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OPPONENT INFO ATLANTA BRAVES (12-20) MARLINS VS. BRAVES RHP JULIO TEHERAN (2-3, 4.69) DATE SITE RESULT TIME/ATTND 4/11 MIA W,8-4 36,519 vs. 4/12 MIA L,4-5 16,808 5/12 MIA L,4-8 20,052 MIAMI MARLINS (13-21) 5/13 MIA 7:10 RHP EDINSON VOLQUEZ (0-4, 4.71) 5/14 MIA 1:10 6/16 ATL 7:35 6/17 ATL 4:10 MARLINS PARK, MIAMI, FL 6/18 ATL 1:35 SATURDAY, MAY 13, 2017 – 7:10 P.M. 8/4 ATL 7:35 8/5 ATL 7:10 8/6 ATL 1:35 9/7 ATL 7:35 GAME 35 (13-21) | HOME GAME 16 (5-10) | TONIGHT'S BROADCASTS FSFL WINZ (940 AM) WAQI (710 9/8 ATL 7:35 FISH BITES 9/9 ATL 7:10 9/10 ATL 1:35 The Marlins continue their three-series, nine-game homestand tonight with game two of this three-game set against 9/28 MIA 7:10 the Atlanta Braves at 7:10 p.m. RHP Edinson Volquez (0-4, 4.71) is facing the Braves for the ninth time in his career, 9/29 MIA 7:10 with a lifetime record of 4-3 with a 2.89 ERA. Opposing Volquez is RHP Julio Teheran (2-3, 4.69), who in 15 previous 9/30 MIA 7:10 starts against the Fish is 5-4 with a 3.46 ERA. Tonight's ceremonial first pitches are being thrown out by Vivian Casals- 10/1 MIA 3:10 Munoz of Hialeah Park Racing, Cole Anderson of Boy Scouts Troop 118, Bayardo Aleman of the Cuban American All Times Eastern Bar Association, and Steven Bauer & Ana Margo of ¿Que Pasa, USA? The national anthem is being performed by Peter Fernandez. Tonight is Cuban Heritage Night at Marlins Park in celebration of the 40th Anniversary of ¿Que SERIES INFO Pasa, USA? Fans who purchased the special event ticket will receive an exclusive ¿Que Pasa, USA? cafecito cup. 2017 at Home 1 2 A portion of the proceeds will go to PBS. The current homestand has a trio of teams coming through town for three- 2017 on Road 0 0 game sets: St. Louis (0-3), Atlanta (0-1), and Houston (May 15-17). Miami takes to the road again on Thursday for 2016 Series 7 11 a four-game series in Los Angeles against the Dodgers (May 18-21) and a two-game set in Oakland (May 23-24). All-Time at Home 90 108 at Sun Life Stadium 75 75 LAST NIGHT AGAINST ATLANTA at Marlins Park 15 33 All-Time on Road 77 123 Miami dropped an 8-4 decision to the Atlanta Braves in the series opener, running its losing streak to four games to at Fulton County Stadium 8 17 tie a season long skid. Atlanta struck first, scoring two runs offJosé Ureña in the second inning. However, the Marlins at Turner Field 68 106 didn't sit idly by, as Justin Bour cut the deficit to one in the fourth with his sixth home run of the year. The game re- at Ft. Bragg Field 1 0 mained 2-1 until the seventh, when the Braves erupted for six runs to take a commanding 8-2 lead. In the bottom of All-Time Totals 167 231 the seventh, the Fish rallied for two runs, both coming on J.T. Realmuto's third home run of the year. Derek Dietrich finished out Miami's end of the scoring with his first home run of the year in the ninth. Ureña (1-1) surrendered two runs TEAM VS. TEAM STATS on six hits and three walks, while striking out four, over 6.0 solid innings, taking his first loss of the season. 2017 MARLINS VS. BRAVES AGAINST THE BRAVES Average .............................................. .275 Runs ........................................................ 16 This is the second meeting of the season between Miami and Atlanta, both at Marlins Park, as the Braves were in ERA ...................................................... 4.33 town to open Miami's home slate from April 11-12, a two-game split. The Marlins are 90-108 against the Braves in 2017 BRAVES VS. MARLINS South Florida, which includes a 15-33 mark at Marlins Park, and 167-231 overall. Average .............................................. .255 Runs ........................................................ 17 TODAY'S TRANSACTIONS ERA ...................................................... 5.19 The Marlins today reinstated RHP Edinson Volquez from the 10-day disabled list and optioned RHP Brian Ellington to Triple-A New Orleans. Volquez was placed on the DL with a right thumb blister on May 3. SERIES NOTES SOUTHERN CHARM • In 66 career games against Atlanta, Christian Yelich has posted a .316 aver- In his eight career starts against Atlanta, Edinson Volquez has produced a 4-3 record and 2.89 ERA (46.2 ip/15 er). His age (80x253). Since the start of 2013 (min. ERA versus the Braves is the fourth-lowest of any opponent he has faced (min. 7 starts). He owns lower ERA's against 100 AB), he has the most hits among the Marlins (1.47), Philadelphia (2.30) and Minnesota (2.73). active players against the Braves, ranks third in on-base percentage (.399), behind SERIES COMEBACK Cesar Hernández (.429) and Bryce Harper (.409). Also ranks third in average behind The Braves and Marlins are two of the top teams in the National League in percentage of wins via comeback, as Hernández (.341) and Ben Revere (.319). Atlanta leads with 66.7% (8 of 12) of its wins when coming from behind. Arizona ranks second at 61.9%, followed by Miami at third with 61.5% (8 of 13). To round out the top five, Washington (59.1) ranks fourth and the Cubs (55,5) • Dee Gordon has hit in 22 of 24 games fifth. -Stats LLC against the Braves at his home ballpark over his career, going 33x102 (.324) with INJURY HELPLINE! nine RBI. He had a 19-game home hitting Through the first 34 games of the season, Miami has used the services of 33 different players. Despite the high streak vs. Atlanta snapped on September amount, it is only tied for 12th-most among all Major League teams, yet is tied for the second-most through the 23, 2016 in a pinch-hitting appearance first 34 games of a season in Marlins history (also 1998). The Marlins have placed five players on the disabled list this and went 0x4 last night. month alone; Edinson Volquez (right thumb blister), Wei-Yin Chen (left arm fatigue), Martín Prado (right hamstring strain), Miguel Rojas (right thumb fracture), and Adeiny Hechavarria (left oblique strain). Miami has started four dif- THIS DAY IN MARLINS HISTORY ferent players at shortstop, tied with Colorado for most in MLB. - Stats, LLC MAY 13 SPEE-DEE In 1993, Orestes Destrade went 4x4 in the Dee Gordon stole two bases Wednesday against St. Louis, bringing his season total to 11. He is tied with A.J. Pollock Marlins 5-4 loss to the Montreal Expos at for second in Major League Baseball, behind Billy Hamilton (19). In the month of May, Gordon has swiped seven Olympic Stadium. He recorded the fourth four-hit game by a Marlin in the short history bags, also second in the Majors to Hamilton (9), with no other player stealing more than four. Gordon's record for of the Franchise (34 games). Jeff Conine was most stolen bases in a single month is 21, done in May 2014. the first to record four hits, doing so on Open- ing Day. He was followed by Dave Magadan DELIVERING IN TIMES OF NEED on April 21 and Rich Renteria on May 12. With his first-inning home run Wednesday, Christian Yelich recorded his ninth go-ahead RBI of the season. He is tied Also, Giancarlo Stanton hit the third walk-off with Joey Votto for second in the National League, and tied for third in the Majors, behind Nolan Arenado (10) and grand slam in Franchise history against the Albert Pujos (10). Since the start of 2015, Yelich is tied with Daniel Murphy for seventh in the NL in go-ahead RBI (56), New York Mets in 2012 (others, Dan Uggla in behind Arenado (71), Matt Kemp (68), Bryce Harper (63), Paul Goldschmidt (62), Joey Votto (60) and Kris Bryant (58). 2008 and Bobby Bonilla in 1997). Overall record on this date: 11-11 THE BEAR'S DEN Marcell Ozuna has been solid at home this season, recording at-least one hit in 12 of 15 games with an average of .365 (19x52), seven home runs and 16 RBI. His seven home runs at home are tied with Charlie Blackmon and Joey Votto for second in the National League, behind Mark Reynolds (9). His home average ranks eighth, while his RBI total is tied for 10th with Maikel Franco and Anthony Rendon. Prior to this season, Ozuna was a career .271 hitter at Marlins Park, recording 26 home runs and 123 RBI in 247 games. CHANGING MINDSET As a team, the Marlins have connected for 20 home runs at Marlins Park this season, averaging 1.33 HR/G. They are on pace to record 108 home runs at Marlins Park, which would mark the second-most in a single season in Club history, behind a 110 HR performance at Sun Life Stadium in 2007. The most HR hit by Miami at Marlins Park in one campaign is 59, done in 2014. UPCOMING STARTERS DATE TIME (ET) OPPONENT MARLINS STARTER OPPONENT STARTER BROADCASTS Sunday, May 14 1:10 p.m. vs.