OPPONENT INFO ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS (12-16) MARLINS VS. D-BACKS RHP Rubby De La Rosa (3-3, 4.18) DATE SITE RESULT TIME/ATTND 5/3 MIA W,7-4 16,323 vs. 5/4 MIA 7:10 5/5 MIA 7:10 MIAMI MARLINS (13-12) 6/10 ARI 9:40 RHP José Fernández (2-2, 4.08) 6/11 ARI 10:10 6/12 ARI 4:10 MARLINS PARK, MIAMI, FL All Times Eastern Wednesday, May 4, 2016 – 7:10 P.M. SERIES INFO 2016 at Home 1 0 2016 on Road 0 0 GAME: 26 (13-12) HOME GAME: 11 (3-7) TONIGHT'S BROADCASTS: FS Florida WINZ (940 AM) WAQI (710 AM) 2015 Series 2 5 FISH BITES All-Time at Home 32 35 The Marlins, winners of eight of their last nine, continue a three-game series and nine-game homestand tonight against at Sun Life Stadium 26 25 the Arizona Diamondbacks at 7:10 p.m. RHP José Fernández, who has been dominant at home over his career, is at Marlins Park 6 10 All-Time on Road 24 39 facing the D-backs for the third time, going 1-1 with a 3.14 ERA. Arizona counters with RHP Rubby De La Rosa, who All-Time Totals 56 74 is 2-0 with a 2.00 ERA in three previous appearances (two starts) against the Fish. Tonight's national anthem is being performed by the St. Stephens Episcopal Day School Chorus. The Fish are home from a 7-3 road trip to San Francisco TEAM VS. TEAM STATS (1-2), the Dodgers (4-0) and Milwaukee (2-1) that saw Miami win seven-straight, its longest winning streak since May 1-7, 2012. Following this homestand, Miami will return to the road, traveling to Washington (May 13-15) and Philadel- 2016 MARLINS VS. DIAMONDBACKS phia (May 16-18). Average .............................................. .267 Runs .......................................................... 7 LAST NIGHT VS. ARIZONA ERA ...................................................... 4.00 Despite taking a first-inning lead, Miami had to battle back from a three-run deficit, coming away with a 7-4 win over 2016 DIAMONDBACKS VS. MARLINS the Arizona Diamondbacks. In the first,J.T. Realmuto led off with a double, moved to third on a single by Martín Prado Average .............................................. .273 and came home on a fielder's choice groundout byChristian Yelich. Arizona countered with two runs in the top of the Runs .......................................................... 4 second, and added two more in the top of the sixth to take a 4-1 lead. In the bottom half of the sixth, Marcell Ozuna ERA ...................................................... 7.88 connected for his fifth home run of the season, a two-run shot to left. Miami then loaded the bases on two walks and a hit-batter, and pinch-hitter Ichiro Suzuki drove a single to left to score two and give the Fish a 5-4 lead. Yelich led SERIES NOTES off the seventh with his second homer of the year, and Miami added its final run on a Realmuto sac-fly in the eighth. • Miami dropped the season series against Miguel Rojas was the lone Marlin with two hits, while Yelich, Ozuna and Ichiro each had two RBI. Justin Nicolino earned Arizona last year, 2-5, with the D-backs his second win of the year, going 6.0 innings and allowing four runs on seven hits (one home run) and three walks. sweeping the Fish in a four-game set at Marlins Park. Overall, the Marlins are 56-74 ELIAS SAYS... against Arizona, with a 32-35 mark at Ichiro Suzuki drove in two runs with a pinch-hit single last night, putting the Marlins ahead to stay versus the Diamond- home, going 6-10 at Marlins Park. backs. Suzuki now has 50 hits in his Major League career in which he drove in the go-ahead run in the fifth inning-or- later, but Tuesday's game marked his first such hit as a pinch-hitter. In addition, it was his first ever as a pinch-hitter in • Martín Prado has tallied at least one any situation. hit in 16 of his last 17 games against Arizona, carrying a lifetime average of HOME IS WHERE THE WINS ARE .342 (40x117) against the D-backs. His In 28 career starts at Marlins Park, José Fernández has been nearly unbeatable, posting an 18-1 record with a 1.61 ERA career average is seventh-best among (179.1 ip/32 er). His .947 winning percentage is the highest through a pitchers first 28 career starts at home since 1913, active players (min. 100 AB) against his just in front of Tim Hudson's .900 (18-2). Fernández's 1.61 ERA is the fourth-lowest, behind Rube Foster (1.23; 212.0/29), former team. Ferdie Schupp (1.28; 232.1/33) and Vida Blue (1.37; 223.1/34). - STATS LLC LAW OF ATTRACTION THIS DAY IN MARLINS HISTORY May 4 Since the start of 2013, Derek Dietrich has been hit 34 times, equating to once every 22.2 plate appearances. His HBP rate is second-highest among Major League hitters with a minimum of 500 plate appearances in that time, behind It took 14 innings and a throwing error by Cin- Brandon Guyer, who gets hit once every 17.4 plate appearances (42/729). Dietrich's 34 HBP in that span are tied with cinnati for the Fish to come away with a 3-2 th Matt Holliday and Neil Walker for eighth in the Majors. Starling Marte is at the top, having been plunked 66 times. victory in 2009. Ronny Paulino led off the 14 frame with a walk, advanced to second on A RARITY OF SORTS a single by Hanley Ramirez and then scored J.T. Realmuto, who started last night's game at catcher, hit in the leadoff spot for the first time in his career. It was the on an error by Paul Janish. The previous Mar- first time a Marlins catcher had started in the leadoff spot, and he became just the fourth catcher since 2011 to start in lins win on a throwing error was in 2006. the first spot in the order. Last season, Jonathan Lucroy made two starts, and Derek Norris four. Prior to those two, John Overall record on this date: 10-12 Jaso was the only other catcher to lead off, doing so 18 times from 2011-14. - STATS LLC BITING THE HEAD OFF THE SNAKE Giancarlo Stanton has recorded 11 home runs and 32 RBI in 34 career games against Arizona. His .32 HR/G ratio is the highest among active players (min. 30 games played) against the D-backs, and sixth-highest all-time. Alfonso Soriano hit 18 in 45 games (.40), followed by Sammy Sosa (.39; 22 HR/56 G), Dante Bichette (.37; 11/30), Vladimir Guerrero (.35; 17/48) and Vinny Castilla (.35; 23/65). Stanton's HR/G ratio is actually the third-best versus any opponent in his career. He has a .39 mark against the Dodgers (13/33) and .37 mark against Colorado (14/38). - STATS LLC PRADO'S HOT START Martín Prado leads the Majors with a .398 average (33x83), while his 33 hits rank sixth in the NL, despite playing in at least four fewer games than those in front of him. Prado, Jon Jay (29 hits) and Yadier Molina (30) are the only players in the Majors with at least 29 hits and no home runs on the season. Since becoming a regular in 2008, his 21-game stretch without a home run to begin the season is the third-longest of his career. He went 52 games without a home run to open 2014, and 27 games to start 2008. A WEEK IN THE LIFE Over his current eight-game hitting streak, J.T. Realmuto has posted a .485 average (16x33), raising his season mark from .188 to .309. Since April 24, Realmuto and Martín Prado (16x33) sit atop the National League with identical .485 averages and rank second in the Majors behind Victor Martinez (.486; 17x35). BEST AGAINST THE WEST In 167 career games against National League West clubs, Giancarlo Stanton owns a .304 average (186x612) with 48 doubles, two triples, 57 home runs, 152 RBI, a .389 on-base percentage and .668 slugging percentage. He leads all active players (min. 500 AB) in slugging percentage against the NL West, and ranks eighth in batting average and ninth in on-base percentage. His 57 home runs against the NL West rank second to Ryan Howard's total (67) among all players who did not play for an NL West club. CLIMBING THE LADDER With a pinch-hit, RBI single last night against Arizona, Ichiro Suzuki recorded career hit #2,947, eight hits behind Willie Keeler (2,955) for 32nd on Major League Base- ball's all-time hits list. Ichiro is batting .333 (12x36) on the season and is just 53 hits from 3,000. In addition, his stolen base in the first inning on Friday in Milwaukee was the 500th of his MLB career. He became just the eighth player in Major League history to reach 500 career steals and 2,900-plus hits, joining Ty Cobb, Honus Wagner, Paul Molitor, Eddie Collins, Rickey Henderson, Lou Brock and Barry Bonds. Ichiro is currently 39th on the all-time list, four behind Paul Molitor (504). – Elias UPCOMING STARTERS DATE TIME (ET) OPPONENT MARLINS STARTER OPPONENT STARTER BROADCASTS Thursday, May 5 7:10 p.m. vs. Arizona Diamondbacks LHP Adam Conley (1-1, 3.67) LHP Robbie Ray (1-1, 4.97) FS Florida/WINZ/WAQI Friday, May 6 7:10 p.m.