Stat Wrap 6/17: Marlins One-Hit Rockies In Opener

Entering this weekend, there had been twenty occasions in Miami Marlins history that they finished a game limiting their opponent to one hit or less.  Thanks to Adam Conley and friends, that  number stands at twenty-one after Friday night’s 5-1 victory over the Colorado Rockies at Marlins Park.

Conley, Nick Wittgren, Kyle Barraclough, David Phelps, and Dustin McGowan combined efforts to pull off the feat, with Conley bringing a no-hitter into the sixth inning before seeing it broken up by All-Star outfielder Carlos Gonzalez.  That set off a chain reaction that led to Conley ultimately surrendering that lone Rockies run on a bases loaded hit by pitch.  Wittgren came on and limited the damage, setting the Marlins up to rally in the bottom of the inning.

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That rally came in the form of a two-run Christian Yelich blast, his sixth homer of the season.  Sparked by an Ichiro Suzuki pinch-hit single, the Marlins added three insurance runs in the seventh; two of which were knocked in on a two-out single by sleeping giant Giancarlo Stanton.  But all those extra runs were just window dressing, as the Rockies wouldn’t even reach base for the rest of the night thanks to a strong bullpen showing.  Even better, closer A.J. Ramos barely had to stretch, a feat of no small importance given the fact Friday was but the first foray of a ten game in ten day stretch constituting a homestand that could go a long way towards determining what kind of mood the Marlins will be in when baseball’s trading market opens up in July.

And now we Stat Wrap:

• Ichiro Watch: He has no off switch.  Pinch hit puts him twenty away from 3000.
• Prado Watch: 10-games and counting for the infield’s fearless leader.
• Conley’s line: One hit, one run.  That’s it in 5 2/3 IP.
• Everyone else’s line: Zero hits, zero runs in 3 1/3 IP.
• Want weirder? That one run allowed came on a hit by pitch.
• Sixteenth one-hitter in Marlins history, this one was.
• Christian Yelich is one home run away from matching his 2015 total.
• Giancarlo Stanton went 2 for 3 with 2 RBIs yesterday.
• Before Friday night, the last time Stanton had two hits in the same day was May 13th, and he’s played a doubleheader since then.