MIAMI MARLINS (6-12-4) (RHP Stephen Fife; 0-0, 2.25) at ATLANTA BRAVES (6-16-1) (RHP R.A. Dickey; 0-2, 7.71) CHAMPION STADIUM, KISSIMMEE, FL Monday, March 20, 2017 – 1:05 p.m. TODAY’S GAME: The Marlins make their final road trip outside the counties of Palm Beach and Port St. Lucie today when they visit the Braves in Kissimmee. This is the last of two meetings between the clubs this spring; the Fish were 8-6 TODAY’S PITCHING LINEUP winners here at Champion Stadium on March 4. RHP Stephen Fife LHP Justin Nicolino TODAY’S STARTING PITCHERS: Right-hander Stephen Fife is scheduled to make the start for Miami. He will be making his LHP Hunter Cervenka fifth appearance (first start) of the spring for the Fish; FIfe last pitched on March 15 against the Mets, tossing 3.0 shutout RHP Brian Ellington innings, allowing two hits and striking out one. He is 0-0, 2.25 (8.0/2) this spring. LOOKING AHEAD: The Marlins return home tomorrow to host the Houston Astros at Roger Dean Stadium. Left-hander Wei-Yin Chen is scheduled to make the start for Miami. In three starts thus far, Chen is 0-1 with a 3.00 ERA (6.0/2); he last pitched in a Grapefruit League game on March 10 vs. Min- nesota, when he allowed his first runs of the spring (L, 3.0 ip, 4 h, 2 r, 2 er, bb, 3 so). YESTERDAY’S GAMES: Miami went 1-1 in its first split-squad action of the spring, hanging on for a 7-5 win in Port St. Lucie against the Mets and suffering a 10-4 setback against the Nationals in Jupiter. Against the Mets, Matt den Dekker homered twice, Brandon Barnes hit a two-run shot, and Adeiny Hechavarria (2x4, 3b) and Dee Gordon (1x3, 2 sb) added an RBI each as the Marlins built a 7-0 lead through eight innings. The Mets rallied for five runs in the ninth before Brandon Cunniff came on to secure his second save. José Ureña got the start, shutting out the Mets over 4.1 innings (4 h, 4 bb, 4 so) to earn his first win. In Jupiter, the Nats jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the top of the first before Destin Hood (3x3, 2 2b) pulled Miami within a run with a two-run, bases-loaded single in the bottom of the frame. The Nats put up a four-spot in the third and added two more in the sixth to pull away. CURRENT ROSTER: Miami has 47 players in Major League camp, including 33 members of the 40-man roster and 14 non-roster invitees. The roster consists of 23 pitchers (5 NRIs); 16 right-handers (three NRIs) and seven left-handers (one NRI). There are five catchers (two NRIs), 10 infielders (four NRIs) and nine outfielders (four NRIs). FISH ROCKING THE WBC: The Miami Marlins are making their mark on the World Baseball Classic this spring. The United States squad advanced to the finals Saturday night with a 6-3 win over the Dominican Republic, behind a game-tying double by Christian Yelich and a go-ahead, game-winning two-run homer by Giancarlo Stanton. Yelich ranks third on the US squad in batting (.350/7x20) entering the semifinals, behind Brandon Crawford (.444/8x18) and Eric Hosmer (.381/8x21). He is also tied with Crawford for the team lead in doubles (3), and with Hosmer for second in on-base percent- age (.435), behind Crawford (.500). Earlier in the tournament, Martín Prado, playing for Venezuela, became the first player in WBC history to have a five-hit game on March 11 in an 11-10, 10-inning victory over Italy in Jalisco. Among Prado’s five hits (two doubles) and three RBI was a game-winning RBI-double in the 10th. He followed that up on March 12 with a 2x4 outing and two RBI against Mexico. However, Prado was forced to withdraw from the WBC last week due to a hamstring strain. WBC ROCKED MIAMI: First-round World Baseball Classic action in Miami was a big success last week. A total of 163,878 fans attended the six games held at Marlins Park, an average of 27,313 per game. According to Major League Baseball, that is the highest first-round attendance total at an Ameri- can venue in WBC history. There were two sellouts last week in Miami: the Dominican Republic/United States game on Saturday night (37,446) and the Dominican Republic/Colombia game on Sunday (36,952). The attendance for the DR/US game on March 11 set a Marlins Park record. 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 Washington Nationals. 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’ outfielder Todd Hollandsworth; they Average (min. 15 AB) ....................................................................... .471; Yelich (8x17) will be joined throughout the season by Preston Wilson, Craig Minervini and Hits ............................................................................ 12; Anderson, Hood, Rojas, Sierra Jessica Blaylock, as well as former Marlin Jeff Conine. All home games pro- Runs Scored .............................................................................. 9; den Dekker, Gordon duced on FOX Sports Florida will be broadcast with SAP, and as in previous Doubles .............................................................................................6; Anderson, Hood Triples ................................................................................. 1; Hechavarria, Riddle, Telis years, fans will recognize Raul Striker, Jr. calling the action in Spanish. Home Runs ............................................................................................... 4; den Dekker RBI .................................................................................................. 9; den Dekker, Rojas MARLINS CREDENTIALS: All media members requesting a daily credential Walks ................................................................................................................ 8; Dietrich 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 ......................................................................................................................... 2; Copeland ed at least 24 hours in advance. Once a decision on approval is made, the Saves...............................................................................................2; Cervenka, Cunniff requesting party will receive e-mail correspondence from the Marlins. If you ERA (min. 5.0 IP) ................................................................................... 0.00; García (5.0) are not contacted by someone from our office, please call at least one day Games ......................................................................................................... 7; Cervenka in advance to confirm that your credentials before arriving at Marlins Park. Innings Pitched ........................................................................................ 10.2; González Strikeouts .............................................................................................. 10; Straily, Ureña The Marlins will honor MLB passes and BBWAA cards at all home games. UPCOMING STARTERS DATE TIME (ET) OPPONENT MARLINS STARTER OPPONENT STARTER BROADCASTS Tuesday, March 21 1:05 p.m. vs. Houston Astros LHP Wei-Yin Chen RHP Mike Fiers WINZ Wednesday, March 22 1:10 p.m. at New York Mets RHP Scott Copeland LHP Steven Matz - TODAY’S AVAILABLE PITCHERS 2016/SPRING STATISTICS (*starting pitcher) RHP STEPHEN FIFE (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 Iowa 0-2 4.61 7 7 0 27.1 28 14 14 1 10 25 1 0 ATLANTA 1-0 3.18 50 0 0 34.0 20 14 12 2 23 35 6 0 AZL Cubs 0-0 4.50 3 3 0 8.0 9 5 4 0 3 5 0 0 Mississippi 0-0 0.00 2 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 Jacksonville 0-0 9.00 1 0 0 1.0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 2017 SPRING DAY-BY-DAY New Orleans 0-0 0.00 2 0 1 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 DATE OPP. DEC. IP H R ER BB SO MIAMI 0-0 4.82 18 0 0 9.1 11 5 5 1 5 7 0 0 2/27 at MIN - 1.0 2 1 0 0 0 3/4 at ATL - 2.0 3 1 1 1 2 2017 SPRING DAY-BY-DAY 3/9 at WSH - 2.0 1 1 1 1 2 DATE OPP.