Historically, there’s not much of a correlation between these factors, but on Saturday night, the Marlins played in front of their largest home crowd of September and won by their largest margin all month, 5-1.
With the team test-driving the “Comunidad 305” fan experience, left fielder Austin Dean embraced the lively atmosphere. He set a new career high with three runs batted in.
Picking up where the pitching staff left off the previous night, José Ureña effortlessly carried a shutout into the middle innings. He didn’t dominate the competition (only six swinging strikes), but the right-hander avoided the barrels of the Reds’ bats.