Phillies do a number on slumping Marlins in 8-3 thrashing

It seemed fitting that on a night when the Phillies paid tribute to Roy Halladay in a pre-game ceremony, Zach Eflin was prompting flashbacks of the late pitching ace with some fine work of his own. It was Halladay who threw a perfect game against the Marlins in 2010, and Elfin was doing his best Saturday to deliver a repeat performance.

The Philadelphia right-hander retired the first 12 batters he faced.

Alas, Justin Bour’s home run to open the fifth brought a sudden end to any thought of another perfect game thrown by a Phillies pitcher against the Marlins. But Bour’s blast into the center field landscaping at Citizens Bank Park proved to be nothing more than a pinprick on an otherwise…