Early mistakes change Hellickson’s fortunes vs. Fish

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MIAMI — Phillies starter Jeremy Hellickson had pretty much owned the Marlins’ lineup until a 6-0 loss in Wednesday night’s series finale at Marlins Park.

Hellickson was 2-0 with a 2.13 ERA over four starts against Miami this season. He had allowed just 19 hits and six runs over 25 1/3 innings while striking out 17.

But Wednesday was a different story. Hellickson gave up nine hits over six innings, allowing four runs (three earned). He struck out just one.

The Marlins managed to salvage one of the three games in the series, scoring a run in each of the first two innings to put the pressure on a Phillies team struggling to score.

In the first, Hellickson gave up a one-out triple to Ichiro Suzuki, who scored …

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