MIAMI MARLINS (48-76) OPPONENT INFO LHP WEI-YIN CHEN (4-9, 5.32) MARLINS VS. NATIONALS at DATE SITE RESULT W/L/S 5/25 MIA L,5-9 Scherzer/Wittgren/Doolittle WASHINGTON NATIONALS (62-61) 5/26 MIA L,1-4 Miller/Ziegler/Doolittle RHP JEFRY RODRIGUEZ (1-1, 5.84) 5/27 MIA L,2-5 Strasburg/Hernandez/Kintzler NATIONALS PARK, WASHINGTON, D.C. – SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 2018 – 7:05 P.M. 7/5 WAS L,12-14 Kelley/Conley/Doolittle 7/6 WAS L,2-3 Doolittle/Barraclough GAME 125 | ROAD GAME 62 (20-41) | TONIGHT'S BROADCASTS TV: FSFL RADIO: WINZ (940AM) / WAQI (710AM) 7/7 WAS L,4-18 Scherzer/Chen FISH BITES 7/8 WAS W,10-2 Conley/Roark 7/26 MIA L,3-10 Miller/Conley Miami continues its seven-game road trip tonight with the second game of a three-game series at Nationals Park. It is the 7/27 MIA L,1-9 Scherzer/López second stop on the trip, which began with a four-game series in Atlanta. The Marlins have lost their last five series, after going 7/28 MIA W,2-1(10) Graves/Herrera a stretch of 15 straight series without a series loss from June 5 to July 29. Following this series, Miami will enjoy an off-day on 7/29 MIA W,5-0 Ureña/Hellickson Monday before beginning a six-game homestand vs. the Yankees (2G) and the Braves (4G). Will begin a stretch in which the 8/17 WAS L,2-9 Scherzer/Straily Marlins play 12 of 14 games at home from August 21-September 5. LHP Wei-Yin Chen is making his 20th start of the season and 8/18 WAS 7:05 third against the Nationals this season (0-1/6.17). Will be his fourth career start at Nationals Park (0-3/9.88). 8/19 WAS 1:35 • Miami has lost their last 12 road games since July 22, marking their longest-ever single-season losing streak away from 9/17 MIA 7:10 South Florida (May 29-June 17, 1998) 9/18 MIA 7:10 YESTERDAY'S RECAP 9/24 WAS 7:05 9/25 WAS 7:05 Miami dropped their sixth straight game, falling 9-2 at Washington. LF Austin Dean hit his first Major League homer in the sixth 9/26 WAS 4:05 inning. RF Rafael Ortega went 2x4 for his sixth multi-hit game in eight contests. SS JT Riddle (2x4) recorded his first multi-hit game in August. RHP Dan Straily suffered the loss, allowing 5 er in 6.0 ip. SERIES INFO VS. WASHINGTON 2018 at Home 2 5 2018 on Road 1 4 The Marlins are making their second trip to Nationals Park. Dropped three of four during their first stop in D.C., July 5-8. 2017 Series 6 13 Miami's win in the series finale halted a 14-game losing streak vs. Washington (their longest against any single opponent) and All-Time at Home 117 97 an eight-game losing streak in the Nation's capital. Miami is 55-68 against the Nationals in DC, and 125-124 overall, since 2005. at Sun Life Stadium 85 64 WEI AWAY at US Cellular Field 2 0 at Marlins Park 30 33 Wei-Yin Chen has recorded a 2.05 ERA (57.0 ip/13 er) in 10 home starts this season, compared to 10.27 mark (37.2/43) in nine All-Time on Road 99 110 road starts. The 8.22 home/road difference is the largest gap for any pitcher in the Majors since 1913 (min. 15 GS at home and on at Olympic Stadium 39 40 road). The second-biggest gap between a home and road ERA is 8.15 by Dallas Keuchel (11.10 road/2.95 home) in 2012, and the at Hiram Bithorn Stadium 5 1 third-largest is a 8.14 by Chad Durbin (13.50/5.36) in 2000 (according to Stats LLC). at RFK Stadium 12 15 OH MY STARLIN at Nationals Park 43 57 Starlin Castro has collected at least 10 home runs for the eighth straight season, making him one of 18 players to reach the plateau All-Time Totals 216 207 in each season since 2011. Only two other middle infielders have accomplished the feat - Asdrubal Cabrera and Ian Kinsler. Castro TEAM VS. TEAM STATS also has 133 hits in 2018, surpassing the 130-hit mark in each of his first nine Major League seasons. He joins a list of five other 2018 MARLINS VS. NATIONALS players who debuted in the last 20 years to record 130+ hits in each of his first nine Major League seasons. Also, Carlos Lee (14, Average: .............................................. .271 1999-2012); Robinson Cano (13, 2005-17); Ichiro Suzuki (13, 2001-13); Albert Pujols (12, 2001-12) and Mark Teixeira (9, 2003-11). Runs: ...................................................... 49 DEAN DINGER ERA: ................................................... 6.94 Austin Dean collected his first Major League hit in last night's loss at Washington, a seventh-inning solo home run off Trevor Gott. 2018 NATIONALS VS. MARLINS Dean became the 11th Marlin in franchise history to homer for his first MLB hit, first since John Baker on July 10, 1998 at Dodger Average: .............................................. .291 Stadium. Dean was recalled from Triple-A New Orleans and made his Major League debut starting in left field, becoming the Runs: ...................................................... 83 ninth Miami player to make his Major League debut this season. On Monday, Dean was named the Pacific Coast League Player ERA: .................................................... 3.70 of the Week for August 6-12. ROAD WELL TRAVELED THIS DAY IN MARLINS HISTORY J.T. Realmuto and Derek Dietrich rank 16th and 17th in road average among National League hitters with .305 and .302 AUGUST 18, 2002 averages, respectively. The Marlins recorded a 3-0 shut out vs. the San • Since May 20, Dietrich ranks second in Major League Baseball in road average (.362; 50x138), ranks fourth in on-base Francisco Giants. A.J. Burnett picked up his percentage (.444) and OPS (1.081), tied for fourth in runs (31), and fifth in slugging (.638). 12th win of the year as he allowed three hits • Realmuto ranks 10th in the NL on the road this season with a SLG of .550. throughout his complete game performance. Burnett ranks tied for first atop the Marlins career PROVING HIS WORTH pitching leaders in shutouts (8, with Dontrelle Brian Anderson leads all Major League rookies in games (123), at-bats (475), runs (64), hits (131), average with RISP Willis) and second in complete games (14). (.392), and on-base percentage (.354); ranks second in multi-hit games (37), three+-hit games (8), and RBI (54); is tied for second in doubles (26); ranks third in average (.276), slugging (.400), and walks (47); is tied for third in triples (3); and IMPORTANT INFORMATION tied for 12th in HR (9). 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 8 outfield assists, most among all ML rookie outfielders and just two off EARLY GATE OPENING TIMES the Major league lead shared by MIL Lorenzo Cain, CIN Billy Hamilton, SEA Mitch Haniger and PIT Starling Marte. For the Marlins' two-game series with the • He is on pace for 171 hits this season, which would rank as the second-most by a National League rookie since 2008, Yankees next Tuesday and Wednesday, gates behind Corey Seager's 193 in 2016, and would be ninth-most by an NL rookie since 2000. at Marlins Park will open to fans at 5:00 pm. • He recorded 109 hits before the All-Star break, tying Rocco Baldelli for the second-most by a Major League rookie Fans are encouraged to arrive early and since 2003, behind only Hideki Matsui (114 in 2003). He is the only Marlins rookie in franchise history to record 100+ pre-purchase their parking to avoid delays hits prior to the break. entering the ballpark. • 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 BACK TO SCHOOL The Marlins are partnering with Kiwanis of Little WELCOME BACK Havana Foundation for the eighth consecutive Miami-Dade County students are Just Gettin' Started on Monday as school is back in session. Marlins pitcher Caleb Smith year to help kids head back to school! and Billy The Marlin will greet and welcome students at Feinberg Fisher K-8 Center in Miami Beach at 7:30 a.m. as they In addition to donating $20,000, the two organizations will hold a series of school enter school on the first day of the 2018-19 school year. supplies giveaways, featuring Marlins players, alumni and staff at the following locations: RUN AT YOUR OWN RISK August 21 (11 a.m.) – Liberty City Elementary The Marlins have recorded 22 outfield assists this season, surpassing their total from all of last year. Only Pittsburgh (27) (1855 NW 71 ST, Miami, FL) and the Mets (23) has more among NL squads this season. August 22 (11:30 a.m.) – Lenora B. Smith Elementary (4700 NW 12 AVE, Miami, FL) August 24 (10 a.m.) – Kensington Park Elementary COMING WITH THE FIRE (711 NW 30 AVE, Miami, FL) In Game 2 of Monday's doubleheader at Atlanta, Tayron Guerrero threw a 104.798 mph fastball to Ender Inciarte.