TAMPA BAY RAYS (42-41) OPPONENT INFO RHP NATHAN EOVALDI (2-3, 4.08) MARLINS VS. RAYS vs. DATE SITE RESULT W/L/S 7/2 MIA 7:10 MIAMI MARLINS (34-51) 7/3 MIA 7:10 LHP WEI-YIN CHEN (0-5, 6.14) 7/4 MIA 1:10 MARLINS PARK, MIAMI, FL – MONDAY, JULY 2, 2018 – 7:10 P.M. 7/20 TB 7:10 7/21 TB 6:10 GAME 86 | HOME GAME 43 (17-25) | TONIGHT'S BROADCASTS TV: FSFL RADIO: WINZ (940AM) / WAQI (710AM) 7/22 TB 1:10 FISH BITES SERIES INFO The Marlins continue their only 10-game homestand in the opener of the 2018 Citrus Series against the Tampa Bay Rays tonight at 7:10 2018 at Home 0 0 p.m. LHP Wei-Yin Chen, making is 13th start of the season, has compiled a 5-6 record and 3.72 ERA (123.1 ip/51 er) in 21 career starts 2018 on Road 0 0 against the Rays. Tampa Bay is starting former Marlin RHP Nathan Eovaldi, who in his only career start against Miami surrendered eight 2017 Series 1 3 runs on nine hits in just 0.2 inning on June 16, 2015. Miami recently completed a 10-day, nine-game road trip to Baltimore (2-1), San All-Time at Home 29 26 Francisco (1-2), and Colorado (2-1). The current homestand began with the Marlins dropping three of four to Arizona, and followed with at Sun Life Stadium 25 16 Miami taking two of three from the New York Mets. Miami will take a four-game leave from Marlins Park beginning Thursday to visit the at Marlins Park 4 10 Washington Nationals, before returning home on July 9 to finish off the unofficial first half with a six-game homestand against Milwaukee All-Time on Road 23 29 and Philadelphia. The Marlins have only four series over the remainder of the season that will not be against an NL or AL East opponent: All-Time Totals 52 55 Milwaukee (July 9-11 at home), St. Louis (August 6-8 at home), Pittsburgh (Sept. 7-9 at PNC Park), and Cincinnati (Sept. 20-23 at home). TEAM VS. TEAM STATS YESTERDAY'S RECAP 2018 MARLINS VS. RAYS Miami fell behind early and couldn't make up the difference, falling to the New York Mets, 5-2. Trailing 3-0 in the fourth, Average ...............................................000 Miguel Rojas stroked a one-out double, stole third and scored Miami's first run on a misplayed bunt off the bat of Dan Straily. Runs ..........................................................0 Cameron Maybin added the final run with his first home run of the season, a solo shot to straight-away center. J.T. Realmuto ERA .....................................................0.00 tallied two of the Marlins four total hits in the game. Straily took the loss, tossing a season-high seven innings while allowing 2018 RAYS VS. MARLINS three runs on five hits and four walks, and tied a season high with seven strikeouts. Average ...............................................000 VS. THE RAYS Runs ..........................................................0 ERA .....................................................0.00 The season series will wrap up after the All-Star Break, as the intra-state rivals open the unofficial second half with three games at Tropicana Field from July 20-22. The Marlins dropped the 2017 Citrus Series, 1-3, with the only win coming on May 3 at the Trop. SERIES NOTES Miami is 29-26 against Tampa bay in South Florida, including a 4-10 mark at Marlins Park, and trail the all-time series 52-55. • The Marlins and Rays are squaring off in the SPLITTING DIFFERENCES Citrus Series for the 21st time. Miami dropped three of four in 2017 after taking three of four In five starts at Marlins Park this season, Wei-Yin Chen has posted a 2.30 ERA (27.1 ip/7 er), compared to a 9.85 ERA (28.1/31) in 2016. The Marlins are 52-55 (.486) in the ERA in seven road starts. He has the largest difference between home/road ERA this season at 7.55. The Rays' Jake Faria ranks intrastate Interleague traditional rivalry. The second at 5.11 (2.70 at home; 8.14 on road), followed by Minnesota's Lance Lynn at 5.13 (2.70; 7.83). - Stats LLC Marlins are looking to even the all-time series SCORING CHANGE record between the teams, which is currently in the Rays favor at 10-9-1. In the top of the eighth inning, with two outs and a runner on first base Todd Frazier reached third on what was originally scored an RBI double, and advanced to third on the throw. That has since been changed to a dropped fly error on Lewis • The Miami-Tampa Bay rivalry is one of seven Brinson, no RBI, thus making the run scored on the play unearned for Tayron Guerrero. active intrastate Interleague traditional rivalries, and one of the most closely contested, BEAR-ING DOWN as the .514 winning percentage for the Rays is Marlins reliever Kyle Barraclough today was named the Hartford Presents National League Reliever of the Month for June. In the second-slimmest by a series leader. Only 12 games during the month, Barraclough tossed 12.0 scoreless innings, went 7-for-7 in save chances, and allowed just one hit the White Sox .513 winning percentage (59-56) over 38 total batters faced (.028 average against). He and Dellin Betances both allowed just one hit in 36 at-bats last month, over the Cubs is narrower. The most dominant marking the lowest June opponent average in Major League history since 1913 (min. 35 BF). Their average against was the intrastate rivals are the Yankees with a 68-47 lowest by a MLB reliever over any calendar month since Craig Kimbrel had a .025 (1x40) in May 2017. Barraclough's average (.591) record against the Mets, followed by the against is the fifth lowest by any NL reliever since 1913 (min. 35 BF), behind Brad Clontz (.024; 1x41 in April 1998), Jim Brewer Cardinals, who have a 56-41 (.577) advantage (.027; 1x37 in April 1970), Todd Wellemeyer (.027; 1x37 in May 2005) and Carlos Torres (.027; 1x37 in July 2012). He is the first over Kansas City. The Angels are third with a Marlins reliever to win a monthly award since Todd Jones in August 2005. 63-51 (.553) lead on the Dodgers. Cleveland is FIRST-YEAR TRIFECTA fourth, as they hold a 56-47 (.544) mark against Cincinnati, and Oakland owns a 59-55 (.518) Brian Anderson currently leads Miami in on-base percentage (.363), RBI (40), and hits (94), and is looking to become just the margin over San Francisco to rank fifth. fifth National League rookie since 1920 to lead his team in all three categories. The last NL rookie to lead his team in all three categories was Joey Votto in 2008 (.368/84/156). The others to do so were Greg Luzinski (.332/68/158) for Philadelphia in THIS DAY IN MARLINS HISTORY 1972, Wally Berger (.375/119/172) for Boston in 1930, and Babe Herman (.375/81/158) for the 1926 Brooklyn Robins. - Stats LLC JULY 2 A COUPLE OF ZEROES In 2006 at Dolphin Stadium, both the Red Kyle Barraclough (12.0 ip) and Drew Steckenrider (12.1) combined to toss 24.1 scoreless innings in the month of June. The Sox and Marlins recorded leadoff home pair are the first set of teammates to each toss 12.0-or-more scoreless innings in a calendar month since David Robertson runs. Kevin Youkilis led off the game with (15.0) and Aroldis Chapman (12.0) in Sept. 2017. They are just the second pair since 1920 to do so in the month of June, joining a home run for Boston, and rookie Hanley Seattle's Charlie Furbush (17.0) and Tom Wilhelmsen (15.2) in 2012. Additionally, they became the seventh and eighth relievers Ramirez hit his second leadoff home run (eighth and ninth time) in Club history to toss as many as 12.0 innings without allowing a run in a calendar month, joining of the season in the bottom of the frame. Justin Wayne (April 2004, 12.0 ip), Robb Nen (May 1996, 14.0 & August 1995, 13.2), Chad Qualls (July 2013, 12.0), Brad Ziegler Florida would lose the game, 4-3, as Boston (August 2017, 13.0), Braden Looper (Sept. 2002, 15.0), and Clay Hensley (Sept. 2010, 12.2). Additionally, Steckenrider became scored the go-ahead run in the eighth. the first pitcher in Club history to make 14-or-more appearances in a calendar month without allowing a run. INTERLEAGUE NOTABLES MARLINS ROOKIE LEADERS The Marlins are tied with the Mets for the second-most wins (187) all-time in Interleague Play among National League clubs, PRE ALL-STAR BREAK behind Washington (195), and they have the fourth-best winning percentage (.496; 187-190), behind St. Louis (.507; 176-171), HITS TOTAL the Mets (.507; 187-182), and the Cubs (.501; 173-172). Miami's offense is the all-time leader among NL clubs in Interleague runs Alex Gonzalez, 1999 ................................. 99 (1,737), hits (3,417), doubles (683), and RBI (1,648). Gaby Sanchez, 2010 ................................. 95 WHAT A RELIEF BRIAN ANDERSON, 2018 ................... 94 Since May 28, Miami's bullpen has limited opponents to a National League-leading .210 average against, ahead of Washington Dan Uggla, 2006 ....................................... 94 (.213) and San Francisco (.219). The 'pen also leads the NL in innings pitched (132.2) and ranks third in ERA at 3.19 (132.2 ip/47 DOUBLES TOTAL er), behind only Arizona (2.48) and the Giants (2.76).