business side, Chip Bowers was named President of Business Operations on February 12. Bowers comes to Miami from the defending NBA champion Golden State Warriors, where in his five years as Chief Marketing Officer the organization was named Sports Team of the Year by SportsBusiness Journal twice (2014 and 2016). YOUR RADIO HOME FOR MARLINS’ BASEBALL: Once again in 2018 the Marlins home on the radio dial will be WINZ 940 AM and 94.9 HD2, which will broadcast all 162 games in the regular season. Hall of Fame broadcaster Dave Van Horne and Glenn Geffner will return to the broadcast booth for their 11th season together. For all Spanish listeners, Yiky Quintana will call all 162 regular season games on WAQI 710 AM with José Luis Nápoles joining him for home contests. FOX SPORTS FLORIDA BROADCAST INFORMATION: All 162 Marlins' games will be shown on TV in 2018, including 158 on FOX Sports Florida, all of which will be available in HD. The season kicks off at Marlins Park against the Cubs on March 29th at 12:40 p.m., when the Marlins will throw the very first pitch of Major League Baseball's 2018 Championship Season. It will TUESDAY'S MEDIA SCHEDULE mark the debut of new FOX Sports Florida play-by-play announcer Paul Severino, who moves into the MARLINS PARK MEDIA ENTRANCE OPENS 10:00 Marlins' booth after seven seasons as a play-by-play announcer and studio host for MLB Network. He will MARLINS CLUBHOUSE OPEN 11:00-11:45 call the action alongside former Marlins’ outfielder Todd Hollandsworth; they will be joined throughout DON MATTINGLY AVAILABILITY 12:00 the year by Craig Minervini and Jessica Blaylock. All home games produced on FOX Sports Florida will MARLINS STRETCH 12:00 be broadcast with SAP. HURRICANES AT MARLINS 3:10 CLUBHOUSE OPEN POSTGAME UPCOMING STARTERS DATE TIME (ET) OPPONENT MARLINS STARTER OPPONENT STARTER BROADCASTS Monday, March 26 OFF DAY Tuesday, March 27 3:10 p.m. University of Miami - - MLB.com audio TODAY’S STARTING PITCHERS - 2017 STATISTICS/2018 SPRING DAY-BY-DAY RHP ODRISAMER DESPAIGNE (2017) RHP TYLER CLOYD (2017) CLUB W-L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO WP BK CLUB W-L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO WP BK Jupiter 0-0 0.00 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 0 Everett 0-0 0.00 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 New Orleans 2-4 3.09 20 10 2 70 62 25 24 6 24 49 2 0 Tacoma 1-1 5.67 19 14 1 60.1 64 41 38 8 17 48 1 0 MIAMI 2-3 4.01 18 8 1 58.1 57 31 26 3 24 31 1 0 SEATTLE 1-0 0.00 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2018 SPRING DAY-BY-DAY 2018 SPRING DAY-BY-DAY DATE OPP.