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MIAMI MARLINS (14-11-3) (RHP Trevor Richards; 1-0, 1.50) at WASHINGTON NATIONALS (12-14-2) (RHP Max Scherzer; 3-1, 3.79) FITTEAM BALLPARK OF THE PALM BEACHES, WEST PALM BEACH, FL Saturday, March 24, 2018 – 1:05 p.m. Broadcasts: WINZ 940 AM/94.9 HD2 (English), WAQI 710 AM (Spanish) TODAY’S GAME: The Marlins travel to West Palm Beach today to complete a home-and-home set against the Nationals, which also marks their seventh and final meeting of the 2018 Grapefruit League slate. Miami leads the series, 3-2-1. TODAY’S PITCHING LINEUP RHP Trevor Richards TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER: Right-hander Trevor Richards will come over from Minor League camp today to make the start RHP Jumbo Díaz for the Marlins. It will be his second consecutive start against the Nationals, as he also came over to big league camp to start on March 19 in Jupiter. He picked up his first win of the Spring in that outing, allowing just one run on four hits and two walks, with three strikeouts, over 4.0 innings. MARLINS NOTES Starlin Castro went 2x3 last night, and now UNDER THE LIGHTS: The Marlins played their only night game of the Spring in Jupiter last night, and fell to the has 18 hits on the Spring. That is second Nationals, 6-3. Miami trailed by scores of 2-1 and 4-3, but a two-run eighth inning for the Nats put it out of only to Lewis Brinson (19) for the team reach. Brian Anderson got the Marlins on the board with an RBI single in the first. Miami did not score again lead. until the seventh, when Garrett Cooper led off the frame with his third home run of the Spring, and Isaac Galloway drove in Peter Mooney with a single four batters later. Starlin Castro (2x3) recorded Miami's only multi-hit game, and the club went 2x9 with runners in scoring position. JUST GETTIN' STARTED JUST GETTIN' STARTED: The Marlins this week announced that multi-platinum hip-hop artist DJ Khaled The Marlins announced this week that multi- will perform a pregame, on-field concert on Opening Day at Marlins Park, which will include the platinum hip-hop artist DJ Khaled will perform a debut of the Miami Marlins' new anthem, "Just Gettin' Started." The new single was created in pre-game concert at Marlins Park on Opening collaboration with the Marlins and The Jingle Punks, a premier music solutions company. In addition Day. During the concert, which begins at 11:30 to DJ Khaled, the single features Miami's Nicky Jam and Kent Jones, and Poo Bear. The concert will a.m., DJ Khaled will debut "Just Gettin' Started," a begin at 11:30 a.m., prior to the Opening Day contest between the Marlins and Cubs, which kicks off new single that was created as an anthem for the Major League Baseball's 2018 Championship Season. Marlins. For more details on the concert and the collaborative effort to create "Just Gettin' Started," GRAPEFRUIT LEAGUE LEADERS: The Marlins are 14-11, the fifth-best record in the Grapefruit League see the note above-left. behind Houston (18-8), Boston (18-9), Baltimore (16-11), and St. Louis (15-11)... Derek Dietrich ranks second among qualified GL hitters in batting average (.370), while Lewis Brinson (.352) ranks fifth and Starlin Castro (.321) ranks ninth... Brian Anderson is tied for third in runs scored (13)... Brinson is tied for the lead in doubles (7) and hits (19), and is tied for sixth in total bases (34)... Dietrich ranks third in slugging (.674), while Brinson (.630) is seventh... Dietrich is second in on-base percentage (.444)... Odrisamer Despaigne is tied for sixth in innings pitched (20.0)... Tayron Guerrero is tied for fourth in appearances (10)... Caleb Smith is tied for fifth in strikeouts (21). WE'RE LISTENING: The Marlins have announced the launch of a new listening campaign, Dímelo, which allows fans to have their voices heard on myriad topics, ranging from food and in-game 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). CELEBRATING 25 YEARS: The Marlins are celebrating their 25th Anniversary throughout the 2018 Championship Season. The main feature of the slate of events will be the 25th Anniversary Weekend Celebration from June 8-10, when Miami plays San Diego at Marlins Park. The team will wear commemorative throwback teal pinstripe uniforms for all three games. 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 TOMORROW'S MEDIA SCHEDULE the Marlins will throw the very first pitch of Major League Baseball's 2018 Championship Season. It will mark the debut of new FOX Sports Florida play-by-play announcer Paul Severino, who moves into the CLUBHOUSE OPEN IN JUPITER 9:50-10:50 Marlins' booth after seven seasons as a play-by-play announcer and studio host for MLB Network. He will MANAGER AVAILABILITY IN JUPITER 11:15 BUS TO PORT ST. LUCIE 10:15 call the action alongside former Marlins’ outfielder Todd Hollandsworth; they will be joined throughout MARLINS AT METS 12:10 the year by Craig Minervini and Jessica Blaylock. All home games produced on FOX Sports Florida will ASTROS AT MARLINS 1:05 be broadcast with SAP. CLUBHOUSES WILL RE-OPEN AS STARTERS EXIT UPCOMING STARTERS DATE TIME (ET) OPPONENT MARLINS STARTER OPPONENT STARTER BROADCASTS Sunday, March 25 1:05 p.m. vs. Houston RHP Odrisamer Despaigne (1-2, 3.60) LHP Dallas Keuchel (1-0, 1.74) FSFL/WINZ/WAQI 12:10 p.m. at New York Mets RHP Tyler Cloyd (0-1, 18.90) LHP Steven Matz (0-4, 7.88) - Monday, March 26 OFF DAY TODAY’S AVAILABLE PITCHERS - 2017 STATISTICS/2018 SPRING DAY-BY-DAY RHP TREVOR RICHARDS (2017) RHP JUMBO DÍAZ (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 7-4 2.17 13 11 0 70.2 54 21 17 2 12 81 4 0 Charlotte 0-0 0.00 1 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jacksonville 5-7 2.87 14 14 0 75.1 67 32 24 4 18 77 3 0 TAMPA BAY 1-4 5.70 31 0 0 30.0 32 20 19 4 15 28 4 0 Fresno 1-0 2.92 12 0 3 12.1 11 4 4 1 5 11 1 0 2018 SPRING DAY-BY-DAY DATE OPP.