Marlins club three HRs to rally past Reds, 5-4


Miami Marlins first baseman Josh Bell (9) greets Miami Marlins quality assurance coach Griffin Benedict (81) after hitting a solo home run in the fourth inning of the MLB baseball game between Cincinnati Reds and Miami Marlins at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati on Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023.

Miami Marlins first baseman Josh Bell (9) greets Miami Marlins high quality assurance coach Griffin Benedict (81) after hitting a solo house run within the fourth inning of the MLB baseball sport between Cincinnati Reds and Miami Marlins at Nice American Ball Park in Cincinnati on Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023.
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Bryan De La Cruz’s go-ahead house run within the ninth and Josh Bell’s two homers helped the Miami Marlins claw again for a 5-4 win over the host Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday, clinching the three-game sequence

With Jon Berti and Luis Arraez on base, Bell pulled the sport again for the Marlins within the high of the eighth. He launched his 14th house run of the season — second of the sport — off Reds left-hander Sam Moll to knot the sport at 4-4

De La Cruz then acquired his second hit all sequence, hitting the ball simply 352 toes to proper discipline off Reds‘ right-hander Alexis Diaz (3-4) to offer the Marlins the decisive one-run lead

The Marlins at the moment are 26-10 in one-run video games this season, good for essentially the most within the majors

Tanner Scott (6-4) earned the win for the Marlins after he, A.J Puk and David Robertson closed out the ultimate three innings for the Marlins, giving up a mixed two hits. Robertson added a strikeout and acquired his seventeenth save of the season

Christian Encarnacion-Strand led the way in which for the Reds, accounting for 3 of their 4 runs, together with a two-run homer to offer them a lead within the fourth

The Reds dropped one other key sport and have now misplaced 11 of their final 16 video games. They led 4-1 after seven innings

Reds starter Graham Ashcraft was dominant, permitting only one run on three hits and fanning seven in seven innings

Johnny Cueto acquired the beginning for the Marlins and commenced sturdy earlier than permitting two house runs within the fourth inning. He allowed three runs on 5 hits in 5 innings

Bell opened the scoring along with his first homer of the day, a solo shot within the high of the fourth

The Reds answered again within the house half of the fourth when Spencer Steer and Encarnacion-Strand hit homers. Encarnacion-Strand’s two-run homer was his second of the sequence

Encarnacion-Strand would chip in one other run within the sixth by hitting an RBI single up the center

House plate umpire Invoice Miller ejected each Jorge Soler and Marlins supervisor Skip Schumaker for arguing balls and strikes within the high of the eighth, two batters earlier than Bell’s heroics

–Area Stage Medi