(3-8-2) (RHP Scott Copeland; 1-0, 15.00) at HOUSTON ASTROS (5-6-2) (RHP Francis Martes; 0-0, 4.91) THE BALLPARK OF THE PALM BEACHES, WEST PALM BEACH, FL Saturday, March 11, 2017 – 1:05 p.m.

TODAY’S GAME: The Marlins head south to The Ballpark of the Palm Beaches today to take on the Houston Astros, marking the third of six meetings between the two clubs. The Marlins and Astros played to a 7-7 tie in their last meeting, TODAY’S PITCHING LINEUP March 5 at Roger Dean Stadium. Today’s game can be heard in English on MLB.com and in Spanish on WAQI 710 AM. RHP Scott Copeland LHP Jarlin García TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER: Right-hander Scott Copeland will make the start for Miami today, his first of the spring. In LHP Kelvin Marte two relief appearances this spring, Copeland has gone 1-0 with a 15.00 ERA (3.0 ip/5 er). RHP Junichi Tazawa LHP LOOKING AHEAD: The Marlins will host the St. Louis Cardinals tomorrow at Roger Dean Stadium at 1:05 p.m. It will be the fourth of seven meetings between the clubs. The last time the two clubs met was on March 7, when the host Cardinals defeated the Marlins, 9-2. Right-hander Tom Koehler is scheduled to make his third start (fourth appearance) of the spring tomorrow.

YESTERDAY’S GAME: Miami’s offense could not generate enough runs to keep up with the visiting , suffering an 8-2 loss at Roger Dean Stadium. The Marlins jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the first inning on aJustin Bour RBI groundout, but the Twins quickly tied the game in the second and took the lead for good in the third. Miami’s final run came in the ninth on a solo home run by Brian Anderson. Wei-Yin Chen (0-1) suffered his first loss of the spring, allowing two runs on four hits (two home runs) and one walk, with three , in 3.0 innings of work.

TRANSACTIONS: The Marlins yesterday announced that RHP Jake Esch was optioned to Triple-A New Orleans and the following seven players were reassigned to Minor League camp: Cs Chris Hoo, Cam Maron and Rodrigo Vigil; LHPs Nick Maronde, Caleb Thielbar and Matt Tomshaw; and RHP Juan Benítez.

CURRENT ROSTER: Miami has 55 players in Major League camp, including 39 members of the 40-man roster and 16 non-roster invitees. The roster con- sists of 28 pitchers (6 NRIs); 18 right-handers (four NRIs) and 10 left-handers (two NRIs). There are six (two NRIs), 11 infielders (four NRIs) and 10 (four NRIs).

WBC UPDATE: The Marlins announced last week that over 130,000 tickets have been sold for the six first-round World Classic games scheduled to take place at Marlins Park from March 9-12, and that tonight’s game between the Dominican Republic and United States has sold out. Marlins Park will play host to Pool C action between Canada, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, and the United States. Games began on Thursday night with the Dominican Republic defeating Canada, 9-2, and continued last night with the United States defeating Colombia, 3-2, in walk-off fashion in the 10th in- ning. Games 3 & 4 will take place on today, with Canada hosting Colombia at 12 p.m. and the Dominican Republic hosting the U.S. at 6:30. Games 5 & 6 will take place tomorrow, March 12, with Colombia hosting the Dominican Republic at 12:30 p.m., and the U.S. hosting Canada at 7 p.m. If neces- sary, a tiebreaker game will be held on March 13 at 6 p.m. Tickets to the other three games of Pool C play are still available at www.marlins.com/WBC.

PATRIOTIC DUTY: Five players in Major League camp with the Marlins are representing their native country at the World Baseball Classic this week. Outfielders Giancarlo Stanton and Christian Yelich are playing for the United States; A.J. Ellis was scheduled to join them, but withdrew due to a hamstring strain. Infielder Martín Prado is suiting up for Venezuela, starting pitcher Edinson Volquez is pitching for the Dominican Republic, and Tayron Guerrero is pitching for Colombia.

ALL-STAR GAME COMES TO MIAMI: The Marlins will host the Midsummer Classic for the first time in club history when the Midsummer Classic comes to Marlins Park on July 11. All-Star week festivities will begin on July 7 and continue through the final weekend of the first half and into the All-Star break. FanFest will kick off at the Miami Beach Convention Center on July 7 and run through July 11; Marlins Park will host All-Star Sunday on July 9, featuring the Sirius XM All-Star Futures Game and the All-Star Legends & Celebrity Softball Game; the T-Mobile Home Run Derby will take place at Marlins Park on July 10; and the week will conclude with the 88th MLB All-Star Game on July 11.

YOUR RADIO HOME FOR MARLINS’ BASEBALL: Once again in 2017 the Marlins home on the radio dial will be WINZ 940 AM, which will broadcast all 162 games in the regular season and 15 Spring Training contests. In addition, all 162 regular season and 15 Spring Training games can be heard on 940’s partner station, 94.9 HD2 in 2017. Hall of Fame broadcaster Dave Van Horne and Glenn Geffner will return to the broadcast booth for their 10th season together. For all Spanish listeners, Hall-of-Famer Felo Ramirez and Yiky Quintana will call all 162 regular season games in what is the duo’s 16th season together, and 10th on the Marlins flagship Spanish station, WAQI 710 AM. In addition to select games on the Marlins Radio Network, fans will also have the opportunity to listen to 10 games exclusively on MLB.com.

FOX SPORTS FLORIDA BROADCAST INFORMATION: This season, the Marlins will have 150 games broadcast by FOX Sports Florida, all of which will be available in HD. The 2017 campaign kicks off on April 3rd, when the Fish pay a visit to the . The home opener will be April 11th, 2017 MARLINS’ SPRING TRAINING LEADERS when the Marlins host the Atlanta Braves at 7:10pm. Rich Waltz will call all BATTING LEADERS the action alongside former Marlins’ Todd Hollandsworth; they Average (min. 15 AB)...... 471; Yelich (8x17) will be joined throughout the season by Preston Wilson, Craig Minervini and Hits...... 8; Anderson, Yelich Jessica Blaylock, as well as former Marlin Jeff Conine. All home games pro- Runs Scored...... 5; Moore duced on FOX Sports Florida will be broadcast with SAP, and as in previous Doubles...... 4; Anderson, Rojas Triples...... 1; Riddle years, fans will recognize Raul Striker, Jr. calling the action in Spanish. Home Runs...... 3; Moore RBI...... 7; Rojas, Yelich MARLINS CREDENTIALS: All media members requesting a daily credential Walks...... 3; Dietrich, Juengel, Pérez, Prado, Stanton must do so using MLB’s online credential system, located at https://creden- PITCHING LEADERS tials.mlb.com. Daily credentials for regular season games must be request- Wins...... 1; Copeland, González, Koehler ed at least 24 hours in advance. Once a decision on approval is made, the Saves...... 1; Cervenka, Cunniff requesting party will receive e-mail correspondence from the Marlins. If you ERA (min. 4.0 IP)...... 0.00; González (5.0 ip) are not contacted by someone from our office, please call at least one day Games...... 4; Cervenka, Ellington, González in advance to confirm that your credentials before arriving at Marlins Park. Innings Pitched...... 6.1; Volquez Strikeouts...... 4; (10 players tied) The Marlins will honor MLB passes and BBWAA cards at all home games.

UPCOMING STARTERS DATE TIME (ET) OPPONENT MARLINS STARTER OPPONENT STARTER BROADCASTS Sunday, March 12 1:05 p.m. vs. St. Louis Cardinals RHP Tom Koehler TBA FSFL, MLB.com TODAY’S AVAILABLE PITCHERS 2016/SPRING STATISTICS

RHP SCOTT COPELAND (2016) RHP JUNICHI TAZAWA (2016) CLUB W-L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO WP BK CLUB W-L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO WP BK Buffalo 3-4 3.04 9 9 0 50.1 45 19 17 3 17 33 2 0 RED SOX 3-2 4.17 53 0 0 49.2 47 23 23 9 14 54 4 0

2017 SPRING DAY-BY-DAY 2017 SPRING DAY-BY-DAY DATE OPP. DEC. IP H R ER BB SO DATE OPP. DEC. IP H R ER BB SO 2/25 vs. STL W(1-0) 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 2/26 at STL - 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 3/1 at HOU - 2.0 4 4 4 1 0 3/7 at STL - 1.0 1 0 0 0 1

LHP JARLIN GARCÍA (2016) LHP HUNTER CERVENKA (2016) CLUB W-L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO WP BK CLUB W-L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO WP BK Jacksonville 1-3 4.54 9 9 0 39.2 38 22 20 4 11 27 2 0 ATLANTA 1-0 3.18 50 0 0 34.0 20 14 12 2 23 35 6 0 Jupiter 0-0 1.29 5 0 0 7.0 4 1 1 1 1 5 1 0 Mississippi 0-0 0.00 2 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 GCL Marlins 0-0 0.00 3 3 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 Jacksonville 0-0 9.00 1 0 0 1.0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 New Orleans 0-0 0.00 2 0 1 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 2017 SPRING DAY-BY-DAY MIAMI 0-0 4.82 18 0 0 9.1 11 5 5 1 5 7 0 0 DATE OPP. DEC. IP H R ER BB SO 2/27 at MIN - 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 2017 SPRING DAY-BY-DAY 3/4 at ATL - 1.0 2 0 0 1 2 DATE OPP. DEC. IP H R ER BB SO 3/7 at STL - 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 2/25 vs. STL - 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 2/28 vs. NYM - 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 LHP KELVIN MARTE (2016) 3/4 at ATL S(1) 1.1 2 0 0 1 2 CLUB W-L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO WP BK 3/7 at STL - 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 Indianapolis 4-3 3.67 34 4 2 73.2 65 31 30 4 21 57 2 1 PITTSBURGH 0-0 0.00 2 0 0 3.1 5 5 0 2 2 1 0 0

2017 SPRING DAY-BY-DAY DATE OPP. DEC. IP H R ER BB SO 2/28 vs. NYM - 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 3/3 vs. WSH - 1.0 3 2 2 0 0 3/6 vs. NYM - 2.0 0 0 0 1 1

2016 OFFSEASON/2017 SPRING TRANSACTIONS

MARCH assignment. 10 Optioned RHP Jake Esch to Triple-A New Orleans; reassigned Cs Chris Hoo, 20 Signed LHP Kelvin Marté to Minor League contract. Cam Maron and Rodrigo Vigil, LHPs Nick Maronde, Caleb Thielbar and Matt 16 Signed RHP Junichi Tazawa to two-year contract; RHP Nefi Ogando designated Tomshaw, and RHP Juan Benítez to Minor League Camp. for assignment. Also signed RHP Javy Guerra and OF Brandon Barnes to Minor League contracts. JANUARY 10 Signed C A.J. Ellis and LHP Jeff Locke and RHP Dustin McGowan to one-year 24 Acquired RHP Severino González from Philadelphia in exchange for player to contracts. be named later or cash considerations. 9 Signed RHP Stephen Fife and OF Tyler Moore to Minor League contracts. 19 Acquired RHP Dan Straily from Cincinnati in exchange for RHP Luis Castillo, RHP 8 Selected OF Cal Towey in first round of Minor League phase of Rule 5 draft; Austin Brice and OF Isaiah White. selected LHP Nick Maronde in second round and INF Alex Yarbrough in third 11 Signed C Ramón Cabrera to Minor League contract. round. 2 Signed OF Ryan Jackson to Minor League contract. 1 Signed RHP Edinson Volquez to two-year contract.

DECEMBER NOVEMBER 30 Signed RHP Juan Benítez to Minor League contract. 30 Signed OF Matt den Dekker to Minor League contract. 23 Signed RHP to two-year contract; LHP Elvis Araujo designated for 21 Signed RHP Scott Copeland to Minor League contract.

2017 SPRING DAY-BY-DAY DAY DATE OPPONENT RESULT/TIME RECORD WINNER LOSER SAVE ATTND. (SPRING) Saturday Feb. 25 ST. LOUIS W,8-7 1-0 Copeland (1-0) Gant Cunniff (1) 3,783 (3,783) Sunday Feb. 26 @St. Louis L,4-7 1-1 Mayers Conley (0-1) Bowman 4,679 Monday Feb. 27 @Minnesota L,6-9 1-2 Santana Ureña (0-1) Boshers 4,294 Tuesday Feb. 28 L,1-3 1-3 Lugo Ramos (0-1) Smoker 2,743 (6,526) Wednesday March 1 @Houston W,9-5 2-3 Koehler (1-0) Devenski --- 1,987 Thursday March 2 @New York Mets L, 6-11 2-4 Familia Straily (0-1) --- 3,953 Friday March 3 WASHINGTON L,4-8 2-5 Voth Steckenrider (0-1) --- 2,092 (8,618) Saturday March 4 @Atlanta W,8-6 3-5 González (1-0) Dickey Cervenka (1) 5,549 Sunday March 5 HOUSTON T,7-7 3-5-1 - - - 3,483 (12,101) Monday March 6 NEW YORK METS L,2-8 3-6-1 Bradford Maronde (0-1) - 3,399 (15,000) Tuesday March 7 @St. Louis L,2-9 3-7-1 Wainwright Koehler (1-1) - 5,118 Wednesday March 8 OFF-DAY Thursday March 9 @Washington T,2-2 3-7-2 - - - 4,004 Friday March 10 MINNESOTA L,2-8 3-8-2 Duffey Chen (0-1) - 2,551 (17,551) Saturday March 11 @Houston 1:05 p.m. WAQI, MLB.com Sunday March 12 ST. LOUIS 1:05 p.m. WAQI, MLB.com, FSFL Monday March 13 @New York Mets 1:10 p.m. Tuesday March 14 DETROIT 1:05 p.m. WINZ Wednesday March 15 NEW YORK METS 1:05 p.m. WINZ Thursday March 16 OFF-DAY Friday March 17 WASHINGTON 1:05 p.m. MLB.com Saturday March 18 @Detroit 1:05 p.m. WAQI Sunday March 19 WASHINGTON (SS) 1:05 p.m. WAQI, MLB.com @New York Mets (SS) 1:10 p.m. Monday March 20 @Atlanta 1:05 p.m. Tuesday March 21 HOUSTON 1:05 p.m. WINZ Wednesday March 22 @New York Mets 1:10 p.m. Thursday March 23 @St. Louis 1:05 p.m. WINZ Friday March 24 WASHINGTON 7:05 p.m. MLB.com Saturday March 25 ST. LOUIS 1:05 p.m. WINZ, WAQI, FSFL Sunday March 26 @St. Louis 1:05 p.m. WAQI, MLB.com, FSFL Monday March 27 NEW YORK METS 1:05 p.m. WINZ Tuesday March 28 HOUSTON (SS) 1:05 p.m. @Washington (SS) 6:35 p.m. WINZ, FSFL Wednesday March 29 @Houston 1:05 p.m. MLB.com Thursday March 30 OFF-DAY Friday March 31 DETROIT 7:05 p.m. WINZ Saturday April 1 DETROIT 12:05 p.m. WINZ

HOME GAMES IN BOLD (SS)-Split Squad All times are ET and subject to change WINZ – 940 AM WAQI – 710 AM (Spanish) FSFL – FOX Sports Florida MLB.com – Audio only

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE # Player/ Pos. # Player/Coach Pos. 46 Kyle Barraclough (Bear-claw) RHP 4 Frank Menechino (MEN-eh-KEE-no) CCH 81 Juan Benítez (Ben-NEE-tez) RHP 6 Mike Pagliarulo (Pag-lee-ah-rue-loh) CCH 41 Justin Bour (Boar) INF 14 Martín (Mar-teen) Prado INF 54 Wei-Yin (WAY-in) Chen LHP 44 A.J. Ramos (Ră-mos) RHP 43 Odrisamer (Oh-drees-ah-mer) Despaigne (Des-spahn-yay) RHP 60 J.T. Realmuto (Reel-mue-toe) C 67 Jake Esch (Esh) RHP 27 Giancarlo (ZHON-carlo) Stanton OF 66 Jarlin (Har-lin) García LHP 25 Junichi (Jue-Nee-chi) Tazawa RHP 40 Javy (Hah-vee) Guerra (Gher-ra) RHP 18 Tomás (Toe-mahs) Telis (Tell-iss) C 72 Tayron (TIE-rahn) Guerrero RHP 56 Caleb Thielbar (THEEL-bar) LHP 3 Adeiny (a-DAY-nee) Hechavarria (ETCH-a-VA-ree-A) INF 62 José Ureña (oo-REH-nya) RHP 88 Matt Juengel (Ying-gle) INF 75 Jeff Urgelles (Ur-ghel-les) CCH 34 Tom Koehler (COAL-er) RHP 81 Rodrígo Vigil (Vih-HEEL) C 53 Kyle Lobstein (Lob-STEEN) LHP 29 Brad Ziegler (Zeeg-ler) RHP 84 Cam Maron (Mair-rahn) C