Conley’s 6 strong, HRs lead Marlins past Phils

PHILADELPHIA — Marcell Ozuna may have been knocked down in his collision with Giancarlo Stanton on Sunday, but the Marlins’ center fielder definitely refuses to be taken out of the lineup. Ozuna and Justin Bour each homered on Monday, and Adam Conley allowed one run in six innings as Miami defeated the Phillies, 5-3, at Citizens Bank Park.

Ozuna has hit safely in 16 games, matching a career high. Conley, who threw 94 pitches, struck out five, leading the Marlins to their third straight win. Miami is now four games over .500 (21-17) for the second time this year. They were 16-12 on May 6.

“[Ozuna] gets us on the board early with the home run, and Justin gets us one,” Marlins manager Don Mattingly said. “We get a sac fly. We kind of kept tacking runs on, but we had a chance to put a bunch up. Obviously, we had enough.”

Both teams had their chances, as the Marlins left 12 on base and were 2-for-10 with runners in scoring position. The Phillies stranded 10 and went 1-for-13 with runners in scoring position.

The Phillies threatened to get back into it in the seventh inning, and pushed across an unearned run against reliever Kyle Barraclough. Odubel Herrera started the rally with a one-out single off the right shin of Barraclough, who went down but continued after tossing some warmup pitches. With the bases loaded, Carlos Ruiz’s fielder’s choice grounder to short made it 5-2.

MOMENTS THAT MATTEREDConley back on course: Rebounding from a rough start on May 10 against the Brewers, Conley got back on track in his six-inning outing, giving up one run while striking out five. The southpaw also managed the opposition’s running game better than his previous time out, when Milwaukee stole four bases against him. In the fifth inning, with the score, 2-1, Conley went to his slide-step delivery with Herrera on first base and struck out Cesar Hernandez and Maikel Franco before getting Carlos Ruiz on a flyout to center.

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