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CINCINNATI -- The Miami Marlins were missing slugger Giancarlo Stanton, and the Cincinnati Reds still had trouble keeping them in the ballpark.Chris Johnson drove in two runs with a homer and a double, former reliever David Phelps pitched into the sixth inning in his third start of the season and the Marlins opened the four-game series with a 6-3 victory Monday night.Marcell Ozuna also homered and Dee Gordon beat Joey Vottos high toss to pitcher Blake Wood covering first base for a bases-loaded, two-run infield single for Miami, which has won two straight games after a three-game losing streak. Both wins have come since Stanton was lost on Saturday for what is expected to be at least six weeks with a groin injury.They took advantage of some elevation pitches, Reds manager Bryan Price said. I bet they are tickled to death to be hitting here instead of their own ballpark.The Marlins went into Monday one-half game behind St. Louis for the National Leagues second wild-card slot.Phelps (6-6) struck out a season-high eight -- one short of matching his career high -- while allowing two runs in 5 1/3 innings. He gave up four hits with one walk.Scott Schebler drove in two of Cincinnatis runs with a homer and a bases-loaded walk. His solo homer in the second snapped an 0-for-28 slump.Gordon led off the game with a double to right and scored on Martin Prados single on the 12th pitch of his at-bat against Brandon Finnegan. Johnson snapped a 1-1 tie with his solo home run into the visitors bullpen in right, his fifth of the season and first since July 20.Ozuna stretched the lead with a homer to lead off the sixth, his 20th of the season and first since July 30.Finnegan (7-9), 2-0 in his last three starts and 4-1 over his last six, allowed seven hits and four runs with three walks and three strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings.I made a lot of good pitches today, Finnegan said. I had bad luck on two routine fly balls that carried out. Ive been going deep into games all year. There were just a few games that I didnt.The Marlins added two insurance runs in the eighth on Gordons bases-loaded chopper. Aden Hechavarria scored all the way from second on the play.We got into a bind in that inning, Price said. We had a bang-bang play at first and they had some speed on the bases.Fernando Rodney pitched the ninth for his 21st save.REED REGROUPING: The Reds optioned winless LHP Cody Reed to Triple-A Louisville before Tuesdays game. Reed allowed six runs in Cincinnatis 7-3 loss at Milwaukee on Sunday before being pulled in the second inning. He is 0-7 with a 7.36 ERA in 10 starts.EARLY NIGHT: Miami manager Don Mattingly was ejected in the bottom of the third inning by plate umpire Bill Welke after complaining to the third base umpire about a ruling that Tucker Barnhart didnt swing at a pitch. The ejection was Mattinglys third of the season.HITLESS IN CINCY: Ichiro Suzuki went 0 for 4 on Monday to fall to 0 for 7 in his career at Great American Ball Park, the only existing stadium in which hes failed to record a hit.TRAINING ROOMMarlins: RHP A.J. Ramos threw on Monday for the first time since going on the DL on Aug. 6 with a fractured finger on his right hand. 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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Robson Conceicao couldnt step up onto a medal podium without thinking about where his climb began.His mind is never far from his impoverished neighborhood, where he discovered and honed a boxing talent that finally lifted him all the way into Brazilian sports history.The lightweight won Brazils first Olympic boxing gold medal on Tuesday night, delighting a frenzied home audience with a unanimous decision over Frances Sofiane Oumiha.Its amazing that my life has changed forever, Conceicao said.The largest boxing crowd of the Olympics filled the arena with songs, cheers and foot-stomping craziness for Conceicao, who found his path out of poverty through the boxing rings of the state of Bahia, the sports biggest hotbed in Brazil.It was an incredible feeling to represent the whole of Brazil and also Bahia, said Conceicao, who stood atop the podium with his arms raised, basking in cheers. I continued to fight because of them. They gave me the strength when I was fighting, so it was an incredible feeling. Its because of them that I got this medal.Conceicao is an appropriate trailblazer in a sport without a rabid passion or fan base in Brazil. Conceicao fights aggressively but with a Cuban-style skill base and an elusive fluidity that contains hints of capoeira, samba and the clever style of Anderson Silva -- Brazils greatest mixed martial artist.Even if they dont follow boxing, everybody in Brazil recognizes something in his style, Conceicao suggested earlier in the tournament. And now theyll all understand the gold around his neck.The 27-year-old three-time Olympian reached the peak of his skills just in time for his home games, storming through his bracket as the third seed and winning gold.He credits his abilities to Bahia, where athletic Cuban fighting styles are often taught by imported Cuban coaches.Bahia has got the strongest reputation for boxing in the whole of Brazil, he said. Thats only because theres a lot of poverty. A lott of kids are encouraged to box to get out, to escape.ddddddddddddBrazil had won one silver and three bronze medals in its modest Olympic boxing history, and Conceicao proved he deserved his gold with a strong performance against Oumiha.Conceicaos elusiveness, aggressiveness and creative punching kept Oumiha frustrated and hurt for the first two rounds, and a solid third was too late for the Frenchman.Conceicao collapsed to his knees when the decision was announced. He then jumped against the turnbuckle and onto the ropes, waving his adoration at the singing, roaring crowd. He eventually climbed out of the ring to kiss his young daughter, Sofia, and his wife, Erika Mattos, who is also a boxer.Conceicao claimed Brazils third gold medal of its home Games, joining mens pole vault champion Thiago Braz da Silva and womens judo lightweight Rafaela Silva.Unlike most of his Brazilian boxing teammates, Conceicao is a tested veteran and a serious contender for the top honors in their sport. Along with his Olympic experience in Beijing and London, he finished second at the 2013 world championships and third in 2015.After receiving an opening bye in Rio, Conceicao advanced to the gold-medal match with a quarterfinal win over Uzbekistans Hurshid Tojibaev and a cathartic semifinal victory over Cubas Lazaro Alvarez, a three-time world champion and two-time Olympic bronze medalist.Although Conceicao clearly won his final bout, home teams have received a boxing bump in the previous two Olympics.China won its first two boxing gold medals among its Olympics-leading four total medals from the Beijing tournament in 2008. Britain led the London Olympics with three gold medals and finished second with five total medals.Brazil has just one fighter left in Rio: middleweight Andreia Bandeira, who fights Chinas Li Quan for a medal on Wednesday. ' ' '