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Miami Marlins’ Ichiro Suzuki runs on an infield hit against the…

Marlins left-hander Adam Conley didn’t fare much better, though he did go one inning further and only allowed four runs on nine hits and a walk with seven strikeouts. The 23-year-old Floridian has not won since his debut June 20, when he scattered four hits over seven scoreless innings at Cincinnati.

Veteran Matt Garza had a rough first half of the season but had made five solid starts since the All-Star break.

Suzuki was 4 for 5 with two runs scored for his first four-hit game since July 28, 2013.

Nicolino (2-1) scattered six hits and allowed just two runs in his fourth major league start.

“I played in Tampa for three years and we drew about 7,000 a night”, Garza said when asked about the atmosphere.

The Brewers actually took a 1-0 lead in the second when Khris Davis led off with a single against Justin Nicolino, moved to third on a double by Hernan Perez and scored on an Adeiny Hechavarria error on a grounder up the middle by Shane Peterson.

“That’s the approach, I’m not an overpowering guy”, Nicolino said.

Former Brewers third baseman Casey McGehee capped the scoring with a pinch-hit RBI single in the eighth off Kyle Lohse.

Martin Prado tacked on a sacrifice fly in the fifth. With runners on first and second, Flores retired Jonathan Lucroy to maintain the three-run lead.

Before the game, it was revealed RHP David Phelps will miss the rest of the season because of a broken bone in his pitching arm. “I’m not going to punch out many people”.

Cravy will be making his fifth start for Milwaukee and will face the Marlins for the first time. Ryan Braun went 2-for-3 with an RBI as Milwaukee had both its three-game overall winning streak and four-game run at home snapped. The streaky Brewers are trying to avoid having a third straight series end in a sweep after dropping three at the Chicago Cubs and taking three from visiting Philadelphia in their last two sets.

Miami Marlins’ Derek Dietrich can’t catch a double by Milwaukee Brewers’ Jason Rogers during the fourth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, August 18, 2015, in Milwaukee.