Things you need to know about the Marlins

[Edgy MD]

Gathering mold in the basement the last week, the Marlins have inherited from the Mets the mantle of "National League's Streakingest Team," currently riding a five-game winning roll.

• Shortstop Adeiny Hechavarria is your National League Player of the Week, having gone 12-for-24, with 10 RBIs and eight runs.
  
  
  
• Giancarlo hitting the ball HARD.
  
  
  
• Ichiro recently scored his 1,968th run, combining his NPB and MLB careers, putting him past Saduharu Oh in runs scored among Japanese-born players. Oh never had a 162 game season to work with, and he was frequently treated as not really Japanese in his time, but milestones matter to Ichiro.
  
  
  
• Christian Yelich: disabled list. He had a terrible series against the Mets back at Citi Field. Henderson Alvarez remains unavailable also.
  
  
  
• Dee Gordon is hotter than July, and leads the league with 32 hits.
  
  
  
• 'Spected Starters:
  
  • Monday: RHP Dillon Gee (0-1, 5.60) vs. RHP Jarred Cosart (1-1, 3.63), 7:10 p.m. ET
    
    
    
  • Tuesday: RHP Rafael Montero (0-1, 4.15) vs. RHP David Phelps (1-0, 3.55), 7:10 p.m. ET
    Montero has put in just 7 2/3 innings in his two minor league tuneups, so don't look for him to go too deep.
    
    
    
  • Wednesday: RHP Bartolo Colon (4-0, 2.77) vs. RHP Mat Latos (0-3, 7.31), 7:10 p.m. ET

  
  
  
  [*]Ex-Mets you might meet include Lenny Harris, Marlins assistant hitting coach, and Reid Cornelius, Marlins bullpen coach. Pre- and post-game analysis comes from Jeff Conine and Preston Wilson.