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Phillies at Marlins

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When/where: 7:10 p.m., Marlins Park, Miami. ON THE AIR Fox Sports Florida; Radio: 940-AM, 710-AM (Spanish) ON THE MOUND Phillies RHP Jake Arrieta (6-6, 3.47 ERA, 1.250 WHIP) vs. Marlins LHP Wei-Yin Chen (2-6, 6.14 ERA, 1.545 WHIP): For Chen this season, his performanc­e has been dramatical­ly different at home and on the road. According to Baseball-Reference’s wins above replacemen­t, Chen’s been worth minus-1.2 wins, the second-lowest number in the National League. But at home, Chen has been remarkable. In six starts at Marlins Park, Chen has a 1.89 ERA and 7.3 strikeouts per nine innings. … Arrieta faces the Marlins for the third time this season after Miami hit him around in the first two outings. Arrieta has a 9.39 ERA in 7 2/3 innings against the Marlins this season.

– Phillies TBA vs. Marlins RHP Trevor Richards; – Phillies TBA vs. Marlins RHP Jose Ureña. – All-Star break. UPCOMING SERIES Monday-Thursday All-Star break MLB’s All-Star Week at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., on Saturday at 8:30 a.m. The Major Leaguers swing for the fences in their Home Run Derby on Monday night and participat­e in the All-Star Game on Tuesday night.

Agriesti, part of the 12-and-under division, had to first advance through local competitio­n to qualify for a regional berth in Atlanta and then had to win there to earn one of eight bids to the national derby. There is also a14-and-under division.

Last year, the competitio­n was held at Marlins Park as Miami hosted AllStar Week. Players from Lakeland and Bradenton qualified. Participan­ts took batting practice - style swings, like in the bigleague derby, to try and deposit baseballs over a shortened fence.

Agriesti attends Little Flower Catholic School in Hollywood.

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