Atlanta Braves (72-57) Miami Marlins (53-78)
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ATLANTA BRAVES (72-57) OPPONENT INFO RHP KEVIN GAUSMAN (8-9, 3.99) MARLINS VS. BRAVES vs. DATE SITE RESULT W/L/S 5/10 MIA L,2-9 Foltynewicz/Smith/Gohara MIAMI MARLINS (53-78) 5/11 MIA W,6-3 Straily/McCarthy/Ziegler RHP PABLO LÓPEZ (2-3, 4.42) 5/12 MIA L,5-10 Minter/Steckenrider MARLINS PARK, MIAMI, FL – SUNDAY, AUGUST 26, 2018 – 1:10 P.M. 5/13 MIA L,3-4 Newcomb/Ureña/Vizcaíno 5/18 ATL W,2-0 Straily/Wisler/Ziegler GAME 132 | HOME GAME 69 (31-37) | TODAY'S BROADCASTS TV: FSFL RADIO: WINZ (940AM) / WAQI (710AM) 5/19 ATL L,1-8 Newcomb/Ureña FISH BITES 5/20 ATL L,9-10 Minter/Guerrero 7/23 MIA L,1-12 Newcomb/Ureña Miami concludes a six-game homestand with the finale of this four-game set against the Atlanta Braves today at 1:10 p.m. RHP 7/24 MIA W,9-3 Chen/Teheran , making his 10th Major League start, is facing the Braves for the second time this season; he took the loss Pablo PACHÉ López 7/30 ATL L,3-5 Teheran/Chen/Minter on August 13 at SunTrust Park, surrendering six runs (five earned) on six hits and two walks, with five strikeouts, over 5.1 innings. 7/31 ATL L,6-11 Allard/Straily Atlanta is starting RHP Kavin Gausman, who in two career starts against Miami, both this season, has gone 1-1 with a 3.09 ERA. 8/1 ATL PPD TO 8/13 Miami snapped a stretch of 6 consecutive series losses by taking two of three from the Washington Nationals this past weekend 8/13 ATL L,1-9 Toussaint/López at Nationals Park. Miami continued its better play by splitting a two-game series against the New York Yankees to open the ATL L,1-6 Foltynewicz/Gonzalez current homestand, and has currently taken two of three from Atlanta. Today continues a stretch that will see the Marlins play 8/14 ATL L,6-10 Biddle/Conley 12 of 14 games at home from August 21-September 5. Miami is looking to go 6-0 in Players' Weekend jerseys all-time after 8/15 ATL L,2-5 Gausman/García sweeping San Diego from August 25-27, 2017 at Marlins Park. 8/23 MIA L,0-5 Newcomb/Hernandez LAST NIGHT'S RECAP 8/24 MIA W,1-0 Straily/Foltynewicz 8/25 MIA W,3-1 Chen/Sánchez/Steckenrider Wei-Yin WEIGH-IN Chen tossed the second consecutive scoreless start by a Marlins starter and Miami came away with a 3-1 8/26 MIA 1:10 win over the Atlanta Braves. The two teams were locked in a scoreless battle until the sixth, when Rafael Ortega tripled to lead off the inning and came home on a sac fly by J.T. REAL Realmuto. The Marlins added to their lead in the seventh, as SERIES INFO Brian ANDY Anderson connected for his first career pinch-hit home run, a two-run shot to left field, to push Miami to a 3-0 2018 at Home 4 5 advantage. The Braves scored in the ninth to end the shutout bid and snap Miami's 21.0 inning scoreless streak. Chen recorded 2018 on Road 1 8 his first 10-strikeout game since 2016, and allowed six hits and two walks over his 6.0 innings of work. 2017 Series 8 11 ZEROES All-Time at Home 98 115 at Sun Life Stadium 75 75 The Marlins took a shutout into the ninth inning last night before a leadoff home run by Dansby Swanson. The home run at Marlins Park 23 40 snapped a streak of 21.0 consecutive scoreless innings tossed by Marlins pitchers, their longest scoreless streak since a All-Time on Road 81 138 21.0-inning run from September 6-9, 2016. at Fulton County Stadium 8 17 VS. THE BRAVES at Turner Field 68 106 at Ft. Bragg Field 1 0 Today concludes the second meeting between the division rivals in the last week, and also ends the 2018 season series. Miami at SunTrust Park 4 15 has won two straight after suffering through a seven-game slide that included a four-game sweep in Atlanta last week. Miami All-Time Totals 179 253 is looking to even the series in South Florida with a win today, and improve on their 5-13 record against Atlanta this season. TEAM VS. TEAM STATS UP NEXT 2018 MARLINS VS. BRAVES Miami will spend tomorrow off in Boston and will begin a two-game Interleague series against the Red Sox Tuesday at 7:10 p.m. Boston Average .............................................. .220 took the first two games of the season series, April 2-3 at Marlins Park. The Marlins are looking to snap a five-game losing streak at Runs ........................................................ 61 Fenway Park; their last win in Boston was on June 18, 2009. Miami is just 6-14 all-time in Bean Town, and trail the overall series, 12-24. ERA ..................................................... 5.99 GOOD TO BE HOME 2018 BRAVES VS. MARLINS Since June 8, Miami has gone 21-19 over its last 40 games at Marlins Park. That is a drastic improvement over a 10-18 record Average .............................................. .298 over the first 28 games at home. The Marlins have posted a 3.39 ERA (385.0 ip/145 er) over the current stretch, which is the Runs ....................................................... 111 third-best among National League teams behind the Dodgers (3.29) and Mets (3.31). On offense over that same span, Brian ERA ..................................................... 2.96 ANDY Anderson (44) is tied with Trevor Story with the third-most hits among NL hitters. Anderson also ranks second in that time with 28 runs, behind only Charlie Blackmon (30). HOMESTAND HIGHLIGHTS POWER IN NUMBERS TODAY With his home run last night, Brian ANDY Anderson pushed his season to total to 10, becoming the seventh Marlins player with 10+home runs this season. The last time Miami had seven-or-more players with 10+ home runs in the same season was 2008, when Fans will receive a Billy The Marlins Lil’ seven Marlins reached the mark. The Club record for most players with 10+ homers is nine, done in 2006. Miami is one of only Pro, presented by Xfinity, while supplies five NL teams to have seven-or-more players with 10+ home runs: the Dodgers (9), Atlanta (7), St. Louis (7), and Washington (7). last. Fans are invited to bring their pups to Marlins Park to celebrate the 2nd-annual HOME FIRES BURNING Bark at the Park, presented by Tito’s Vodka. Over their last 13 home games since July 28, the Marlins have posted a 2.49 ERA (123.0 ip/34 er) to mark the second-lowest Gift of Life Miami will be hosting a marrow ERA among National League staffs (fourth in MLB) at home in that span. They have limited opponents to a .212 average donor drive on the Promenade. Fans are against, second in the NL and fourth in the Majors. Starters have allowed three-or-fewer runs 11 times, including eight starts of encouraged to stop by and get their cheek two-or-less runs allowed and two consecutive scoreless starts, and posted a 2.48 ERA (72.2/20), while the bullpen has allowed swabbed to register to become a marrow 14 runs over 50.1 innings pitched for a 2.50 ERA. donor. Three bone marrow donors will also be honored in a pregame ceremony on the PROVING HIS WORTH field. Brian Andy Anderson leads all Major League rookies in games (130), at-bats (499), runs (70), hits (139), average with RISP (.390), and on-base percentage (.360); ranks second in doubles (27), walks (51), multi-hit games (40), and three+-hit games (8); ranks FOR PLAYERS ONLY third in RBI (56), average (.279), and slugging (.405); is tied for third in triples (3); and tied for 11th in HR (10). On the defensive side, he leads all rookie outfielders with a .994 fielding percentage, committing just one error in 176 total chances. He also owns The Miami Marlins, in honor of Players’ eight outfield assists, most among all ML rookie outfielders and just three off the Major League lead held by Billy Hamilton. Weekend, offered two complimentary • He is on pace for 171 hits this season, which would rank as the second-most by a National League rookie since 2008, behind tickets to today’s 1:10 p.m. game against the Corey Seager's 193 in 2016, and would be 10th-most by an NL rookie since 2000. Braves to fans 18 years or younger wearing • He recorded 109 hits before the All-Star break, tying Rocco Baldelli for the second-most by a Major League rookie since their youth baseball or softball uniform. 2003, behind only Hideki Matsui (114 in 2003). He is the only Marlins rookie in franchise history to record 100+ hits prior to the break. • Anderson recorded 101 hits over his first 92 games of the season. Since 1958, 34 rookies have recorded 100+ hits in 92-or-fewer games and went on to win Rookie of the Year honors, including most recently Aaron Judge (2017), Corey Seager (2016), Carlos Correa (2015), José Abreu (2014), Mike Trout (2012) and Buster Posey (2010).- Stats LLC PLAYERS WEEKEND Players’ Weekend is intended to showcase the personalities and interests of Major League players by allowing them to select a nickname for the back of their jersey as well as wear and use uniquely colored and designed equipment including bats, spikes, batting gloves, wristbands, compression sleeves and catcher’s equipment.