"I thought we had the double play. I was pretty excited about that," Marlins reliever David Phelps said. "I've just got to make a better pitch to Markakis. I got him in a place I could either put him away or get some weak contact."
Markakis, who had hit .119 over his previous 19 games, also notched a single during the two-run fifth inning constructed against an erratic Adam Conley, who managed to allow just two runs despite hitting three batters and surrendering eight hits over 4 1/3 innings.