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OPPONENT INFO PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (17-32) MARLINS VS. PHILLIES RHP VINCE VELASQUEZ (2-4, 5.55) DATE SITE RESULT TIME/ATTND 4/25 PHI PPD - Rescheduled for 8/22 vs. 4/26 PHI L,4-7 26,191 4/27 PHI L,2-3 22,180 MIAMI MARLINS (19-30) 5/29 MIA W,4-1 17,032 LHP JUSTIN NICOLINO (0-1, 5.40) 5/30 MIA 7:10 5/31 MIA 1:10 7/17 MIA 7:10 MARLINS PARK, MIAMI, FL 7/18 MIA 7:10 TUESDAY, MAY 30, 2017 – 7:10 P.M. 7/19 MIA 12:10 8/22 PHI (1) 4:05 PHI (2) 7:05 8/23 PHI 7:05 GAME 50 (19-30) | HOME GAME 25 (9-15) | TONIGHT'S BROADCASTS FSFL WINZ (940 AM) WAQI (710 AM) 8/24 PHI 1:05 FISH BITES 8/31 MIA 7:10 9/1 MIA 7:10 The Marlins continue the first of two season-long 10-game homestands tonight with the second of three against the 9/2 MIA 7:10 Philadelphia Phillies at 7:10 p.m. LHP Justin Nicolino (0-1, 5.40), who is making his third start of the season for Miami, 9/3 MIA 1:10 has gone 1-0 with a 2.74 ERA in four prior appearances (three starts) against the Phillies. Philadelphia is countering 9/12 PHI 7:05 with RHP Vince Velasquez (2-4, 5.55), who in four previous starts against the Fish has posted a 2-0 record and 2.96 9/13 PHI 7:05 ERA. Tonight's ceremonial first pitches are being thrown out by Brent Spechler and DJ Shaun O'Neale, and the na- 9/14 PHI 7:05 tional anthem is being performed by the McArthur High School band. Miami's current homestand began with the All Times Eastern Fish taking two of three from the Los Angeles Angels and will continue after this series with a four-game set against Arizona. The Marlins returned home from their most recent road trip last Thursday, going 2-4 against the Los Angeles SERIES INFO Dodgers (1-3) and Oakland Athletics (1-1). 2017 at Home 1 0 2017 on Road 0 2 LAST NIGHT VS. PHILLIES 2016 Series 9 10 All-Time at Home 103 96 Miami strung together consecutive wins for the first time since April 22-23 with a 4-1 win over the visiting Philadelphia at Sun Life Stadium 78 74 Phillies. The Marlins got things started in the third, when JT Riddle singled and was moved to second on a sac bunt at Marlins Park 25 22 by Edinson Volquez. Dee Gordon drove in Riddle in the next at-bat with a double to right, and Giancarlo Stanton All-Time on Road 77 124 plated Miami's second run. The Phillies cut the lead to one in the top of the sixth, but the Fish responded with two at Veterans Stadium 26 51 in the bottom of the frame on a Derek Dietrich two-run home run to take the 4-1 lead and the ballgame. Volquez at Citizens Bank Park 51 73 (1-7) earned his first win of the season, limiting Philadelphia to one run and three hits, while walking two and striking All-Time Totals 180 220 out four over 6.0 innings. TEAM VS. TEAM STATS AGAINST THE PHILLIES 2017 MARLINS VS. PHILLIES This series is the first for the Phillies at Marlins Park this season. The two teams met in Philadelphia from April 26-27, Average .............................................. .245 with the Marlins dropping two games after the opener of the three-game set was rained out. That game has been Runs ........................................................ 10 rescheduled for an August 22 doubleheader starting at 4:05 p.m. Miami went 9-10 against the Phillies in 2016, which ERA ...................................................... 3.60 included a 4-5 mark in Miami. The Fish own a 103-96 record against the Phils in South Florida (25-22 at Marlins Park), 2017 PHILLIES VS. MARLINS yet trail the all-time series 180-220. Average .............................................. .231 Runs ........................................................ 11 RIDDLE ROLLING ERA ...................................................... 3.46 Since May 15, rookie JT Riddle has hit .333 (16x48) with six doubles, two home runs and nine RBI, and has tied a season-high with hits in each of his last four games. In 18 games since being recalled from Triple-A New Orleans on SERIES NOTES May 9, he has batted .291 (16x55) with six doubles, two home runs and 10 RBI. In his first stint with Miami this season, • Dee Gordon has a career average of from April 11-18, he recorded just two hits in 14 a-bats (.143) with one home run and three RBI. .327 (50x154) against the Phillies, which ranks ninth among active players not cur- FOR STARTERS rently on the disabled list. Ichiro Suzuki ranks 17th at .303 (43x142), while Christian The Marlins starting rotation, which has used the services of nine different pitchers, has limited the home run this sea- Yelich (.296/61x206) and Marcell Ozuna son, allowing 37, which is tied for sixth-fewest in the Majors. The rotation has also limited opponents to 8.10 hits/9.0 (.295/72x244) rank 22nd and 23rd, respec- innings, seventh in MLB, while their 226 hits allowed are the fewest in Baseball. The starting staff also ranks seventh in tively. opponents average at .240. PICKING UP STEAM THIS DAY IN MARLINS HISTORY Since May 19, Miami's offense has paced Major League Baseball with a .302 average, while its .358 on-base per- MAY 30 centage ranks third, behind Boston (.365) and Minnesota (.361). In that same span, Marlins hitters have recorded the Five Marlins' pitchers combined to shutout second-fewest strikeouts (62), more than only the Toronto Blue Jays (56). Dee Gordon leads Miami's offense in that the Cubs 9-0 in 2007 at Wrigley Field. Sergio time, ranking second in the Majors with a .429 average (15x35), behind Devon Travis (.450), while JT Riddle leads the Mitre got the start and tossed 4.0 scoreless in- Club and is tied for 10th in MLB with nine RBI. nings while Randy Messenger followed with 2.0 innings to earn the win. Dan Uggla led the GOING DEEP offense with two home runs and four RBI. Also on this date, the 2012 Marlins recorded their Miami has a better chance of winning when its starter goes deeper into games. So far this season, when a Marlins franchise best 21st win of the month, marking starting pitcher works 5.1-or-more innings (25 times), the team is 12-13, with the rotation owning a 8-8 record and 3.15 the most wins in any month in club history. ERA (148.2 ip/52 er). However, when a Marlins starter fails to make it beyond 5.0 innings pitched (24 times), Miami is just 7-17, with a rotation record of 4-13 and a 7.74 (102.1/88) ERA. Overall record on this date: 9-13 G2 Since moving to the second spot in the batting order on May 23, Giancarlo Stanton has hit at a .423 clip (11x26) with two home runs and five RBI. In those six games he has recorded three three-hit efforts to give him seven on the season. His seven three-hit games are tied with Dee Gordon and Jean Segura for second- most in the Majors, behind Ryan Zimmerman (8). THE THREE AMIGOS The trio of Justin Bour (33), Marcell Ozuna (35) and Giancarlo Stanton (35) have combined to drive in 103 runs on the season. They are one of just five trios in Baseball to have 102+ combined RBI. The Rockies' group of Charlie Blackmon (46), Mark Reynolds (44) and Nolan Arenado (34) have combined for 124. They are followed by Washington's Bryce Harper (41), Ryan Zimmerman (40) and Daniel Murphy (35) with 116; Cincinnati's Adam Duvall (45), Joey Votto (39) and Eugenio Suarez (30) with 114; and Arizona's Jake Lamb (43), Paul Goldschmidt (38) and Yasmany Tomas (32) with 113. - Stats LLC ADVANTAGE MIAMI The Marlins have outslugged their opponents in terms of home runs at Marlins Park, clubbing 30 while allowing 23. Since moving into Marlins Park, the Fish have homered more than their opponent over the course of a single season just once. In 2014, Miami hit 59, while visiting teams hit 45. MAY HE HAVE ANOTHER Justin Bour connected for his ninth home run in the month of May Friday night, tying his highest career single-month home run total (also September 2015). It is also tied for the fourth-most ever in the month of May in Marlins history, behind Giancarlo Stanton (12 in 2012), Dan Uggla (12 in 2008) and Cody Ross (10 in 2008). His nine home runs this month are tied with Cody Bellinger, Joey Gallo, Jake Lamb, Logan Morrison and Mike Trout for the second-most in the Majors, behind UPCOMING STARTERS DATE TIME (ET) OPPONENT MARLINS STARTER OPPONENT STARTER BROADCASTS Wednesday, May 31 1:10 p.m. Philadelphia Phillies RHP Dan Straily (3-3, 3.83) RHP Aaron Nola (2-2, 4.34) MLBN, WINZ. WAQI 2017 SEASON SPLITS GENERAL W L G GS INN H R ER HR BB SO ERA AVG JUSTIN Home 0 0 1 1 6.0 6 1 1 0 4 5 1.50 .273 Away 0 1 1 1 4.0 7 5 5 2 2 3 11.25 .389 Day 0 0 1 1 6.0 6 1 1 0 4 5 1.50 .273 Night 0 1 1 1 4.0 7 5 5 2 2 3 11.25 .389 Grass 0 1 2 2 10.0 13 6 6 2 6 8 5.40 .325 NICOLINO Starter 0 1 2 2 10.0 13 6 6 2 6 8 5.40 .325 Start 4 Days Rest 0 1 1 1 4.0 7 5 5 2 2 3 11.25 .389 Start 6+ Days Rest 0 0 1 1 6.0 6 1 1 0 4 5 1.50 .273 HT 6’3” WT 198 | BATS LEFT THROWS LEFT VS.