Marlins outfielder Marcell Ozuna was given a day off Thursday to clear his head and try to fix his swing, and extra work in the batting cages appeared to do just that.
Ozuna entered the game as a pinch-hitter in the eighth and delivered a two-run single to put the Marlins up for good, in a 2-1 win. It was Ozuna's first RBI in nine games.
"I said, 'Let me do the thing I did in the BP, get that contact,'" Ozuna told the Palm Beach Post. "I broke my slump. I got to come back now to .300."
He was hitting .324 before a 1-for-24 slide. He's hitting .287 with a .728 OPS and 19 RBI in 174 at-bats.