OPPONENT INFO MIAMI MARLINS (30-36) MARLINS VS. BRAVES RHP JOSÉ UREÑA (5-2, 3.70) DATE SITE RESULT TIME/ATTND 4/11 MIA W,8-4 36,519 at 4/12 MIA L,4-5 16,808 5/12 MIA L,4-8 20,052 ATLANTA BRAVES (30-37) 5/13 MIA L,1-3 26,692 RHP MIKE FOLTYNEWICZ (4-5, 4.37) 5/14 MIA W,3-1 17,277 6/16 ATL W,5-0 38,123 6/17 ATL L,7-8 (10) 38,661 SUNTRUST PARK, ATLANTA, GA 6/18 ATL 1:35 SUNDAY, JUNE 18, 2017 – 1:35 P.M. 8/4 ATL 7:35 8/5 ATL 7:10 8/6 ATL 1:35 9/7 ATL 7:35 GAME 67 (30-36) | ROAD GAME 35 (14-20) | TODAY'S BROADCASTS FSFL WINZ (940 AM) WAQI (710 AM) 9/8 ATL 7:35 FISH BITES 9/9 ATL 7:10 9/10 ATL 1:35 The Marlins conclude this brief three-game road trip with the rubber match of a three-game series here in Atlanta 9/28 MIA 7:10 today at 1:35 p.m. Right-hander José Ureña (0-2, 4.02), who is making his ninth start (15th appearance) of the 9/29 MIA 7:10 season, has posted a lifetime 0-3 record and 10.29 ERA in six career appearances (three starts) against the Braves. 9/30 MIA 7:10 Ureña is looking to extend his career-best four-game winning streak. Atlanta is countering with RHP Mike Foltynewicz 10/1 MIA 3:10 (2-5, 3.16), who has gone 2-0 with a 5.31 ERA in five career appearances (four starts) against the Fish. Miami came All Times Eastern into this series after sweeping a two-game set against Oakland at Marlins Park. The two-game series was preceded by a seven-game road trip to Chicago (1-2) and Pittsburgh (2-2). Following today's contest, the Marlins will return SERIES INFO home to begin a 10-game homestand against the Nationals (June 19-21), Cubs (June 22-25), and Mets (June 27-29). 2017 at Home 2 3 2017 on Road 1 1 YESTERDAY IN ATLANTA 2016 Series 7 11 The Marlins erased an early 3-0 deficit with five runs in the fifth inning, but could not hold on, dropping an 8-7 decision All-Time at Home 91 109 in 10 innings at SunTrust Park. Tyler Moore got the Marlins on the board in the fifth with a two-run home run in the fifth, at Sun Life Stadium 75 75 his sixth of the season, and Ichiro Suzuki tied the game three batters later with a pinch-hit RBI single. Christian Yelich at Marlins Park 16 34 then broke the tie with a two-out, two-run double. The Marlins would extend their lead with two runs in the sixth, but All-Time on Road 78 124 the Braves answered back with two runs in the bottom half of the sixth and solo tallies in the seventh, ninth and 10th. at Fulton County Stadium 8 17 at Turner Field 68 106 Moore and Yelich led the offense with two RBI each, while Dee Gordon and JT Riddle each had two hits. Jeff Locke at Ft. Bragg Field 1 0 made his fourth start of the season, but did not earn a decision. at SunTrust Park 1 1 AGAINST THE BRAVES All-Time Totals 169 233 The Marlins are 3-4 against the Braves this season, and are looking to improve on a 7-11 campaign in 2016. The Fish TEAM VS. TEAM STATS trail the series in Atlanta, 77-124 (8-17 at Fulton County Stadium; 68-106 at Turner Field; 1-1 at SunTrust Park), and also trail the all-time series, 169-233. 2017 MARLINS VS. BRAVES Average .............................................. .246 UP NEXT Runs ........................................................ 32 ERA ...................................................... 3.55 The Marlins will host the Washington Nationals for their second meeting of the season, and first since the Marlins dropped two of three at Nationals Park to open the season. Miami finished the 2016 campaign with a 9-10 record 2017 BRAVES VS. MARLINS against Washington, going 5-5 at Marlins Park. Overall, the Marlins are 208-187 all-time against the Nats/Expos fran- Average .............................................. .254 chise, with a 111-87 mark at home (24-23 at Marlins Park). Runs ........................................................ 29 ERA ...................................................... 4.50 FINDING A WAY José Ureña is in the midst of a career best four-game winning streak in which he owns a 6.04 ERA (25.1 ip/17 er) in SERIES NOTES five starts. He has received 27 runs in support in that span for a run support average of 9.59, the third-highest mark in • In 70 career games against Atlanta, the Majors (min. 5 GS) behind Julio Teheran (10.68) and Daniel Norris (9.85). In his last outing on June 13 vs. Oakland, Christian Yelich has posted a .320 average he picked up his fifth win of the season, which marked a new single-season career high. (86x269). Since the start of 2013 (min. 100 AB), he has the second-most hits among GONE IN A FLASH active players against the Braves (Daniel On May 1, Dee Gordon recorded a season high with three stolen bases against Tampa Bay. Since that date, Gordon Murphy-87), ranks third in on-base percent- leads MLB with 20 stolen bases, ahead of Billy Hamilton, Cameron Maybin and Trea Turner (18 each). His 90.9 stolen age (.402) and fifth in batting average). base percentage (20-for-22) in that span (min. 15 attempts) ranks second in the Majors, behind Cameron Maybin Justin Bour is just behind Yelich on the lead- erboard, as his .313 average (35x112) ranks (94.7; 18-for-19). sixth, in front of teammate Dee Gordon, BREAKING IN NEW BALLPARKS who ranks ninth with a .307 mark. In research provided by Stats LLC, the Marlins have gone 24-20-5 all-time in the first series played at a new ballpark, including Joe Robbie Stadium and Marlins Park. This will be the third new ballpark played at in Atlanta. The Marlins THIS DAY IN MARLINS HISTORY took both games of a two-game series in their first visit to Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium from April 28-29, 1993. They JUNE 18 also won both games of a two-game set at Turner Field on May 13-14, 1997. In 2009, Ricky Nolasco tossed a complete- HERE'S TO ANOTHER ONE game one-hitter against the Red Sox at Fen- way Park as the Fish came away with a 2-1 Ichiro Suzuki's pinch-hit appearance in the fifth inning yesterday at SunTrust Park marked the 42nd stadium he has win. The only hit Nolasco allowed was a solo played in. According to Stats LLC, it is the second-most among active players, behind Adrian Beltre (44). For Marlins homer by Kevin Youkilis. The game, however, Hall of Fame broadcaster Dave Van Horne, Friday marked another special night in his storied career. SunTrust Park was only 5.0 innings, as it was cut short due represented the 56th stadium in which he has called a Major League game. to rain. ROLLING ALONG Overall record on this date: 9-14 The Marlins have gone 14-7 (.667) over their last 21 games, which is tied with Houston for the second-best record in baseball since May 26, behind the Dodgers (.714; 15-6). Since that date, the offense has hit .292, third in MLB behind Houston (.303) and Seattle (.294). Miami has also scored 124 runs over that span, fourth-most in MLB, behind the Yankees (139), Houston (137) and Colorado (127). In addition, Miami's pitching staff owns a 3.74 ERA over that span, fourth-best mark in MLB, behind the Diamondbacks (3.10), Dodgers (3.26), and Yankees (3.54). MORE FROM MOORE While Justin Bour was on the disabled list from June 4 until June 15, Tyler Moore flourished in the starting lineup, and he has remained productive since Bour's re- turn. In 11 starts since June 4, Moore has hit .341 (14x41) with four doubles, five home runs, and 14 RBI. His RBI total since June 4 is tied for the most in the National League, while his home run total is tied for third. FATHER'S DAY The Marlins are again joining all of Major League Baseball in celebrating Father’s Day and participating in the fight against prostate cancer. Players will sport specialty jerseys, caps and socks in addition to wristbands and the symbolic blue ribbon on their jerseys. MLB will again donate all royalty payments from the sale of the specialty caps and jerseys to the Prostate Cancer Foundation and Stand Up To Cancer. In addition, players can use blue equipment including compres- sion sleeves, batting gloves, footwear, wrist/elbow/leg guards, and catcher’s equipment. For the first time on Father’s Day, a specially-stitched baseball made by Rawlings matching the color theme of the uniforms will be used in games on Sunday only. UPCOMING STARTERS DATE TIME (ET) OPPONENT MARLINS STARTER OPPONENT STARTER BROADCASTS Monday, June 19 7:10 p.m. vs. Washington Nationals LHP Justin Nicolino (0-1, 4.15) RHP Tanner Roark (6-4, 4.39) FSFL, WINZ, WAQI Tuesday, June 20 7:10 p.m. vs. Washington Nationals RHP Edinson Volquez (3-7, 3.72) LHP Gio Gonzalez (6-1, 2.89) FSFL, WINZ, WAQI Wednesday, June 21 12:10 p.m.