Heroes And Zeroes: Rays 4, Marlins 3

Heroes

Alex Colome (TB) +38.6

Colome came on to pitch the eighth and ninth innings for the Rays, earning a save (his 12th of the season). He faced the minimum of six batters, allowing a hit (soon erased by a double play) and making use of two very questionable strikeouts to shut the door in the ninth. He entered with runners on first and second base, then instantly induced JT Realmuto into a double play ball (+23.0%). After that, he let Adeiny Hechavarria single Marcell Ozuna home (-10.0%) to close the Marlins to within a run, but got Miguel Rojas to fly out to end the inning (-6.6%). The ninth would see him get Ichiro! Suzuki out on an infield grounder (+8.5%), then strike out Martin Prado (+6.1%) and Justin Bour (+4.4%). Each of them got caught looking at a strike three which was clearly (on replay) out of the strike zone.

Jake Odorizzi (TB) +34.0%

Odorizzi started on the hill for the Rays and went five full innings, allowing two hits and three walks for a 1.000 in-game WHIP. He struck out seven Marlins and faced just 21 batters in total, getting 68-of-107 pitches over the plate and registering a GameScore of 67. His record now stands at 2-2 with a 3.46 ERA.

Marcell Ozuna (MIA) +19.9%

Ozuna, who along with Justin Bour and Derek Dietrich registered multiple hits in the game, started in center field and batted fifth for the Fish. He grounded out to short to lead off the second inning (-2.5%), then drew a one-out walk in the fourth to give Dietrich two runners on base (+2.8%). He doubled to right in the sixth (+9.1%), scoring just one pitch later on a Dietrich single. Later, he led off the eighth with a double (+10.5%), and scored three batters later on an Adeiny Hechavarria single.

Almost Heroes

Derek Dietrich (MIA) +18.5%

Logan Morrison (TB) +11.6%

Tyler Sterdevant (TB) +9.1%

Giancarlo Stanton (MIA) +7.8%

Brad Miller (TB) +6.5%

Edwin Jackson (MIA) +3.5%

Corey Dickerson (TB) +3.5%

Minimal Impact

Jose Urena (MIA) +2.6%

Dustin McGowan (MIA) +2.2%

Hank Conger (TB) +1.0%

Tim Beckham (TB) -0.7%

Curt Casali (TB) -1.5%

Brandon Guyer (TB) -2.1%

Steve Pearce (TB) -2.2%

Cole Gillespie (MIA) -2.5%

Almost Zeroes

Chris Johnson (MIA) -4.1%

Evan Longoria (TB) -5.0%

Justin Bour (MIA) -5.6%

Adeiny Hechavarria (MIA) -5.8%

Steven Souza (TB) -6.5%

Miguel Rojas (MIA) -6.6%

Bryan Morris (MIA) -9.3%

Martin Prado (MIA) -10.0%

Xavier Cedeno (TB) -12.2%

Tom Koehler (MIA) -14.5%

Zeroes

Ichiro! Suzuki (MIA) -17.8%

Suzuki followed up his 10 hits in three games with an 0-for-5 performance. He led off the first with a groundout (-2.2%), flew out for the second out of the third (-1.9%), and for the second out of the fifth (-1.6%). He grounded out to lead off the seventh (-3.7%) and the ninth (-8.5%).

Enny Romero (TB) -24.0%

Romero came on to start the sixth for the Rays, and allowed three quick hits in succession. A Giancarlo Stanton home run (-9.5%), a Marcell Ozuna double (-9.1%), and a Derek Dietrich RBI single (-11.3%). He was lifted for Tyler Sturdevant after getting JT Realmuto to fly out (+5.9%).

JT Realmuto (MIA) -28.2%

Realmuto was kind of a train wreck for the Marlins today, and has surpassed Giancarlo Stanton to the bottom of the "Last 10 Games" standings (see below). Batting seventh and catching for the Marlins, he started out with a swinging strikeout with a runner on first for the second out of the second (-3.1%). He drew a walk to load the bases in the fourth (+3.8%), then went downhill after that. He flew out with a runner on first for the first out of the sixth (-5.9%) and grounded into a double play for the first two outs of the eighth (-23.0%).

Ichthyomancy

Attendance: 23,709

Shimmy_812: 15,600
Marlins 5-4
H: Stanton, Ozuna, Koehler
Z: Odorizzi, Longoria, Hechavarria
Marlins HR; Koehler QS; Suzuki 2+H

Marlon D: 16,483
Marlins 4-1
H: Stanton, Ozuna, Bour
Z: Longoria, Moore, Prado
Koehler allows 3 or less XBH; outfield HR

2qbn: 14,230
Marlins 5-4
H: Stanton, Ozuna, Hechavarria
Z: Longoria, Odorizzi, Motter
Stanton HR; Koehler 6IP; Marlins SB

paolo2387: 13,000
Marlins 5-3
H: Stanton, Ozuna, Suzuki
Z: Hechavarria, Bour, Dietrich
Koehler 2HR allowed

gustavopim: 15,289
Marlins 7-4
H: Koehler, Bour, Dietrich
Z: Odorizzi, Souza, Dickerson
Marlins 3+2b and 1+HR; Bour or Stanton HR; Koehler QS

evermoresg: 16,552
Marlins 7-5
H: Suzuki, Ozuna, Pearce
Z: Conger, Hechavarria, Odorizzi
Koehler 5+ IP ER≤4; Suzuki OBP .400+, Ozuna/Bour/Stanton 2+ HR

Jigokusabre: 17,001
Marlins 8-6
H: Dietrich, Longoria, Suzuki
Z: Odorizzi, Koehler, Conger
Koehler 4+ER; Koehler 4+K; Suzuki 2+H

gustavopim	130
Shimmy_812	126
2qbn	92
Marlon D	75
Jigokusabre	73
evermoresg	59
paolo2387	37
Madrid3004	29.5
rsanchez1	15
MHTD	11
MiamiSkye	7
Thomas Bennett	6
Kevin Kraczkowski	5
John Butterworth	4.5

The series heads north to Tampa Bay for two more games, starting tomorrow just after 7PM. Get some picks in, and GO FISH!

Last 10 Games

Marcell Ozuna	+72.4%
Jose Fernandez	+46.8%
Ichiro! Suzuki	+36.9%
AJ Ramos	+34.7%
Miguel Rojas	+20.1%
David Phelps	+20.1%
Derek Dietrich	+16.0%
Kendrys Flores	+11.9%
Dustin McGowan	+7.0%
Edwin Jackson	+4.4%
Adeiny Hechavarria	+2.3%
Christian Yelich	-0.5%
Adam Conley	-0.5%
Cole Gillespie	-5.6%
Bryan Morris	-8.1%
Jeff Mathis	-10.1%
Chris Johnson	-12.6%
Kyle Barraclough	-14.4%
Jose Urena	-15.3%
Justin Bour	-16.5%
Tom Koehler	-20.8%
Martin Prado	-21.0%
Justin Nicolino	-26.1%
Wei-Yin Chen	-34.1%
Giancarlo Stanton	-35.5%
JT Realmuto	-51.1%