MIAMI — The Miami Marlins on Tuesday introduced a new fan section at loanDepot park called the “Jazz Band.” It’s an homage to Jazz Chisholm Jr., their burgeoning star center fielder who is on the cover of MLB The Show and could be a potential face of baseball long-term should he reach his potential. The group, small but rowdy in right-center field, regularly cheered for Chisholm while he was in the field, including the occasional “MVP” chants.
He showed off some of that potential — and gave the select few who sat in the section a couple highlight plays — in the Marlins’ 4-2, series-clinching win over the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday. Miami has now won seven of its past nine games.
First, Chisholm hit a go-ahead three-run home run in the fourth inning, sending a near middle-middle Jakob Junis change-up 391 feet to right field to give the Marlins (10-8) their first lead of the game. It was Chisholm’s third home run of the season. He now has at least one hit in nine of his past 11 games.
