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GAME # 60 ROAD GAME # 32 (12-19) TODAY’S BROADCASTS MIAMI MARLINS (24-35) * ^ RHP Tom Koehler (4-3, 3.72) No TV WINZ WAQI at TOMORROW’S GAME INFO TORONTO BLUE JAYS (30-30) START TIME (ET) - 7:10 P.M. TBA COLORADO STARTER MIAMI STARTER TBA RHP David Phelps ROGERS CENTRE, TORONTO, ONTARIO (2-3, 4.68) Wednesday, June 10, 2015 – 12:37 P.M. TOMORROW’S BROADCAST INFO * ^ FS Florida WINZ WAQI * - English Flagship (940AM) ^ - Spanish Flagship (710AM) FISH BITES The Marlins conclude a six-game road swing with the finale of this three-game series against the Toronto Blue Jays OPPONENT INFO at 12:37 p.m. RHP Tom Koehler is making his first career start and appearance against Toronto, coming in with a 4-2 MARLINS VS. BLUE JAYS record and 5.01 ERA in nine previous Interleague starts. The Marlins opened their current trip in Denver, taking two of three from the Colorado Rockies. Following this afternoons contest, Miami will return to Marlins Park for a four-game DATE SITE RESULT TIME/ATTND series against Colorado starting tomorrow, followed by a four-game home-and-home series against the New York 6/8 TOR L,3-11 17,582 Yankees. 6/9 TOR L,3-4 20,588 6/10 TOR 12:37 VS. THE BLUE JAYS All Times Eastern The last time these two teams met was in 2012, when the Blue Jays took two of three from the Marlins at Marlins Park SERIES INFO from June 22-24. The Marlins last trip to Rogers Centre was in 2009, when the Fish came away with a three-game sweep. The Marlins are 10-4 in Toronto, having won five of the last seven at Rogers Centre, and have gone 18-8 against 2015 on Road 0 2 the Jays all-time. 2012 at Home 1 2 All-Time at Home 8 4 UP NEXT at Sun Life Stadium 7 2 at Marlins Park 1 2 Miami will open a four-game home series against the Colorado Rockies tomorrow night beginning at 7:10 p.m. The All-Time on Road 10 4 Marlins and Rockies just finished a three-game series in Denver over the weekend, with the Fish taking two of three. The All-Time Totals 18 8 Fish lead the all-time series against the Rox, 93-88, which includes a 55-33 mark in Miami (6-4 at Marlins Park). TEAM VS. TEAM STATS LAST NIGHT MARLINS VS. BLUE JAYS (ALL-TIME) The Marlins banged out 10 hits, including two home runs from Giancarlo Stanton and one from Christian Yelich, but Average .............................................. .285 came away on the wrong side of a 4-3 decision to the Toronto Blue Jays. Stanton started the scoring with his 20th Runs ...................................................... 139 home run of the season in the first, and Yelich gave the Fish a two-run cushion in the fourth with his third long ball of ERA ...................................................... 3.63 the year. Toronto tied it in the fourth on a pair of sac flies, but Stanton struck again in the seventh to break the tie with th BLUE JAYS VS. MARLINS (ALL-TIME) another solo shot, marking his third multi-homer game of the season and 16 of his career. A.J. Ramos was brought in Average .............................................. .249 to close it out, but after a leadoff single and a strikeout, Edwin Encarnacion walked the Blue Jays off winners with a Runs ...................................................... 106 homer to center. J.T. Realmuto paced the Marlins with three hits, while Stanton finished 2x3.Dan Haren provided an ERA ...................................................... 4.72 exceptional start, allowing two runs on three hits while striking out seven and walking none over 7.0 innings. Ramos (0-1) suffered his first loss in almost two years, his last having been on July 29, 2013 vs. the Mets. 6 TO ONE, HALF DOZEN TO ANOTHER With his first home run of the game last night, Giancarlo Stanton became the seventh player in Major League history to have six seasons of 20+ home runs through the age of 25. The last player to have such a streak was Alex Rodriguez from 1996 to 2001. See complete list, provided by ESPN Stats & Info, below at right. THIS DATE IN MARLINS HISTORY RAMOS’ RUN June 10 A.J. Ramos suffered his first loss last night since July 29, 2013, going a total of 119 appearances between setbacks. He In 1997, Kevin Brown threw the second no-hit- is the second reliever this season to have a streak of 119+ games between losses come to an end, as Eric O’Flaherty ter in Club history, blanking the Giants, 9-0, in took his first loss in 129 games on April 17. Ramos’ streak was by far the longest in Marlins history, with Taylor Tankersley San Francisco. The only runner to reach base owning the second-longest at just 70 games from May 14, 2007 to May 10, 2008. Michael Tejera had a streak of 73 relief safely did so via a hit-by-pitch. appearances without a loss for the Marlins, from Sept. 11, 1999 to Sept. 24, 2003, but suffered 11 losses as a starter over Overall record on this date: 14-7 that span. INTERLEAGUE NOTES The Fish are 3-5 in Interleague Play in 2015 and have gone 165-153/.519 all-time against the American League, which is the third-best IL winning percentage among NL Clubs, behind the Mets (160-147/.521) and Braves (158-146/.520). The Marlins’ 165 Interleague wins are the most among NL Clubs; the Mets and Nationals are tied for second with 160. All-time in Interleague Play, Miami leads all NL offenses in runs scored (1,460), hits (2,829), doubles (579) and RBI (1,381). The Marlins’ best single-season mark in Interleague Play came in 1997, when they went 12-3. PLAYERS WITH SIX 20+ HR SEASONS THROUGH AGE 25 MARLINS AND THE DH PLAYER YEARS Giancarlo Stanton 2010-15 Miami is using a designated hitter for the first time this season in this series. Marlins designated hitters have posted an Alex Rodriguez 1996-01 all-time combined average of .242 (151x625) with 40 doubles, two triples, 16 home runs and 81 RBI. Prior to Giancarlo Tony Conigliaro 1964-70 Stanton on Monday night, the previous Marlins player to connect for a home run as a DH was Logan Morrison on June Orlando Cepeda 1958-63 19, 2012 at Boston. Jorge Cantu owns the Club mark for homers as a DH with three. Current Marlins to see time as a Frank Robinson 1956-61 DH include Ichiro Suzuki (.341; 63x185), Jeff Baker (.259; 15x58), Jeff Mathis (.118; 2x17), Giancarlo Stanton (.316; 6x19), Eddie Mathews 1952-57 Justin Bour (.417; 5x12) and Martin Prado (.500; 1x2). Mickey Mantle 1952-57 Mel Ott 1929-34 MARLINS DRAFT UPDATE-DAY 2 - info courtesy of ESPN Stats & Info Day Two of the 2015 First-Year Player Draft saw the Marlins select Isaiah White (Wilson, NC) in the third round (#85) out of the Greenfield School. In Round 4 (#116 overall) the Marlins selected RHP Cody Poteet (Bonita, CA) from UCLA, and followed in Round 5 (#146) by selecting left-hander Justin Jacome (Redlands, CA) out of the University of California-Santa Barbara. Miami rounded out day two of the draft with catcher Justin Cohen (Sarasota, FL) out of Riverview High School in Round 6 (#176); RHP Travis Neubeck (Hugo, MN) out of Indian Hills Community College (IA) in Round 7 (#206); RHP Chris Paddack (Cedar Park, TX) out of Cedar Park HS in Round 8 (#236); RHP Reilly Hovis (Gastonia, NC) out of the University of North Carolina in Round 9 (#266); and RHP Kelvin Rivas (Guaynabo, PR) out of Oklahoma Baptist University in Round 10 (#296). ROAD SHOW VS. HOME SHOW As a team, the Marlins are batting .263 on the road, marking the fifth-highest road average in the Majors (third in the National League), behind San Francisco (.289), Kansas City (.273), Detroit (.267) and Arizona (.266). The Toronto Blue Jays use Rogers Centre to their advantage, posting the third-highest home average in MLB at .279, behind Colorado (.302) and Detroit (.279). THINGS ARE HOPPIN’ IN GREENSBORO The South Atlantic League yesterday named its selections for the 2015 SAL All-Star Game, being held at Asheville’s McCormick Field on June 23, and three Greens- boro Grasshoppers found themselves on the Northern Division Team: C Arturo Rodriguez, LF K.J. Woods and DH Austen Smith. UPCOMING STARTERS DATE TIME (ET) OPPONENT MARLINS STARTER OPPONENT STARTER BROADCASTS Thursday, June 11 7:10 p.m. vs. Colorado Rockies RHP David Phelps (2-3, 4.68) TBA FS Florida/WINZ/WAQI TOM 2015 DAY-BY-DAY/CAREER INFO DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO HR TP/ST SCORE 4/8 ATL L(0-1) 6.0 5 2 2 3 4 1 92/51 L,0-2 4/14 @ATL W(1-1) 5.1 6 2 2 2 3 2 89/57 W,8-2 4/19 @NYM L(1-2) 3.1 5 7 7 2 1 0 61/37 L,6-7 KOEHLER 4/25 WSH W(2-2) 7.1 6 0 0 1 4 0 95/60 W,8-0 H/W: 6-3/233 B/T: R/R APRIL 2-2 22.0 22 11 11 8 12 3 4.50 ERA MLB SERVICE: 2 YEARS, 66 DAYS 5/1 PHI --- 5.0 4 3 3 2 6 1 83/52 W,4-3 5/6 @WSH L(2-3) 6.0 7 5 5 1 5 3 98/64 L,5-7 MLB DEBUT: 9/5/12 vs.