. -- Quinton Flowers passed for two touchdowns and ran for three more and

PHILADELPHIA -- Philadelphia Phillies manager Pete Mackanin still isnt sure why reliable reliever Hector Neris didnt throw his best pitch in a big spot.With the Phillies leading by two runs in the eighth and closing in on a three game-sweep of the Miami Marlins, Neris allowed a two-run homer to Christian Yelich and a go-ahead infield single to J.T. Realmuto as the Marlins rallied for a 5-4 victory Sunday.Neris has been our best guy in the eighth inning, Mackanin said. Hes been fantastic all year. I just wish he would have gone to the splitter.Derek Dietrich reached base three times and added an RBI for the Marlins, who avoided falling further back in the NL wild-card race.Reliever Mike Dunn improved to 4-1 and A.J. Ramos pitched a scoreless ninth for his 37th save.After Yelich hit a two-run homer off the left-field foul pole, Miamis rally continued when Marcell Ozuna reached second as Cesar Hernandez and Tommy Joseph collided trying to catch a routine pop up. After moving to third on a groundout, Ozuna came home when Realmuto, who entered the game the previous inning, hit a sharp grounder down the line that third baseman Maikel Franco fielded cleanly but threw wide.This is how we play, Yelich said. We play hard all the time. If you play hard, you can live with the results.Freddy Galvis and Odubel Herrera both homered for the Phillies. Tommy Joseph, who hit his 20th home run of the season the previous night, added a pair of hits, including an RBI single in the first. Galvis followed with another RBI single two batters later against struggling Miami starter Andrew Cashner.Herrera added his 14th home run of the year to lead off the third, extending Philadelphias lead to 3-0. Hes now 12 for 23 in his last six games.Galvis hit another solo blast in the sixth, his 20th homer. He finished with three hits and also made a spectacular defensive play in the third.We let it slip away, Mackanin said. We should have won that game.Marlins second baseman Dee Gordon extended his hitting streak to 10 games with an RBI single in the fifth, breaking up Alec Ashers shutout bid. Dietrich followed with an RBI single to chase Asher before reliever Joely Rodriguez induced an inning-ending double play to preserve the Phillies 3-2 lead.Making his third start of the season after serving an 80-game suspension for PEDs, Asher allowed six hits and two earned runs while striking out four and walking zero.I think it went well, Asher said. I executed a lot of pitches. The hits they got, I felt were soft singles. They find holes and theres nothing you can do about it.TIME TO LEAVEMarlins third baseman Martin Prado was ejected after striking out to end the third, throwing his helmet against the ground in disgust and arguing with home plate umpire Dale Scott. Ichiro Suzuki replaced him.MENTAL MISTAKEMackanin was disappointed to see Hernandez collide with Joseph on the eighth-inning error that led to Miamis go-ahead run.If Cesar is going to make an attempt to catch it, hes got to call it, the Phillies manager said. He never said a word. That was a mental mistake on his part.SIGN HIM UPSome of the biggest cheers of the game came in the bottom of the second when a Phillies fan sitting along the right-field line caught a sharp line drive off the bat of Aaron Altherr -- with one hand.TRAINERS ROOMMarlins: Giancarlo Stanton was held out of the starting lineup for a second straight day after making his first start in the field on Friday following a three-week stint on the disabled list (left groin strain). He pinch hit in the seventh inning and struck out.Phillies: Veteran slugger Ryan Howard missed his second straight game with knee soreness. 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Marlon Mack added 107 yards rushing and a score on 16 carries and had six receptions for 75 yards.Flowers scored on touchdown runs of 54 and 8 yards to help the Bulls take a 14-3 lead into halftiime, but Arkeel Newsome scored on a 70-yard catch and run and a 4-yard carry just 63 seconds apart to give UConn (3-4, 1-3) a 17-14 advantage with 12:38 left in the third quarter.ddddddddddddut Flowers added an 8-yard touchdown run about seven minutes later and USF led the rest of the way.Bryant Sherriffs passed for 306 yards and two touchdowns, and Noel Thomas had 12 receptions for 127 yards, to lead the Huskies. ' ' '