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PHILADELPHIA -- Tom Koehler pitched eight strong innings, Ichiro Suzuki moved within four hits of reaching 3,000 for his major league career and the Miami Marlins pounded out 16 hits in a 9-3 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Thursday night.Christian Yelich homered for the Marlins, who won three of four over the Phillies to cap a seven-game road trip 5-2. Miami moved 1 1/2 games ahead of the idle Mets for the second wild-card spot in the National League. The Marlins return to Miami for an important 10-game homestand that begins on Friday night against the Mets.Ryan Howard and Freddy Galvis homered for Philadelphia, which has dropped four of five.Suzuki hit an infield single in the third and a solid single to right-center in the eighth to bring his major league total to 2,996. He is vying to become the 30th player all-time to reach 3,000 hits.In addition to his career total hits in MLB, Suzuki had 1,278 hits in nine seasons in his native Japan.Koehler (7-8) rebounded from a monthlong slump with arguably his best outing of the season. He gave up two hits, striking out five and walking one, and only one of his three runs allowed was earned. The right-hander had been 0-2 with a 7.36 ERA in his past five outings and hadnt gone more than five innings in any of his previous four starts.The Marlins gave Koehler a big lead in the fourth.Miami battered Jerad Eickhoff (6-11) for four runs on four hits -- all extra-base -- to take a 4-0 lead.Yelich led off with an opposite-field shot, tying his career high with his ninth homer of the season. RBI doubles by Chris Johnson and Adeiny Hechavarria and Jeff Mathis groundout also plated runs in the frame.The Phillies got a pair of runs back in the bottom of the frame on Howards two-out homer that broke up Koehlers no-hit bid. The opposite-field shot gave Howard 14 for the season and 371 for his career, moving him out of a tie with Gil Hodges for 77th all-time.The Marlins got those runs back in the top of the fifth. Singles by Martin Prado and Yelich to start the frame put runners on first and third. Prado scored on Eickhoffs wild pitch and Yelich reached when shortstop Freddy Galvis threw the ball away trying to get Yelich out at third on Derek Dietrichs infield single.Eickhoff had one of his worst outings of the season, matching season worsts for innings pitched and hits allowed. He gave up six runs -- five earned -- on nine hits in five innings with six strikeouts and no walks.Miami added three runs on five hits in the eighth off Daniel Stumpf. Marcell Ozuna had a two-run single and Koehler recorded his second RBI of the season with a single. Koehler is batting .097 with three hits in 31 at-bats.TRAINERS ROOMPhillies: OF Aaron Altherr had his rehab assignment moved to Double-A Reading on Thursday. Altherr has been out all year after injuring his wrist in spring training.UP NEXTMarlins: Marlins LHP Adam Conley (6-5, 3.61) faces Mets RHP Logan Verrett (3-6, 4.21) to start a three-game series on Friday night in Miami.Phillies: RHP?Zach Eflin?(2-3, 4.14) takes the hill for Philadelphia to open a 10-game road trip against Pittsburghs Gerrit Cole (5-5, 3.11) on Friday night.Information from the Associated Press was used in this report.? Willie Cauley-Stein Jersey . Anthony Davis had 31 points and 17 rebounds in his seventh straight game with more than 20 points, but that was only enough to keep the Pelicans competitive into the final minutes. Andrew Bogut had 10 points and 15 rebounds for Golden State, which rebounded from a loss a night earlier in Oklahoma City and snapped a two-game skid. Golden State Warriors Gear . -- The boos poured down on Tom Brady and the New England Patriots at the end of a horrible first half. https://www.cheapwarriors.com/1509o-klay-thompson-jersey-warriors.html . - Derek Wolfe says hes finally healthy after suffering a seizure in November that doctors now believe was related to the spinal cord injury he suffered in the preseason. Joe Fulks Jersey . The 20-year-old Pelicans big man glanced up and smiled widely at the well-wishers -- a fitting end to a day he wont soon forget. Davis responded to his selection earlier in the day as a Western Conference All-Star with 26 points and 10 rebounds, and the New Orleans Pelicans overcame a 10-point fourth-quarter deficit to defeat the Minnesota Timberwolves 98-91 on Friday night. Antawn Jamison Jersey . The 26-year-old Ireland striker, who has four goals this season, has signed a three-and-a-half year contract with his new club. LOS ANGELES -- There is little time for the weary Los Angeles Clippers to rest.Before they embark on a six-game road trip, the Clippers host the Toronto Raptors on Monday night.The Clippers (12-2), who hold the NBAs best record and have captured wins in nine of their past 10 games, own a 6-0 mark away from Staples Center. They are 6-2 at home.Los Angeles begins an 11-day journey Wednesday at Dallas. The Clippers also visit the Detroit Pistons, Indiana Pacers, Brooklyn Nets, Cleveland Cavaliers and New Orleans Hornets before returning home for a Dec. 4 date against the Pacers.Despite their unbeaten run on the road, it is taking a bit of a toll.It just catches up to you at times, said reserve guard Jamal Crawford, according to the Los Angeles Times. At times when you see some slippage, you kind of know where its coming from. Sometimes its practice and sometimes its just the fatigue. Its a lot of games. I think we played like 13 games in like 20, 21 days. Thats a lot. Thats crazy. We will be going six weeks without back-to-back days off.First, the Clippers face a Raptors squad that will be playing its second game in as many nights.Toronto, which is in the midst of a five-game swing, is 4-2 on the road. The Raptors (8-5) dropped a 102-99 decision to the Kings on Sunday night in Sacramento in a controversial finish when a score-tying shot by Terrence Ross was waved off by the officials after a review.The refs ruled that a tip on the preceding inbounds pass should have started the clock sooner.I knew I had at least two seconds, Ross said. I knew I could take a dribble and stiill get it off.dddddddddddd I dont know how a tipped ball can amount for a five- or six-tenths of a second. ... Nothing can justify it. Its just a bad call.Kyle Lowry led the Raptors with 25 points and six assists in a losing effort. Jonas Valanciunas added 23 points and 14 rebounds.Toronto is the NBAs eighth-best club on offense, averaging 107.5 points and giving up 104.3 (16th). DeMar DeRozan, who is off to an outstanding start, averaging 33 points per game before Sunday, was held to a season-low 12 points against the Kings.It was the first time all season DeRozan, a Los Angeles native, failed to score at least 23 points in a game. In 10 of the teams 13 games, DeRozan delivered at least 30 points.The Raptors swept last seasons two meetings, posting double-digit wins in both contests.Los Angeles is coming off a 102-95 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Saturday. The Clippers rallied from a 19-point first-half deficit behind the play of Blake Griffin, who finished with 29 points, including a highlight-reel dunk over Robin Lopez, and 13 rebounds.Griffin is the Clippers leading scorer at 21.6 points per game. Chris Paul is averaging 17.9 points and a league-high three steals a game.Defense remains the Clippers strength so far. They are second in the NBA behind the Utah Jazz in points allowed at 95.4 per game. With their offense producing 109.1 points (tied for third), the Clippers differential of plus-13.7 points per game is tops in the league. ' ' '