Johnson homers, blows kiss to wife on Mother’s Day

MIAMI — A day after his eighth-inning catching error cost the Marlins in a loss, Chris Johnson came off the bench and delivered his first home run of the season, something that some might see as redemption for his defensive miscue the night before at Marlins Park.

Johnson’s pinch-hit solo homer in the seventh tied the game at 4 and sparked a two-run rally that gave the Marlins a one-run lead before the Phillies rallied for a 6-5 win in the final game of the three-game weekend series.

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“It was good for today, but it doesn’t make me feel any better about yesterday, that’s for sure,” Johnson said of his second career pinch-hit homer. “Just because I hit a homer, I mean, the mistake was on defense [on Saturday night]. That was a big …

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