Marcell Ozuna home run lands on top of foul pole

The Phillies scored two runs within the prime of the eighth, sparked by Darnell Sweeney’s solo homer that tied the rating.

Starter Adam Conley turned in a quality start, but was outdueled by another rookie in the Marlins’ 2-0 defeat at the hands of the Phillies.

Nola (4-1) allowed three hits, walked two and struck out six. He allowed two runs over 6 2-3 innings in a win at Milwaukee on August 17 in his previous outing.

A home run like that would have to instantly win you a home run derby, right? “Nico pitched a tremendous ball game”. Marlins LF Christian Yelich (bruised right knee) still can’t run full speed. Sweeney, 24, has a lot to offer the Phillies, hitting from both sides of the plate, providing speed – he was leading the Triple-A Pacific Coast League with 32 steals at the time of his trade – and playing second base, shortstop, third base and the outfield. The Phillies could infuse more youth into the starting staff before long: General manager Ruben Amaro Jr. said the club could move to a six-man rotation at some point in the next month.

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“I thought he did a nice job for a kid who has just gotten his opportunity”. Bryan Morris relieved McGough and got Jeff Francoeur to fly out to end the inning with two runners in scoring position. Ozuna now has six home runs on the season, perhaps none more impressive than this one.

“I want to play every day, but Pete’s the manager and he’s got to do what he’s got to do”. Conley has made four starts and four relief appearances for the Marlins this year, holding a 4.88 ERA with a 1.45 WHIP and a 21/10 K/BB ratio over 27 2/3 innings. He ended the game with four walks and even escaped a bases-loaded jam in the fourth to keep the Marlins within striking distance.

Prado hit a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the eighth scoring Ichiro Suzuki, who tripled off the wall, to push the lead to 9-6. For a frame of reference, Cole Hamels didn’t register his first shutout until his 60th career start.

Marlins: RF Stanton (left hand) is still in the rehab process with hopes of returning sometime in September.

With the loss, Miami only has a one-game advantage over Philadelphia in the National League East. The Marlins’ 50-73 record is also one of the worst overall in Major League Baseball. He was hitting. 448 in his prior seven versus Philadelphia. He has been able to do two straight days, but he still has pain and was unable to hit on Wednesday, which started over the process. He lost his first game 1-0 but is 3-0 since then.

Righthander John Richy, the other player who came back in the Utley trade, was 10-5 with a 4.20 ERA in 22 games (18 starts) at Class A Rancho Cucamonga and was rated 23rd in the same dodgersdigest.com rankings.