OPPONENT INFO MIAMI MARLINS (58-61) LHP JUSTIN NICOLINO (1-1, 4.56) MARLINS VS. METS DATE SITE RESULT TIME/ATTND at 4/7 NYM W,7-2 27,891 4/8 NYM W,8-1 33,936 NEW YORK METS (53-66) 4/9 NYM L,2-5 27,420 RHP CHRIS FLEXEN (2-1, 7.02) 4/13 MIA L,8-9 (16) 23,192 4/14 MIA W,3-2 24,194 4/15 MIA W,5-4 25,137 CITI FIELD, FLUSHING, NY 4/16 MIA W,4-2 20,028 FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 2017 – 7:10 P.M. 5/5 NYM L,7-8 25,618 5/6 NYM L,3-11 33,339 5/7 NYM W,7-0 39,179 6/27 MIA W,6-3 20,804 GAME 120 (58-61) | ROAD GAME 59 (26-32) | TONIGHT'S BROADCASTS FSFL WINZ (940 AM) WAQI (710 AM) 6/28 MIA L,0-8 18,743 6/29 MIA L,3-6 21,350 FISH BITES 8/18 NYM 7:10 The Marlins open a seven-game road trip tonight with the first of three at Citi Field against the Mets. Left-handerJustin 8/19 NYM 7:10 Nicolino (1-1, 4.56) will get the start for the Fish; he is 0-1 with a 5.29 ERA in five career appearances (three starts) against 8/20 NYM 1:10 the Mets. New York will counter with right-hander Chris Flexen (2-1, 7.02), who is making his first career start against 9/18 MIA 7:10 the Marlins. Miami is coming off a 5-1 homestand against the Rockies (3-0) and Giants (2-1). After this series, the Club 9/19 MIA 7:10 travels to Philadelphia for an off-day on Monday before a four-game set against the Phillies from Tuesday-Thursday, 9/20 MIA 1:10 with a doubleheader on Tuesday. All Times Eastern SERIES INFO WEDNESDAY VS. SAN FRANCISCO 2017 at Home 4 3 The Marlins scored four times in the first inning and cruised to an 8-1 victory over the Giants in Miami. The Fish benefitted 2017 on Road 3 3 from two errors in the first, asDee Gordon led off by reaching on catchers' interference and moved to third on a single 2016 Series 7 12 by Giancarlo Stanton. A single by Marcell Ozuna plated the first run, and a ground out by J.T. Realmuto plated the sec- All-Time at Home 101 102 at Sun Life Stadium 72 74 ond. After Derek Dietrich reached on a two-out fielding error,Tomás Telis doubled to drive in two more. Telis finished 2x4 at Hiram Bithorn Stadium 2 1 with three RBI, and José Ureña picked up his 11th win (5.0 ip, 7 h, r, 0 er, bb, 2 so). at Marlins Park 27 27 All-Time on Road 93 112 VS. THE METS at Shea Stadium 58 67 Miami is looking to snap a two-game skid against the Mets and prevent them from evening up the season series, which at Citi Field 35 45 the Fish currently lead, 7-6 (3-3 in Flushing). New York leads the all-time series, 214-194, including a 112-93 lead defending All-Time Totals 194 214 their home field (45-35 at Citi Field). TEAM VS. TEAM STATS STANTON TOPPLES A RECORD 2017 MARLINS VS. METS Giancarlo Stanton hit his 44th home run of the season Tuesday, extending his Club record for single-season home runs, Average .............................................. .275 formerly held by Gary Sheffield (42 in 1996). The record is just the beginning of a long list of accomplishments Stanton Runs ........................................................ 63 has achieved recently, as it came in the midst of the most prolific power display in Club history. Here are some of the ERA ...................................................... 3.87 most notable, courtesy of Elias and Stats LLC: 2017 METS VS. MARLINS The Streak: Homered in six-straight games from August 10-15, a new Club record, the longest streak in the Majors this Average .............................................. .214 season, and the first six-game streak since Nolan Arenado (Sept. 1-5, 2015). Runs ........................................................ 61 ERA ...................................................... 4.01 The Season: Leads the Majors in homers...has 18 since All-Star break, which leads Majors...has already tied the Club record for second-half homers, which he set in 2012...has homered every 6.33 at-bats in second half, which would rank as the second-best post-All-Star ratio since 1933, ahead of Mark McGwire in 1999 (6.27), according to Stats LLC...has THIS DAY IN MARLINS HISTORY 11 home runs in August, a new Club record for August and already just one shy of tying Club mark for any month (12, AUGUST 18 four times, three by Stanton, most recently last month)...first player in Club history with back-to-back 10-homer months... The Marlins shut out the San Francisco Giants according to Elias, his 11 home runs tied MLB record for most in first 15 days of a calendar month, joining Troy Tulowitzki in 2002 for a 3-0 victory. A.J. Burnett picked (Sept. 2010), Sammy Sosa (June 1998), and Ralph Kiner (Sept. 1949). up his 12th win of the year as he allowed The Pace: On pace for 61 home runs this season..homered nine times in 10 games from Aug. 4-13, a Club record for a three hits in a complete game effort. Burnett 10-game span...homered 16 times in 25 games from July 17-Aug. 13, the first Marlin to ever do so and only the second ranks tied for first atop the Marlins career Major Leaguer in the last three seasons (Brian Dozier in 2016)...homered 23 times in 35 games from July 5-August 15, pitching leaders in shutouts (8, with Dontrelle tying Mark McGwire (1999) for third-most in a 35-game span in MLB history, behind Sammy Sosa (25 in 1998) and Barry Willis) and second in complete games (14). Bonds (24 in 2001), according to Elias...his 250th career homer tied Miami's former single-season record (42) and came Overall record on this date: 9-12 in his 3,405th career at-bat, making him the fifth-fastest player to 250 by at-bat in MLB history, trailing only Hall-of-Famers Harmon Killebrew (3,097), Ralph Kiner (3,133), and Babe Ruth (3,145), as well as Ryan Howard (3,166)...by game, Stanton was the sixth-fasted (941), behind Howard (855), Kiner (871), Killebrew (905), Albert Pujols (933), and Juan Gonzalez (936)...now has 252 homers, tied with Darryl Strawberry for 13th-most through a players' first eight seasons, according to Elias...Hank Aaron ranks 12th, with 253. The Timing: Tuesday night, hit his seventh game-tying home run, which leads the Majors...also leads the Majors with 20 go-ahead homers...his 27 go-ahead/tying hom- ers lead Majors, ahead of Harper and Khris Davis (17 each), and marks new Club record, passing Gary Sheffield (24 in 1996). HE OWNS SEVERAL HOMES Giancarlo Stanton enters this series with 20 career home runs at Citi Field, by far the most among visiting players since his debut in 2010, ahead of Adam LaRoche (11) in second. Citi Field is just one of four current venues in which Stanton holds or is tied for the visiting-player home run lead since 2010, along with Nationals Park (19), AT&T Park (9), and SunTrust Park (3). He holds the lead at Nationals Park by 10 over David Wright, is tied with Nolan Arenado for the lead in San Fran, and is tied with Jay Bruce, Matt Carpenter, and Tommy Pham at the Braves' new park in Atlanta. Stanton is homering every 9.30 at-bats at Citi Field, the best ratio in the Majors since 2009, ahead of Mark Reynolds (12.17). - Stats LLC TOP-10 Miami's outfield ofMarcell Ozuna, Christian Yelich, and Giancarlo Stanton have been the most productive outfield in the Majors this season. It is the only trio of team- mates to currently rank in the top-10 among National League outfielders in several offensive categories, including: runs scored (Stanton, 88-3rd; Yelich, 72-7th; Ozuna, 66-T8th); hits (Ozuna, 136-3rd; Yelich, 123-6th; Stanton, 118-T9th); doubles (Yelich, 26-6th; Ozuna/Stanton, 24-T9th); RBI (Stanton, 89-1; Ozuna, 88-2; Yelich, 60-T9); and on-base percentage (Stanton, .373-6th; Ozuna, .368-7th; Yelich, .366-8th). Should Stanton and Ozuna continue to hold the top two spots in RBI, they would be the first teammates to finish 1-2 among NL outfielders since Matt Holliday (137) and Brad Hawpe (116) for Colorado in 2007. IN A PINCH Ichiro Suzuki picked up his 20th pinch hit of the season on Wednesday afternoon against the Giants. He is one pinch hit away from tying Ross Gload (2009) for the single-season Club record. Suzuki leads the Majors in pinch hits this season, ahead of Pat Valaika (15), Jesus Aguilar (13), and Adam Lind (13). TEAM EFFORT On Saturday and Sunday, Justin Nicolino (tonight's starter) and Javy Guerra earned their first wins of the season, respectively. They became the 17th and 18th pitch- ers to earn a win for Miami this season. According to Stats LLC, the 18 different pitchers with a win is tied with Cincinnati and Milwaukee for the most in the Majors this season. It is the seventh time that at least 18 have won a game for the Marlins, the first since a franchise-high 20 in 2015.