MIAMI MARLINS (13-8-3) (RHP Odrisamer Despaigne; 1-1, 2.51) at WASHINGTON NATIONALS (10-12-2) (RHP Stephen Strasburg; 0-0, 5.06) FITTEAM BALLPARK OF THE PALM BEACHES, WEST PALM BEACH, FL Tuesday, March 20, 2018 – 1:05 p.m. Broadcasts: WINZ 940 FM/94.9 HD2 (English) TODAY’S GAME: The Marlins and Nationals complete a home-and-home set today in West Palm Beach at 1:05 p.m. This is the fifth of seven meetings between the Clubs this Spring; Miami leads the series, 3-0-1 thus far. TODAY’S PITCHING LINEUP RHP Odrisamer Despaigne TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER: Right-hander Odrisamer Despaigne will make his second start (sixth appearance) of the Spring LHP Chris O'Grady today. He has struck out multiple batters in four of his five outings, and his total of 12 for the Spring is second on the Club. RHP Javy Guerra TODAY'S TRANSACTIONS: The Marlins today optioned RHP Sandy Alcantara, RHP Nick Wittgren, and OF Braxton Lee to RHP Severino González Triple-A New Orleans. MARLINS NOTES LEAVING THE YARD: The Marlins went deep five times yesterday in a 9-1 win over the Nationals in Jupiter. Miami scored in each of the first four innings to build up a 6-1 lead. Miguel Rojas led off the first with a triple and RHP Tayron Guerrero tossed 1.0 scoreless scored on a Derek Dietrich sac fly. Garrett Cooper led off the second with Miami's first long ball, and Dietrich inning yesterday against the Nationals. followed suit with two runners on in the third. Brian Anderson also got in on the action, hitting a pinch-hit, He has now thrown 9.1 scoreless innings solo home run in the fourth inning. Minor League call-over Eric Jagielo (solo) and Scott Van Slyke (two-run) across a team-high nine appearances capped the scoring in the seventh with two more homers. Trevor Richards started and earned his first win of this Spring, with just one hit allowed, two the Spring (4.0 ip, 4 h, r, er, 2 bb, 3 so), and five relievers shut out the Nats over the final 5.0 innings. walks, and two strikeouts. GRAPEFRUIT LEAGUE LEADERS: The Marlins enter today's action with a 13-8 record, third-best in the Grapefruit League behind Houston (16-7) and Boston (15-8)... Lewis Brinson has the fourth-best DÍMELO batting average in the GL this Spring, at .341, behind Atlanta's Ronald Acuña (.432), Tampa Bay's The Marlins are launching a new listening Denard Span (.350) and Washington's Moisés Sierra (.349)... Brinson is also second in doubles (6), campaign, Dímelo ("Talk to me"), which allows behind Blake Swihart (7), tied for eighth in hits (15), and is ninth in slugging percentage (.545)... Brian fans to have their voices heard on a number of Anderson and Derek Dietrich, who both homered yesterday against the Nationals, are tied with team-related topics. Dímelo listening booths at 12 others for third in the GL in home runs... Anderson also ranks second in the GL in slugging (.711), Marlins Park and off-site locations will record and is sixth in OBP (.400)... Isaac Galloway and Braxton Lee each have four stolen bases, tied for video messages used to help improve the fan the fifth-most in the GL... Sandy Alcantara's 3.38 ERA ranks sixth in the GL among qualified pitchers experience. Fans can also participate through a and tied for eighth in innings pitched (16.0)...Tayron Guerrero is tied with five others for the GL-lead corresponding social media campaign. See the in appearances (9). note below for more details on Dímelo. WE'RE LISTENING: The Marlins last week announced the launch of a new listening campaign, Dímelo, which allows fans to have their voices heard on myriad topics, ranging from food and the in-game experience to the team's branding. Dímelo - Spanish for "Talk to me" - will give fans the ability to provide feedback online at Marlins.com/Dimelo, in-person at Marlins Park, and at select Marlins community events. Two Dímelo booths will be installed at Marlins Park, and a portable Dímelo booth will travel to off-site locations. Participants may enter the booth and record a video message that will be used to help improve the overall fan experience. Additionally, fans will be able to answer weekly Dímelo questions on social media using the hashtag #DimeloMiami, and can complete a survey at Marlins.com/Dimelo. Booth and web-based participants will be eligible for monthly prize drawings from April-September. Prizes range from exclusive experiences and signed memorabilia to premium ticket packages. HIP, HIP JOSÉ!: Marlins' manager Don Mattingly last week named right-handed pitcher José Ureña as Miami's Opening Day starter. Ureña will throw the very first pitch of Major League Baseball's 2018 Championship Season, on Thursday, March 29 against the Cubs at Marlins Park (12:40 p.m.). It will be his first career Opening Day start. CURRENT ROSTER: Miami has 42 players currently in Major League camp, including 29 members of the 40-man roster and 13 non-roster invitees. There are 19 pitchers in camp: 15 from the 40-man roster and four NRIs. There are 15 right-handed pitchers (11 40-man and four NRIs) and four left-handed pitchers, all on the 40-man. The Club is also carrying five catchers (two NRIs), 11 infielders (four NRIs), and seven outfielders (three NRIs). GIVE IT AWAY NOW: The Marlins have announced their giveaways and theme nights for the 2018 season. This season will feature more than 10 giveaways and 20 theme nights. The giveaways are highlighted by a Justin Bour Superhero Bobblehead presented by Pepsi and a Billy The Marlin Pool Float sponsored by AutoNation. Star Wars Night returns on May 12 to highlight the theme nights lineup. Other notable theme nights include Superhero Day (July 1), Bark at the Park 954 (July 14) and Bark at the Park 305 (August 26), and the 25th Anniversary of The Sandlot (July 15). For more details and a full list of giveaways and theme nights, visit Marlins.com/ThemeNights. CELEBRATING 25 YEARS: The Marlins are celebrating their 25th Anniversary throughout the 2018 Championship Season. The main feature of the slate of events will be the 25th Anniversary Weekend Celebration from June 8-10, when Miami plays San Diego at Marlins Park. The team will wear commemorative throwback teal pinstripe uniforms for all three games. Marlins Park will also turn back the clock on pricing that weekend, with $4 Vista Level tickets for all three games – the same price as an adult general admission ticket for Opening Day in 1993. A NEW DAY: The Miami Marlins organization enters 2018 under new ownership, led by Chairman & Principal Owner Bruce Sherman and Chief Executive Officer & Owner Derek Jeter. The ownership group, the fourth in Club history, took control of the organization on October 2 after receiving unanimous approval from Major League Owners to acquire the team. The group’s first major Baseball Operations hire wasGary Denbo, who was named Vice President of Scouting & Player Development. Denbo has worked to greatly expand the Marlins’ scouting and analytics departments, making several new hires. On the business side, Chip Bowers was named President of Business Operations on February 12. Bowers comes to Miami from the defending NBA champion Golden State Warriors, where in his five years as Chief Marketing Officer the organization was named Sports Team of the Year by SportsBusiness Journal twice (2014 and 2016). YOUR RADIO HOME FOR MARLINS’ BASEBALL: Once again in 2018 the Marlins home on the radio dial will be WINZ 940 AM and 94.9 HD2, which will broadcast all 162 games in the regular season. Hall of Fame broadcaster Dave Van Horne and Glenn Geffner will return to the broadcast booth for their 11th season together. For all Spanish listeners, Yiky Quintana will call all 162 regular season games on WAQI 710 AM with José Luis Nápoles joining him for home contests. FOX SPORTS FLORIDA BROADCAST INFORMATION: All 162 Marlins' games will be shown on TV in 2018, including 158 on FOX Sports Florida, all of which will be available in HD. The season kicks off at Marlins Park against the Cubs on March 29th at 12:40 p.m., when the Marlins will throw the very first pitch of Major League Baseball's 2018 Championship Season. It TOMORROW'S MEDIA SCHEDULE will mark the debut of new FOX Sports Florida play-by-play announcer Paul Severino, who moves into CLUBHOUSE OPEN 7:30-7:50 & POST WORKOUT the Marlins' booth after seven seasons as a play-by-play announcer and studio host for MLB Network. MANAGER AVAILABILITY 9:30 CARDINALS AT MARLINS 1:05 CLUBHOUSE WILL RE-OPEN AS STARTERS EXIT UPCOMING STARTERS DATE TIME (ET) OPPONENT MARLINS STARTER OPPONENT STARTER BROADCASTS Wednesday, March 21 1:05 p.m. vs. St. Louis RHP Sandy Alcantara (0-1, 3.38) RHP Matt Bowman (1-0, 2.57) WINZ Thursday, March 22 1:05 p.m. at Houston RHP Jacob Turner (1-0, 4.70) RHP Charlie Morton (1-0, 0.93) WINZ TODAY’S AVAILABLE PITCHERS - 2017 STATISTICS/2018 SPRING DAY-BY-DAY RHP ODRISAMER DESPAIGNE (2017) RHP JAVY GUERRA (2017) 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 Jupiter 0-0 0.00 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 0 New Orleans 2-4 4.70 35 0 2 51.2 46 29 27 7 21 44 3 0 New Orleans 2-4 3.09 20 10 2 70 62 25 24 6 24 49 2 0 MIAMI 1-1 3.00 16 0 0 21.0 23 8 7 2 7 12 0 0 MIAMI 2-3 4.01 18 8 1 58.1 57 31 26 3 24 31 1 0 2018 SPRING DAY-BY-DAY 2018 SPRING DAY-BY-DAY DATE OPP.