Marlins place Conley on DL with hand injury

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MIAMI — An already short-handed Marlins rotation lost another arm for the time being, as left-hander Adam Conley landed on the disabled list Sunday with a sore left hand, the team announced before their 5-4 win over the White Sox.

Conley said he’s been dealing with the sore hand his last three starts, ever since banging it on the top of the dugout at Wrigley Field in early August. He allowed five runs in four innings to the White Sox in Chicago’s 8-7 win Saturday.

“They’ve got the dugouts that you can barely stand up in,” Marlins manager Don Mattingly said. “So that’s just kind of gotten sore in that inflammation.”

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The club announced Conley has tendinitis in his left middle finger, which has hindered his grip and hurt his velocity. The 26-year-old owns a 9.00 ERA over his last three outings.

“We’ve been trying to figure out a way to skip him to get [Conley] a breather,” Mattingly said. “We’ve felt like he’s been dragging a little bit. I know he wouldn’t …

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