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MLB : ATS Matchup
Friday 8/28/2015Line$ LineOU LineScore
MIAMI  CONLEY )
 
WASHINGTON  SCHERZER )
+1.5  +110

-1.5  -130
+240

-275

7un
 
4
Final
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MIAMI (51 - 77) at WASHINGTON (64 - 62)
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Friday, 8/28/2015 7:05 PM
ADAM CONLEY (L) vs. MAX SCHERZER (R)
Board OpeningLatest
 LineTotalLineTotal
901MIAMI+230Ov 7,-120+235Ov 7,-115
902WASHINGTON-260Un 7,+100-265Un 7,-105
ADVANCED TEAM STATS
MIAMI - Current Season Performance
 Team RecordsTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsO-URunsAvgOBPSLGOPSRunsAvgOBPSLGOPS
All Games51-77-24.161-613.70.2540.3030.3740.6774.20.2540.3130.3930.706
Road Games21-41-1630-283.60.2550.3020.3810.6834.40.2610.3200.4190.739
vs Right-handed Starters40-60-18.944-523.50.2470.2980.3600.6594.00.2540.3130.3880.701
Past 7 Games1-6-5.62-51.90.2040.2420.3060.5484.10.2560.3410.4100.751
Grass Games51-74-21.160-603.70.2540.3050.3720.6764.10.2530.3120.3890.702
Night Games33-53-2040-423.40.2490.3000.3630.6634.30.2600.3200.3890.709
Division17-31-17.828-183.80.2640.3150.3740.6884.40.2510.3100.3940.704
MIAMI - Team Hitting and Fielding Statistics
Team BattingTeam BattingTeam Fielding
 RunsAVGOBPGABH2B3BHRSLGRBIBBSOSBLOBGIDPERRDPOSB
All Games3.70.2540.3031284307109317534910.37444230693294847996711960
Road Games3.60.2550.3026221325438817490.3812101444704643346385826
Righty Starters3.50.2470.298100334382712523690.3603342427077964877569756
MIAMI - Bullpen Pitching Statistics
 ERAWHIPIPRERHHRBBSOW-LSVBSVPct.
All Games3.521.2783991731563602815040015-23251464.1%
Road Games3.821.365174.3897417215661525-1412957.1%

WASHINGTON - Current Season Performance
 Team RecordsTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsO-URunsAvgOBPSLGOPSRunsAvgOBPSLGOPS
All Games64-62-12.266-554.20.2490.3150.3970.7124.00.2570.3010.3900.691
Home Games35-25+1.131-264.10.2490.3180.4010.7203.70.2470.2870.3600.648
vs Left-handed Starters16-14-3.515-134.10.2440.3080.3940.7013.70.2450.2850.3850.670
Past 7 Games4-3-0.74-25.30.2570.3510.4600.8124.30.2620.3040.4210.724
Grass Games63-61-12.465-554.20.2470.3130.3930.7064.00.2560.3000.3900.690
Night Games39-44-1443-374.30.2520.3200.3970.7174.10.2600.3050.4030.708
Division27-20+1.123-223.80.2450.3080.3790.6863.40.2480.2910.3400.631
WASHINGTON - Team Hitting and Fielding Statistics
Team BattingTeam BattingTeam Fielding
 RunsAVGOBPGABH2B3BHRSLGRBIBBSOSBLOBGIDPERRDPOSB
All Games4.20.2490.31512642191052210131290.397506407102153866105748847
Home Games4.10.2490.3186019484861013630.4012361964552440450404219
Lefty Starters4.10.2440.30830991242553290.39411591252121932517145
WASHINGTON - Bullpen Pitching Statistics
 ERAWHIPIPRERHHRBBSOW-LSVBSVPct.
All Games3.581.2403621581443423210733413-17351471.4%
Home Games3.361.224174706516713461719-519676%
SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
MIAMI - Schedule
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateTeam StarterOpponentOpp StarterScoreW/LLineTot.O/UHLOBEHLOBE
8/14/2015KOEHLER(R)@ ST LOUISGARCIA(L)1-3L2057 unU761751
8/15/2015HAND(L)@ ST LOUISLACKEY(R)2-6L1807 unO9711350
8/16/2015PHELPS(R)@ ST LOUISMARTINEZ(R)6-4W2207 unO1050642
8/17/2015NICOLINO(L)@ MILWAUKEEGARZA(R)6-2W1408 evP1271790
8/18/2015CONLEY(L)@ MILWAUKEECRAVY(R)9-6W1408 unO139311102
8/19/2015KOEHLER(R)@ MILWAUKEEPERALTA(R)7-8L1308 unO118212112
8/20/2015HAND(L)PHILADELPHIAWILLIAMS(R)9-7W-1507.5 unO11701280
8/21/2015FLORES(R)PHILADELPHIAEICKHOFF(R)1-7L-1407.5 unO8631170
8/22/2015NICOLINO(L)PHILADELPHIAHARANG(R)2-4L-1258 evU360971
8/23/2015CONLEY(L)PHILADELPHIANOLA(R)0-2L-1258 unU330680
8/24/2015KOEHLER(R)PITTSBURGHHAPP(L)2-5L+1308 evU9618130
8/25/2015HAND(L)PITTSBURGHMORTON(R)5-2W+1307.5 unU10401071
8/26/2015NARVESON(L)PITTSBURGHLOCKE(L)2-7L+1358 unO530970
8/27/2015NICOLINO(L)PITTSBURGHCOLE(R)1-2L+1957 ovU640770
8/28/2015CONLEY(L)@ WASHINGTONSCHERZER(R) 
8/29/2015KOEHLER(R)@ WASHINGTONZIMMERMANN(R) 
8/30/2015HAND(L)@ WASHINGTONSTRASBURG(R) 
8/31/2015NARVESON(L)@ ATLANTAFOLTYNEWICZ(R) 
9/1/2015NICOLINO(L)@ ATLANTAMILLER(R) 
9/2/2015CONLEY(L)@ ATLANTAPEREZ(R) 
9/4/2015 NY METS  

WASHINGTON - Schedule
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateTeam StarterOpponentOpp StarterScoreW/LLineTot.O/UHLOBEHLOBE
8/14/2015SCHERZER(R)@ SAN FRANCISCOCAIN(R)5-8L-1306.5 unO7701373
8/15/2015GONZALEZ(L)@ SAN FRANCISCOPEAVY(R)6-12L1056.5 ovO10611361
8/16/2015ROSS(R)@ SAN FRANCISCOBUMGARNER(L)0-5L1407 ovU340730
8/18/2015ZIMMERMANN(R)@ COLORADOHALE(R)15-6W-1609.5 unO151031391
8/19/2015STRASBURG(R)@ COLORADODE LA ROSA(L)4-1W-1459.5 unU9121210
8/20/2015SCHERZER(R)@ COLORADOFLANDE(L)2-3L-19010.5 ovU4501090
8/21/2015GONZALEZ(L)MILWAUKEENELSON(R)3-10L-1457 unO6621470
8/22/2015ROSS(R)MILWAUKEEJUNGMANN(R)6-1W-1557 ovP1160760
8/23/2015ZIMMERMANN(R)MILWAUKEEGARZA(R)9-5W-1907.5 unO9611060
8/25/2015STRASBURG(R)SAN DIEGOSHIELDS(R)8-3W-1857 unO10100731
8/26/2015GONZALEZ(L)SAN DIEGOROSS(R)5-6L-1357 unO7611051
8/27/2015ROSS(R)SAN DIEGOCASHNER(R)4-2W-1707.5 unU11111340
8/28/2015SCHERZER(R)MIAMICONLEY(L) 
8/29/2015ZIMMERMANN(R)MIAMIKOEHLER(R) 
8/30/2015STRASBURG(R)MIAMIHAND(L) 
8/31/2015GONZALEZ(L)@ ST LOUISLACKEY(R) 
9/1/2015ROSS(R)@ ST LOUISMARTINEZ(R) 
9/2/2015SCHERZER(R)@ ST LOUISWACHA(R) 
9/3/2015ZIMMERMANN(R)ATLANTAWISLER(R) 
9/4/2015 ATLANTA  
KEY GAME INFORMATION
MIAMI: MIAMI (AP) - Two transactions midway through spring training that drew little notice heralded significant progress for the Miami Marlins.
Top pitching prospects Jose Urena and Justin Nicolino were optioned to the minor leagues - moves reflecting the franchise's improved depth of talent. This season, for a change, the front office doesn't feel compelled to rush youngsters like Urena and Nicolino to the majors.
''In previous years they would probably already be in the big leagues,'' president of baseball operations Michael Hill said. ''We've really tried to change that, be fair to the player and allow them to have the necessary growing pains in the minor leagues so when they do get to the big leagues, they can hit the ground running.''
When Urena and Nicolino do reach the majors, they might be joining a contender. Following a busy offseason highlighted by the signing of Giancarlo Stanton to a record $325 million contract, Miami's expectations are unusually lofty.
The Marlins don't talk just about finishing above .500 for the first time since 2009. They want to end an 11-year playoff drought.
''I love the talent we've been able to assemble,'' Hill said. ''If we handle our business, I'm pretty excited about where that will lead.''
While Stanton draws the biggest headlines, it might be the Marlins' rotation that separates them from the pack. They enter the season with five solid starters, and that doesn't include ace Jose Fernandez, the 2013 NL Rookie of the Year, who is projected to return from elbow surgery at midseason.
Miami acquired Mat Latos and Dan Haren in offseason deals, and they join Henderson Alvarez, Jarred Cosart and Tom Koehler. Latos is 56-40 since 2010, and the others each won at least 10 games last year, with a combined record of 48-39. Newcomer David Phelps, who is 12-11 as a starter, provides depth and can also relieve.
''I like our rotation,'' manager Mike Redmond said. ''These guys have gone out and competed for a long time and have a lot of experience, which is nice.''
Other things to know about the baseball buzz building in South Florida:
RETURN ON INVESTMENT: Stanton appears poised for another big year after being knocked out of the 2014 NL MVP race when a beaning ended his season in September. He led the NL in slugging and homers despite missing the final 17 games.
During spring training batting practice, new teammate Phelps noted that Stanton hits balls to the opposite field farther than most players can pull them. And he doesn't just outslug everybody.
''We ran shuttles the first week of camp and I figured he was a good athlete,'' Phelps said. ''But I didn't expect him to be outrunning everybody, too.''
TRENDING UPWARD: Miami went 62-100 under Redmond two years ago, and then ended a streak of three consecutive last-place finishes in the NL East by going 77-85 in 2014. The 15-win improvement tied for the best in the National League by a 100-loss team since 1986.
Among the players still around from that young, awful 2013 team are Stanton, Fernandez, Alvarez, Koehler, left fielder Christian Yelich, center fielder Marcell Ozuna and shortstop Adeiny Hechavarria.
''The fun part is to see the excitement in guys now, and for them to talk about how far we've come in a short amount of time,'' Redmond said. ''As tough as it was at the time, I knew we would be better off for it, because we got some guys a lot of experience.''
STILL YOUNG: With the addition such veterans as Latos, Haren, third baseman Martin Prado, second baseman Dee Gordon and first baseman Michael Morse, the payroll is expected to be above $70 million. That's the highest for the Marlins since 2012, and an increase of about 50 percent from last year.
Even so, the Marlins remain young. Fernandez, Alvarez, Cosart, Stanton, Yelich, Ozuna and Hechavarria are all under 26. That creates a clubhouse environment foreign to Phelps, a right-hander acquired in a trade with the Yankees.
''It's a lot of young, talented players,'' said Phelps, 28, accustomed to being surrounded by the likes of Derek Jeter and CC Sabathia. ''It's really a breath of fresh air just to come in and have a core in place that is younger than me.''
Most of the Marlins have never played on a contending team, which raises some skepticism about their chances. But Alvarez predicted the Marlins will be playing games that matter late this season for a change.
''We're going to surprise a lot of people,'' he said.
WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON (AP) - Bryce Harper's reaction to the news that the Washington Nationals added Max Scherzer to an already-talented starting staff drew quite a lot of attention.
''I just started laughing,'' Harper famously said. ''I was like, `Where's my ring?'''
Yes, that pretty much sums up where the expectations are for the 2015 Nationals - as expressed by them and by others.
On the first day of full-squad workouts at spring training, reigning NL Manager of the Year Matt Williams posted these words of wisdom in the clubhouse: ''The road to the World Series begins today.''
''We're here to get to that ultimate goal,'' Williams said. ''We're not alone. There's 29 other teams that have the same thought. So that being said, I want to make sure that we understand that that's our goal. That is our goal: to be the last one standing at the end of it.''
The main reason many folks think the Nationals are capable of achieving that goal, even if the team has yet to win a playoff series, is the rotation.
Scherzer, the 2013 AL Cy Young Award winner with Detroit, came aboard with a $210 million contract, joining a group that led the majors in ERA last season - right-handers Stephen Strasburg, Jordan Zimmermann and Doug Fister, and lefty Gio Gonzalez.
''There's no break'' for an opposing team, new reliever Casey Janssen observed.
It's such a formidable quintet that a guy who won 15 games, had a sub-3.00 ERA and threw nearly 200 innings a year ago, Tanner Roark, is moving to the bullpen.
In 2014, the Nationals won a league-best 96 games and finished atop the underwhelming NL East by a whopping 17 games, but then bowed out in four games in a Division Series against the eventual champs, the San Francisco Giants. Washington's starting pitching wasn't the problem in the postseason; its bullpen and hitting were what led to a second quick playoff exit in three years.
And yet general manager Mike Rizzo allowed those two areas to lose important pieces, trading away the man he called ''maybe the best eighth-inning setup man in the history of the game,'' Tyler Clippard, and letting first baseman Adam LaRoche (team highs of 26 homers, 92 RBIs) leave via free agency.
The hope, presumably, is that hitters such as Harper, Ryan Zimmerman (who replaces LaRoche at first) and Wilson Ramos, who each missed significant chunks of last season, will deliver the numbers they're capable of producing, while opponents have a really hard time scoring much against all the aces Williams will send to the mound.
''It's hilarious having to go in there and face them. It's absolutely stupid,'' Harper said. ''We have the best staff in baseball. I don't care what anybody says.''
Actually, Bryce, that's exactly what pretty much everybody IS saying.
Here are other things to know about the Nationals, who open the season on April 6 at home against the New York Mets:
HEALTH MATTERS: Half of the everyday lineup - outfielders Jayson Werth and Denard Span (both recovering from offseason surgery), third baseman Anthony Rendon and new second baseman Yunel Escobar - missed extended periods of spring training, as did fourth outfielder Nate McClouth. Rendon, Span, Werth and McClouth might all miss opening day. ''You can be as good as you want on paper, but that doesn't mean anything until the end of the year,'' Scherzer said. ''We've got to stay healthy.''
MIGHTY `PEN?: Given their aspirations, October is what really matters for the Nationals, and Drew Storen blew save chances in the 2012 and 2014 playoffs. Still, the closer's job is his entering the season, and Clippard is no longer around to shut down foes in the eighth - or provide ninth-inning backup if needed. Worth watching: Will Aaron Barrett set aside the yips that hit him in the NLDS?
LAST HURRAH: A couple of homegrown franchise cornerstones, Zimmermann and shortstop Ian Desmond, can become free agents after the season, as can Span and Fister. Rizzo could try to sign one or more to long-term deals. He could trade one or more. Or he could decide to let things play out with this group, then move on next offseason. ''With this group of guys,'' Werth said, ''this might be it.''
PREVIEW
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER NL PREVIEW (MIAMI-WASHINGTON) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

*Marlins-Nationals Preview* ===========================

By JEFF MEZYDLO STATS Senior Writer

Miami (51-76) at Washington (63-62), 7:05 p.m. EDT

It's been five seasons since Max Scherzer lost three straight starts, and slightly longer since he went a full calendar month without a victory.

The right-hander looks to keep both from happening Friday night when his Washington Nationals host the Miami Marlins.

In his first season as a full-time starter with Arizona in 2009, Scherzer (11-10, 2.79 ERA) went 0-2 with a 3.48 ERA in four April starts. Since, he's earned at least one winning decision in a month that's featured more than three games - a run that's in jeopardy heading into his final outing of August.

Scherzer, who then would throw Sept. 2 at St. Louis, is 0-2 with a 6.86 ERA in four starts this month and in danger of losing three straight for the first time since May 2010. Though he hasn't completed more than six innings in any of those outings and has yielded five homers this month, Scherzer is not discouraged.

"I've been pitching with good stuff," he said after allowing three runs, eight hits and walking three in six-plus innings of last Thursday's 3-2 loss at Colorado. "I just got to get back on track and keep going forward and keep pitching well, no matter what."

Scherzer is 2-0 with a 3.21 ERA this season against Miami (51-77), which has totaled 13 runs while losing six of seven.

Washington (64-62) trails the NL East-leading New York Mets by 6 1/2 games, but has averaged 6.4 runs while winning four of five. Ryan Zimmerman, who homered for the second time in three games in Thursday's 4-2 win over San Diego, has nine RBIs in the last four contests.

He went 1 for 16 in his first five games against the Marlins this season but is 5 for 15 over the last four.

Washington, however, won't have Denard Span, who is headed back to the disabled list with hip inflammation. The center fielder played only two games since he was activated Tuesday from a DL stint that began July 10 because of back tightness.

Michael Taylor started in center Thursday but his status remains uncertain after he left with a knee contusion. Third baseman Yunel Escobar also is day to day with a hand contusion.

"I don't know if I've ever seen anything like (the injuries of the season)," manager Matt Williams said. "But it is what it is. There's not much you can do about it."

The Nationals get their first look at Adam Conley (1-1, 4.88), who walked four but allowed one run in six innings of a 2-0 loss to Philadelphia on Sunday in his fourth career start. Miami scored 37 runs in his first three starts.

"It's not going to happen every time for us, but the mission is still the same," the left-hander said.

Martin Prado is 6 for 13 against Scherzer, and batting .348 in the last six games.

Christian Yelich went 2 for 3 off Scherzer earlier this season, but he could miss a second straight contest with a bruised right knee. It's the same knee that landed him on the DL from Aug. 10 until Tuesday.


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