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• Tuesday's AFL/winter ball notes: Making their Arizona Fall League debuts, SS Nasim Nuñez went 0-for-2 with two walks a stolen base, while C Paul McIntosh went 1-for-4 with a walk and caught a shutout.

• Inefficient start for Jesús Luzardo in Game 1 (4.0 IP, 8 H, 3 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, 90 pitches/54 strikes). Although he didn't issue any walks or hit-by-pitches, control was an issue—too many non-competitive balls in the dirt. In relief of Luzardo, A.J. Puk, George Soriano, Huascar Brazoban and Steven Okert each made their postseason debuts, going one inning apiece.

• The bigger issue for the Marlins was their lack of production against Zack Wheeler. No runners in scoring position until the seventh inning! The only run they pushed across was manufactured with the help of two infield singles.

• Josh Bell was a bright spot in the loss. All four of his plate appearances ended in batted balls with exit velocities north of 100 miles per hour.

• Elsewhere around the majors, Pablo López (5.2 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K) came up huge for the Twins to snap their 18-game postseason losing streak. The Rays committed four errors and drew fewer than 20,000 fans in a shutout loss to the Rangers. Six Diamondbacks relievers combined for 6 ⅓ scoreless innings in a comeback win over the favored Brewers.

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• The Marlins, Rays, Blue Jays and Brewers face elimination today. Every member of the Marlins bullpen should be available if needed. Tanner Scott, Andrew Nardi and David Robertson have each had three days' rest since their last appearances. FanGraphs gives them a 47.0% chance to win Game 2.

• In case you missed it, here are the rosters being used by the Marlins and Phillies in this series. Per our own Isaac Azout, Bryan Hoeing is expected to be added to the roster if Miami advances to the NLDS.

• ESPN's Xuan Thai reports on Kim Ng's journey to becoming a general manager with insight from many of the people who've worked for her along the way.

• On this day 20 years ago, Jeff Conine and Pudge Rodriguez connected on a dramatic play at home plate to record the final out of the NLDS.

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