Conley ‘at peace’ with Mattingly’s call in near no-no

MILWAUKEE — Had Adam Conley worked a quick eighth inning, Don Mattingly would have considered sending the young left-hander back out to try to complete a no-hitter Friday night.

But to Mattingly, the decision to remove Conley became easy when it took the 25-year-old 16 pitches to get the first two outs of the eighth of the Marlins’ 6-3 win over the Brewers.

As a chorus of boos rained down at Miller Park as he walked to the mound, the Marlins’ skipper pulled Conley four outs shy of a no-hitter at 116 pitches.

“It was easy right there,” Mattingly said. “I knew he couldn’t finish. We weren’t going to let him finish. That was really easy, actually. If he had an easy inning there, an eight- or nine-pitch inning, we probably would think about it. But when he gets to that point, you know he’s not going to be able to finish the game.

“This kid has a chance to be really special, so there’s no way, at this point in the season, that we’re going to let him go to 130.”

Entering the eighth at 100 pitches, Conley needed five pitches to strike out Ramon Flores before issuing a five-pitch walk to Colin Walsh.

Conley then got Hernan Perez to fly out to center fielder Marcell Ozuna on the fourth pitch of his at-bat.

“I knew coming into the eighth I was already at 100 [pitches],” Conley said. “I was really, really happy that he let me go out for the eighth. I felt good. I was starting to get fatigued a little bit. I started having to work a lot harder to get the ball to come out the same. I’m happy I went out there for the eighth.”

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