Heroes and Zeroes: Marlins 3, Nationals 2

Heroes

Marcell Ozuna (MIA) +25.2%

Ozuna batted fifth out of center field for the Marlins, and started out his day with a leadoff groundout in the second inning (-2.3%). He hit a one-out double in the fourth, moving Giancarlo Stanton to third base (+11.8%), then hit a leadoff triple in the sixth (+15.2%), scoring a moment later on Justin Bour's eighth home run of the season. Ozuna hit a two-out single in the seventh inning (+0.8%).

Ichiro Suzuki (MIA) +16.8%

Suzuki had his first four-hit game since August 18th last season, when he went four-for-five with a double in a 9-6 Marlins' win over the Milwaukee Brewers. He singled in the first (+3.6%), the third (+1.4%), and the fifth (+3.8%) batting leadoff and playing left field for the Marlins. He went on to draw a walk in the sixth (+0.4%) and hit a two-out double in the eighth (+0.6%).

Anthony Rendon (WAS) +16.5%

Rendon batted sixth in the order for the Nationals and manned the hot corner. He struck out to end the second (-1.1%) and the fourth with runners on the corners (-5.0%). He drew a two-out walk in the seventh (+1.9%) and walked to load the bases with nobody out in the ninth (+20.6%).

Almost Heroes

Wilson Ramos (WAS) +13.8%

Justin Bour (MIA) +13.6%

Jose Fernandez (MIA) +13.2%

Bryce Harper (WAS) +12.8%

Clint Robinson (WAS) +7.4%

David Phelps (MIA) +7.0%

AJ Ramos (MIA) +6.9%

Kyle Barraclough (MIA) +6.7%

Daniel Murphy (WAS) +3.5%

Sammy Solis (WAS) +2.9%

Yusmiero Petit (WAS) +2.5%

Martin Prado (MIA) +2.3%

Minimal Impact

Ben Revere (WAS) -0.3%

Cole Gillespie (MIA) -0.4%

Almost Zeroes

Ryan Zimmerman (WAS) -2.3%

Giancarlo Stanton (MIA) -4.7%

Danny Espinosa (WAS) -7.9%

Chris Heisey (WAS) -10.0%

Derek Dietrich (MIA) -10.6%

JT Realmuto (MIA) -11.2%

Adeiny Hechavarria (MIA) -14.7%

Zeroes

Joe Ross (WAS) -17.9%

Ross started for the Nationals and went 5.2 innings, striking out seven Marlins. He gave up two walks and eight hits for a 1.765 in-game WHIP. He gave up all three of Miami's runs, each of them earned, and got 60-of-96 pitches over the plate for a GameScore of 46 (Jose Fernandez registered a 68). Ross' loss dropped him to 3-4 on the season with a 2.89 ERA.

Jose Lobaton (WAS) -20.6%

Lobaton caught and batted eighth for the Nationals. He flew out in the third (-2.5%), struck out in the fifth (-1.6%), struck out to lead off the eighth (-3.5%), and grounded out with two runners on to end the game (-13.7%).

Jayson Werth (WAS) -50.4%

Werth came on to pinch hit in the top of the ninth with nobody out and the bases loaded, then lined into a one-hop double play, erasing the two lead runners for a very heavily weighted negative impact play (-50.4%).

Last 10 Games

Marcell Ozuna	+36.3%
Jose Fernandez	+33.6%
AJ Ramos	+27.8
Adam Conley	+23.6%
Tom Koehler	+20.6%
David Phelps	+20.0%
Miguel Rojas	+16.7%
Wei-Yin Chen	+14.0%
Kendrys Flores	+11.9%
Chris Johnson	+11.1%
Derek Dietrich	+4.7%
Ichiro Suzuki	+4.6%
Dustin McGowan	0.0%
Christian Yelich	-0.4%
Jeff Mathis	-2.6%
Justin Bour	-3.2%
Nick Wittgren	-3.8%
Cole Gillespie	-5.4%
Jose Urena	-11.5%
JT Realmuto	-12.9%
Adeiny Hechavarria	-25.5%
Bryan Morris	-30.2%
Martin Prado	-30.7%
Kyle Barraclough	-34.6%
Justin Nicolino	-56.0%
Giancarlo Stanton	-57.6%

Ichthyomancy

Attendance: 25,839

Shimmy_812: 21,760
Marlins 5-1
H: Fernandez, Yelich, Dietrich
Z: Stanton, Ross, Zimmerman
Fernandez QS; Fernandez 7+K; Stanton 2+K

Marlon D: 20,474
Marlins 5-2
H: Fernandez, Prado, Bour
Z: Dietrich, Zimmerman, Ross
Fernandez 8+K w/4 or less hits; Ozuna 2b

paolo2387: 12,000
Marlins 5-4
H: Ozuna, Prado, Fernandez
Z: Dietrich, Realmuto, Hechavarria
Fernandez 7 1/3 10Ks, 3 HA 2 ER, 4 full count situations leading to the aforementioned 2 ER; Dietrich HBP; Stanton HR + 2K

gustavopim: 22,548
Marlins 4-1
H: Fernandez, Ozuna, Ross
Z: Ross, Zimmerman, Taylor
Fernandez QS + 7+K; Suzuki 2+H; Ozuna or Dietrich HR

evermoresg: 23,355
Marlins 4-3
H: Harper, Fernandez, Ross
Z: Lobaton, Stanton, Robinson
Hernandez QS; Ross QS; Suzuki .400+OBP

Ichthyomancy Standings

gustavopim	120
Shimmy_812	117.5
2qbn	86
Marlon D	72
Jigokusabre	67
evermoresg	53
paolo2387	31
Madrid3004	29.5
rsanchez1	15
MHTD	11
MiamiSkye	7
Thomas Bennett	6
Kevin Kraczkowski	5
John Butterworth	4.5

Tomorrow's game is scheduled to start at 1:10PM. The Marlins and Nationals have each won six games this season in common action, so look for the Fish to come out with an edge as Adam Conley takes the hill.