The Marlins' sweep of Yankees was historic on the field — and in the stands
In addition to sweeping the New York Yankees by scores of 13-12 on Friday, 2-0 on Saturday and 7-3 on Sunday — marking the first time in franchise history the Marlins have swept the Yankees — the club set a franchise record for largest combined attendance for a series at loanDepot park.
The combined announced attendance for the three games: 101,545.
The Marlins saw 32,299 at the ballpark on Friday, 34,645 on Saturday and 34,601 on Sunday. Prior to this series, the Marlins only eclipsed 30,000 fans at a home game on Opening Day against the Pittsburgh Pirates when they had an announced crowd of 31,590. Beyond that, only one other home game from their first 53 at loanDepot park this season had cracked the 20,000 fans mark: June 21 against the Atlanta Braves, when there was an announced crowd of 21,198.
'The last few home series we've had, it's felt great in here,' Marlins manager Clayton McCullough said. 'The fans showed out. It's been a really fun atmosphere. Our guys have gotten a boost from that. It's been great. They've been extremely supportive. This series was a lot of fun in a number of ways with that.'
And the Marlins gave their fans something to cheer for. With the sweep, Miami improved to 55-55 on the season, getting back to .500 for the first time since April 15 and managing to climb out of a hole that was as deep as 16 games under .500.
Miami is just the fifth team in the wild card era (since the 1995 season) to get back to .500 after being at least 16 games below .500, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. They join the 2014 and 2004 Rays, 2008 Cleveland Indians and 2004 Marlins.
The Marlins enter Monday six games behind the San Diego Padres for the National League's third and final wild card spot with 52 games left on the schedule.
The Marlins' homestand continues with a three-game series against the Houston Astros that starts Monday and concludes Wednesday.
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