The Miami Marlins were only two outs away from no-hitting the Milwaukee Brewers in their 6-3 win on Friday.
The win was Miami's sixth in a row and the team is now 6-2 on the road trip with two games remaining. The no-hitter would have been the sixth in franchise history.
Miami is now .500 for the third time this year. The previous two times saw Miami lose the following day. the Marlins have not been over .500 since 2014. If Miami can reach that elusive point, it would mean a seventh straight win and another series victory.
Conley was brilliant in the victory with 7.2 no-hit innings. The lefty was taken out of the game with the no-hitter still intact due to a pitch count of 116. Not wanting to risk injury, manager Don Mattingly elected to lift Conley with one out remaining in the eighth inning. Conley finished with seven strikeouts and four walks in the win.
Urena would take over for Conley looking for four outs to complete Miami's no-hitter. Urena would get the first two outs before a soft bloop landed in right field with one out in the ninth. Urena would end up giving up three more hits as well as three runs.
With the lead down to only three, Mattingly turned to A.J. Ramos for the save with two outs in the ninth. Ramos would end the game and pick up his seventh save of the season.
Justin Bour was most of the offense for Miami in the win. The first baseman hit two home runs and also doubled. Five of Miami's runs were brought home by the slugger. Bour now has three home runs and 12 runs batted in on the season.
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This marked the first game for Miami without Dee Gordon who is serving an 80-game suspension. Derek Dietrich started at second base while Ichiro Suzuki led off. Suzuki was playing in place of Giancarlo Stanton who was given the day off. Miami also rested J.T. Realmuto and Adeiny Hechavarria. It was just a day of rest for all three players after an early-morning arrival in Milwaukee.
Suzuki made some more history with the 500th stolen base of his career. The All-Star also added two hits and is now only 55 away from 3,000 in his career.
Wei-Yin Chen will get the ball on Saturday as Miami looks for a seventh straight win.
