Heroes And Zeroes: Marlins 7, Rays 6

Heroes

Taylor Motter (TB) +34.7%

Motter batted seventh from shortstop for the Rays. He drew a bases loaded walk in the first inning to give Tampa Bay a 2-0 lead (+9.0%), then flew out to left with a man on first to end the third (-2.5%). He hit a leadoff homer in the sixth to get the Rays to within a run at 5-4 (+12.2%), then doubled in Tim Beckham in the seventh to give the Rays a 6-5 lead (+16.0%).

Miguel Rojas (MIA) +30.2%

Rojas, batting seventh at second base for Florida, started his game out with a bases loaded, two-out, two-RBI single in the first inning to give the Marlins a 3-2 lead (+17.8%). He led off the fourth with a double, (+5.8%) later scoring Miami's fifth run, then grounded out to third to lead off the sixth (-3.3%). He led off the eighth with an infield single (+9.8%), and scored the game-tying run.

Ichiro! Suzuki (MIA) +24.8%

Suzuki got his third multi-hit game in a row, and his second four-hit game in his last three. He singled in the first (+3.8%), scoring a moment later on a Martin Prado double. He hit a one-out single in the second (+2.6%), a two-out RBI single in the fourth (+9.6%), then grounded out to first to end the sixth inning with a runner stranded (-3.5%). In the eighth, he collected his fourth single of the night to put Adeiny Hechavarria at third with a tie score and one out (+14.6%).

Almost Heroes

Adeiny Hechavarria (MIA) +17.8%

AJ Ramos (MIA) +15.5%

Martin Prado (MIA) +15.0%

Logan Morrison (TB) +14.5%

Brandon Guyer (TB) +10.3%

Brad Miller (TB) +8.1%

Marcell Ozuna (MIA) +7.3%

David Phelps (MIA) +4.8%

Giancarlo Stanton (MIA) +3.7%

Minimal Impact

Steven Souza (TB) +2.3%

Justin Bour (MIA) +1.8%

Mikie Mahtook (TB) +1.2%

Steve Pearce (TB) -1.3%

Almost Zeroes

Cole Gillespie (MIA) -3.1%

Desmond Jennings (TB) -4.6%

JT Realmuto (MIA) -5.0%

Corey Dickerson (TB) -7.6%

Alex Colome (TB) -9.4%

Enny Romero (TB) -11.5%

Tim Beckham (TB) -11.6%

Jose Urena (MIA) -12.2%

Evan Longoria (TB) -12.3%

Chris Johnson (MIA) -12.8%

Curt Casali (TB) -12.9%

Kyle Barraclough (MIA) -15.1%

Zeroes

Erasmo Ramirez (TB) -16.6%

Ramirez allowed two walks and three hits in just two innings of work, striking out two but allowing two earned runs.

Wei-Yin Chen (MIA) -22.7%

Chen started for the Marlins and went 5.2 innings, allowing five earned runs on nine hits and three walks to raise his ERA to 4.61. He struck out three of the 28 batters he faced, and earned an in-game WHIP of 2.118. He got 53-of-87 pitches in the zone and earned a no-decision with a GameScore of 31.

Matt Moore (TB) -33.2%

Moore was incrementally worse than Chen, earning a GameScore of 29 and putting 57-of-85 pitches over the plate. In five innings, he gave up 10 hits and a walk for five earned runs. He struck out three of the 24 batters he faced, and saw his ERA rise to 5.47 for the season.

Last 10 Games

Marcell Ozuna	+59.0%
Ichiro! Suzuki	+51.0%
Jose Fernandez	+46.8%
AJ Ramos	+34.7%
Miguel Rojas	+26.7%
David Phelps	+20.1%
Christian Yelich	+17.3%
Kendrys Flores	+11.9%
Bryan Morris	+5.5%
Dustin McGowan	+4.8%
Edwin Jackson	+0.9%
Adam Conley	-0.5%
Derek Dietrich	-1.2%
Jeff Mathis	-1.2%
Cole Gillespie	-3.1%
Nick Wittgren	-3.8%
Tom Koehler	-6.3%
Chris Johnson	-8.5%
Adeiny Hechavarria	-9.2%
Justin Bour	-11.6%
Martin Prado	-12.0%
Kyle Barraclough	-14.4%
Jose Urena	-23.7%
JT Realmuto	-28.6%
Wei-Yin Chen	-34.1%
Justin Nicolino	-56.0%
Giancarlo Stanton	-64.2%

Ichthyomancy

Attendance: 17,969

Marlon D: 19,469
Marlins 5-2
H: Chen, Ozuna, Realmuto
Z: Rojas, Longoria, Morrison
Chen QS; Stanton 2+XBH

gustavopim: 18,381
Marlins 5-1
H: Chen, Ozuna, Prado
Z: Moore, Souza, Taylor
Chen QS; Ozuna HR; Ichiro, Johnson, and Rojas each with 1+H

2qbn: 15,400
Marlins 4-2
H: Chen, Prado, Bour
Z: Longoria, Guyer, Moore
Chen QS; Bour HR; Ramos SV

paolo2387: 13,000
Marlins 5-1
H: Chen, Prado, Stanton
Z: Rojas, Hechavarria, Bour

Shimmy_812: 20,130
Marlins 5-3
H: Stanton, Ozuna, Chen
Z: Moore, Dickerson, Rojas
Chen QS; Moore 5+K; Marlins 2+HR

evermoresg: 16,935
Marlins 6-4
H: Chen, Longoria, Ozuna
Z: Mahtook, Casali, Hechavarria
Chen QS; Ichiro .400+OBP; Chen 7+K

Jigokusabre: 18,888
Marlins 6-1
H: Dietrich, Chen, Longoria
Z: Morrison, Hechavarria, Dickerson
Marlins HR; Ichiro 1+H

Ichthomancy Standings

gustavopim	129
Shimmy_812	124
2qbn	89
Marlon D	73
Jigokusabre	70
evermoresg	57
paolo2387	36
Madrid3004	29.5
rsanchez1	15
MHTD	11
MiamiSkye	7
Thomas Bennett	6
Kevin Kraczkowski	5
John Butterworth	4.5

Tomorrow, Game two of the four game home-and-home series gets underway early, with the first pitch slated for 12:10PM. If you want to play, get your picks in early, and GO FISH!