MEDIA RELATIONS DEPARTMENT 501 Marlins Way. Miami, FL 33125 • P 305.480.1391 • F 305.480.3013 GAME # 161 HOME GAME # 80 (34-45) DETROIT TIGERS (93-67) TONIGHT’S BROADCASTS * ^ RHP Anibal Sanchez (14-8, 2.64) FS Florida WAXY WAQI vs. TOMORROW’S GAME INFO MIAMI MARLINS (60-100) START TIME (ET) - 1:10 P.M. RHP Nathan Eovaldi (4-6, 3.50) DETROIT STARTER MIAMI STARTER RHP Justin Verlander RHP Henderson Alvarez (13-12, 3.56) (4-6, 3.94) MARLINS PARK, MIAMI, FL Saturday, September 28, 2013 – 7:10 P.M. TOMORROW’S BROADCAST INFO * ^ FS Florida WAXY WAQI * - English Flagship ^ - Spanish Flagship TONIGHT’S GAME OPPONENT INFO The Marlins continue their final homestand of the season tonight with the second of three against the Detroit Tigers (1-0). Right-hander Na- MARLINS VS. TIGERS (ALL-TIME) than Eovaldi is starting for Miami, and will be making his fifth career DATE SITE RESULT TIME/ATTND Interleague start and first career start against the Tigers. Detroit coun- 6/16/97 DET W,7-3 23,874 ters with right-hander Anibal Sanchez, who is making his 17th career 6/17/97 DET W,3-2 13,351 Interleauge start and first against his former team. THIS DATE IN MARLINS HISTORY 6/18/97 DET L,2-6 14,043 6/21/02 MIA W,4-1 5,865 Miami entered its season-ending homestand fresh off its final road trip September 28 of the season (3-8), a stretch of 11 games in 10 days that saw the 6/22/02 MIA W,5-4 14,713 In the Marlins shutout win over the Mets (4- 6/23/02 MIA L,2-3 9,343 Club visit the Mets (1-3), the Phillies (1-2) and the Nationals (1-3), and th 0) in 2003, Juan Pierre stole his 65 base of 6/11/04 DET L,4-8 27,184 split doubleheaders in New York and Washington. Looking ahead to the season. The 65 stolen bases is a single- 6/12/04 DET L,2-6 38,524 Opening Day 2014, Miami will take on the Colorado Rockies at Marlins season Franchise record. Dontrelle Willis 6/13/04 DET W,9-2 27,334 Park on Monday, March 31. was the starting pitcher for Florida, and he 9/27/13 MIA W,3-2 26,992 th picked up his 14 win of the season, holding 9/28/13 MIA 7:10 LAST NIGHT the Mets to three hits over 5.0 innings. 9/29/13 MIA 1:10 For the second consecutive night, the Marlins walked away from Mar- Overall record on this date: 8-9 All Times Eastern lins Park with a 3-2 win. The entirety of Miami’s scoring came in the third inning, as Giancarlo Stanton stepped to the plate with two outs SERIES INFO and the bases loaded and promptly delivered a bases-clearing double. Detroit scored the first of its two runs in the 2013 at Home 1 0 fifth, and moved to within a run in the sixth. Tom Koehler earned his fifth win of the season, giving up two runs on All-Time at Home 3 1 five hits with three walks and three strikeouts over 5.1 innings. Steve Cishek converted his 29th straight save and 34th at Sun Life Stadium 2 1 of the season. at Marlins Park 1 0 All-Time on Road 3 3 VS. THE TIGERS at Tiger Stadium 2 1 This series marks just the fourth all-time between the two squads, and first since the Marlins dropped two of three at Comerica Park 1 2 in Motown from June 11-13, 2004. Miami leads the all-time series, 6-4, which includes a 3-1 record in South Florida. All-Time Totals 6 4 INTERLEAGUE NOTES TEAM VS. TEAM STATS Miami has a 7-11 record in Interleague Play this season, having won six of its last nine games following a seven- MARLINS VS. TIGERS (ALL-TIME) game slide. Last season, the Fish went just 5-13 against the AL. Despite going 27-42 in Interleague Play since 2010, Average .............................................. .253 Miami owns the second-most all-time Interleague wins (147) among National League teams, trailing Atlanta (148). Runs ........................................................ 41 The Marlins have the fourth-best winning percentage among NL teams at .510 (147-141), trailing Atlanta (.530; 148- ERA ...................................................... 3.21 131), St. Louis (.529; 135-120) and the Mets (.518; 146-136). The Fish lead all NL clubs in hit (2,559), runs scored (1,334), RBI (1,263) and doubles (538), and rank second in triples (57) and walks (898). The pitching staff leads all NL Clubs in TIGERS VS. MARLINS (ALL-TIME) complete games (tied with Arizona-18), ranks second in saves (75), has allowed the third-fewest home runs (254), Average .............................................. .217 ranks third in innings pitched (2570.1) and strikeouts (1,911) and is fourth in ERA (4.25). Runs ........................................................ 37 ERA ...................................................... 3.90 FEASTING ON THE AMERICAN LEAGUE Logan Morrison has posted a .429 average (15x35) in Interleague Play this season, recording at least one hit in each of the nine games he has played. He owns the second-highest batting average in Interleague Play this season (min. 38 PA), behind the Cardinals’ Allen Craig (.452). Going back to last season, Morrison has hit in 10 straight games against American League opponents, batting .421 (16x38) over that span. He is tied with Joe Mauer and J.B. Shuck for the second-longest active Interleague hitting streak, behind Jose Altuve’s 12. - STATS LLC MAKING THE BEST OF HIS OPPORTUNITIES FASTEST MARLINS TO 100 HR (GAMES PLAYED) Steve Cishek on Wednesday established a new Club record for con- th PLAYER GAMES secutive saves, nailing down his 28 straight opportunity. He moved Giancarlo Stanton 400 past the previous record holder, Todd Jones, who saved 27 straight Dan Uggla 509 games in 2005. He has recorded one save since, and his 29 consecu- Miguel Cabrera 530 tive saves marks the longest active streak in the Majors, ahead of Huston Street (25). His ERA since his save streak began on June 8 is HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF TEAM WINS FASTEST PLAYERS TO 100 HR IN MLB HISTORY (GAMES PLAYED) 1.21, which ranks fifth among NL relievers (min. 35.0 IP), behind Kevin SAVED IN MLB Siegrist (0.49), Craig Kimbrel (0.84), Tony Watson (1.07) and Luis Avilan PLAYER GAMES PLAYER, TEAM PERCENTAGE (1.13). Ryan Howard 325 Addison Reed, White Sox .629 (39/62) Ralph Kiner 376 Cishek is the third closer this season to record a consecutive save Jim Johnson, Baltimore .578 (48/83) Bob Horner 390 streak of 28-games-or-longer, following Craig Kimbrel’s 37-game Steve Cishek, Miami .567 (34/60) Chuck Klein 390 streak from May 9-September 14 and Greg Holland’s 31-game stretch Greg Holland, Kansas City .541 (46/85) Mark McGwire 393 from May 30-September 3. The three streaks of 28+ consecutive saves Glen Perkins, Minnesota .545 (36/66) Joe DiMaggio 395 is equal to that of the previous two seasons combined, when Joe Na- Info Courtesy of STATS LLC Eddie Mathews 397 than had 31 in 2012 and Jose Valverde and John Axford had 49 and Ryan Braun 400 43, respectively, in 2011. - STATS LLC Giancarlo Stanton 400 *Info courtesy of STATS LLC and SABR THE GOLD STANDARD If the 2013 season is the last of Placido Polanco’s 17-year career, he is making a strong case to go out with the gold. In 92 starts (109 games), Polanco leads all qualifying Major League third basemen with a .990 fielding percentage (2 E/207 TC). He previously took home Rawlings National League Gold Glove® awards in 2011 (third base) and 2009 (second base), as well as an American League Gold Glove® award in 2007 (second base). He is one of just two players in Major League history to earn the award at multiple positions (Darin Erstad). ROAD RECORD DOESN’T TELL THE STORY Despite finishing the 2013 road slate with a 26-55 record, Miami pitchers established a Club record with 580 strikeouts, surpassing the previous best of 574 in 1997. The staff also posted the lowest opponents average and road ERA of any non strike-shortened season with marks of .251 and 3.87, respectively, while tossing the second-most innings (714.0) in any season, behind 736.2 in 2011. UPCOMING PITCHERS DATE TIME (ET) OPPONENT MARLINS STARTER OPPONENT STARTER BROADCASTS Sunday, September 29 1:10 p.m. vs. Detroit Tigers RHP Henderson Alvarez (4-6, 3.94) RHP Justin Verlander (13-12, 3.56) FS Florida/WAXY/WAQI DAY-BY-DAY/CAREER INFO MARLINS STARTING PITCHER 2013 GAME LOG DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO HR TP SCORE 6/18 @ARI --- 6.0 3 2 2 1 3 1 84/58 L,2-3 NATHAN RHP 6/23 @SF W(1-0) 6.0 4 2 2 2 7 1 86/56 W,7-2 6/30 SD --- 6.0 4 0 0 3 0 0 89/53 W,6-2 EOVALDI JUNE 1-0 18.0 11 4 4 6 10 2 2.00 ERA 7/6 @STL --- 6.2 5 3 3 3 3 0 97/57 L,4-5 7/12 WSH W(2-0) 6.0 3 3 3 4 5 0 100/59 W,8-3 2013: 4-6, 3.50 CAREER: 9-21, 3.89 7/20 @MIL L(2-1) 4.0 10 6 6 2 5 2 83/53 L,0-6 7/25 @COL --- 6.0 3 0 0 2 4 0 78/51 W,5-3 Height: 6-2 Bats: Right 7/30 NYM --- 6.0 4 2 2 5 4 0 112/72 L,2-4(10) JULY 1-1 28.2 25 14 14 16 21 2 4.40 ERA Weight: 215 Throws: Right 8/4 CLE L(2-2) 7.0 7 1 1 1 2 0 105/74 L,0-2 8/10 @ATL --- 7.0 1 0 0 3 8 0 90/54 W,1-0 Acquired: From Dodgers with RHP Scott McGough 8/16 SF L(2-3) 3.0 12 11 9 1 3 1 82/59 L,10-14 in exchange for LHP Randy Choate and INF Hanley 8/21 LAD L(2-4) 7.0 6 3 2 2 5 0 108/73 L,1-4 Ramirez on July 25, 2012.