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- Updated: May 8, 2016
MIAMI — Anything can happen when you put the ball in play. The Phillies found that out in the eighth inning on Saturday on Maikel Franco’s routine grounder to third that should have resulted in an inning-ending double play. But first baseman Chris Johnson, who switched from third to first in the inning, dropped the ball, allowing the decisive run to score in Philadelphia’s 4-3 comeback win over the Marlins at Marlins Park.
Odubel Herrera and Cesar Hernandez each slapped RBI singles to pull the Phillies even in the eighth. Herrera eventually scored the go-ahead run on Franco’s grounder. Miami had its four-game winning streak snapped, and the Phillies won for the first time in four games.
• Johnson’s error caps 8th inning
“I just dropped it,” Johnson said. “I didn’t go look at it. I don’t need to go look at it. Just messed up. Lost the game for us.”
The Marlins, behind Tom Koehler’s strong, seven-innings start, led 3-1 heading into the eighth. Marcell Ozuna and Justin Bour each homered, and Ozuna added an RBI single off Phillies right-hander Jeremy Hellickson.
• Hellickson burned by HRs again in no-decision
Miami used.three relievers in the eighth. Kyle Barraclough, who hadn’t allowed a run in 10 2/3 innings, was charged with two runs on Herrera’s and Hernandez’s singles off Craig Breslow. Bryan Morris got the groundball he was looking for, but the error by Johnson capped a three-run Phillies frame.
“That was a break,” Phillies manager Pete Mackanin said. “But it’s good to get a win, especially against these guys. They’ve got a real good team, and that’s the best I’ve seen Koehler. They say most close games are lost by one team, not necessarily won by the other. I think it was a little of both, but that really helped us.”
MOMENTS THAT MATTEREDKoehler Ks 8 in 7 IP: A quality start, and then some, was much-needed from a Marlins starter. During their winning stretch, they still had trouble getting their starters through seven …
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