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The Miami Marlins defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 3-0 on Wednesday afternoon at Marlins Park in Miami. JT Riddle earned a 3-on-4 record with a hat-trick and a home run to lead the Miami offense, while Jose Ureña made five innings when he returned to the rotation.
The Marlins now have 36-52, 66-96. They entered the day with the worst record in the national league and were half a match behind the Mets for fourth place in East NL
Here is a look at Wednesday afternoon's game .
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Attendance
Wednesday Afternoon: 7,572
Middle Season: 9,754
50. Percentage of runners caught flying by the Marlins wrestlers this season, the best of the majors this season. Miami is the only team at least 50 percent since the 2005 Cardinals. What Bryan Holaday and J.T. Realmuto do defensively this season is incredible for Miami, combining 28 of the 56 so-called core thieves.
On Wednesday afternoon, Holaday kicked out Kevin Kiermaier on the second set in the third inning, before Joey Wendle doubled him in the fifth inning.
At one point this season, Holaday expelled nine consecutive opponents who were trying to steal him. It was the longest sequence in the history of Marlins.
The league average is 28% and the Marlins are close to doubling that. Among the last 10 winners of the National Gold Glove League, none have caught up to half of potential core thieves. Receiver Cardinals Yadier Molina came close in 2010 (49 percent) and in 2014 (48 percent).
According to Baseball-Reference, Marlins wrestlers play the best defense of the game, noting nine major races above average. 19659002] 78. Number of shots by right-hander José Ureña on Wednesday afternoon, his lowest result since he launched only 74 at the opening day . Ureña took her first start after spending nearly two weeks on the injured list with a right shoulder problem, and the Marlins' manager, Don Mattingly, said the team would monitor his throwing account. but we got it on a field account, "said Mattingly." We would not let it go too far. We were 75, 80 lengths for him. "
A day immediately following the 10 and 16 innings, the Marlins could have chosen to push Ureña deeper into the game to save their paddock, but instead Mattingly Miguel Rojas for Ureña in the bottom of the fifth inning
Ureña said that he probably could have gone further, but conceded the benefits of not risking injury.
"You do not want this to get worse because now, we "Right-handed Drew Rucinski – who would have played in the left field if Tuesday night's game went to a 17th inning – ate two innings for the Marlins to return to the front four-game series in Washington." Elieser Hernandez and Brad Ziegler were the only other Marlins lifters available and both started on Wednesday.
Game Quote
"They probably had to put a new cooler in there. "- Marlins stops JT Riddle on Carlos Gomez's attack on the water coolers at the top of the second inning.
Gomez, the Rays' right fielder, unleashed his frustration on helpless water Fresh inside the Tampa Bay canoe Wednesday afternoon, hitting him five times with his bat, the cooler cover flew in. Gomez's helmet fell from his head All Marlins Park have heard the episode, with the explosions that resonated in the almost empty stadium
After Gomez finished with the first cooler, he hit a second, throwing cuts on the warning track in front of the Rays' Shelter 19659002] The blast occurs after Gomez was hit by a bullet in his hands while he was trying to score the second inning, but that he was n & # 39; Did not get the first goal Jose Ureña later ended the fight by pushing Gomez back c a slider of 83 mph.
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