Miami Marlins at Cincinnati Reds

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Miami Marlins

32-62, 14-31 Away

Final
4 - 7

Cincinnati Reds

46-49, 24-27 Home

Rookie Rece Hinds hits 1st career grand slam as Reds roll to a 7-4 win over the Marlins

Reds starter Carson Spiers (3-2) struck out eight of the first 10 Marlins he faced and finished with a career-high nine in the opener of the final series before the All-Star break. Spiers allowed three runs and six hits through five innings.

“A lot of luck and a lot of good pitches, I guess,” Spiers said of his string of strikeouts.

The Reds, who took three of four from the Colorado Rockies this week, did their damage in the first three innings off Miami starter Yonny Chirinos (0-1).

India hit one out to center field, his first lead-off homer since May 7, 2023, and Candelario's shot went out to right, his 15th of the season.

Will Benson hit a two-out RBI double in the second, and Hinds hit a bases-loaded shot into the first row of seats in center field in the third inning, his third homer in his first five games in the majors. He set a major league record earlier this week with five extra-base hits in his first two games.

“It's unheard of, really,” Reds manager David Bell said.

“I got a pitch over the heart of the plate with runners on base," the 23-year-old Hinds said of his round-tripper. "I wanted to drive in runs. I got the pitch. I’m always ready for the heater.”

Chirinos gave up seven runs and eight hits over 5 2/3 innings, striking out one and walking four.

“A lot of pitches middle of the belt, waist-high, thigh-high, and not a ton of swing-and-miss,” Marlins manager Skip Schumaker said. “When you don't have a ton of swing-and-miss, you have to have elite command or be on the ground a lot, and unfortunately, he was neither one of those.”

Jesús Sánchez hit a one-out, three-run homer for the Marlins in the fourth off Spiers. Vidal Bruján got his first career RBI with a two-out single in the ninth off Alexis Diaz.

Reds All-Star shortstop Elly De La Cruz stole his major league-leading 46th base after singling in the sixth inning, and ranged way to his left to make a great play on a grounder by Xavier Edwards and throw to first to end the game.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Marlins: Sent SS Otto Lopez (back) on a rehab assignment to Triple-A Jacksonville.

Reds: Manager David Bell reported INF Christian Encarnacion-Strand had surgery on his fractured right hand. He likely will not return this season. ... RHP Graham Ashcraft (elbow strain) will be out until September, if he's able to come back at all, Bell said.

Reds lefty Nick Lodolo (8-3, 3.30 ERA) will be on the mound facing Marlins lefty Trevor Rogers (1-9, 4.82) as the series continues Saturday afternoon.

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Matchup Prediction

Reds: 67.7%

Marlins: 32.3%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Edwards grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Chisholm Jr. walked.
	9th Inning	A. Sánchez to second on wild pitch by Díaz.
	9th Inning	A. Sánchez singled to left, Gordon scored.
	9th Inning	Bruján flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Gordon doubled to right.

Statistics

MIA		CIN
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
12	Ground Balls	13
11	Strikeouts	3
4	Runs Batted In	7
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
11	Hits	11
0	Stolen Bases	1
1	Walks	5
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	7
2	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
37	At Bats	34
1	Home Runs	3
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	1
17	Runners Left On Base	14
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	1
2	Doubles	2
14	Fly Balls	18
0	Caught Stealing	0
149	Pitches	123
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
16	Total Bases	22
38	Plate Appearances	40
162.0	Projected Home Runs	486.0
3	Extra Base Hits	5
4.2	Runs Created	9.2
.297	Batting Average	.324
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.432	Slugging Percentage	.647
.162	Secondary Average	.500
.316	On Base Percentage	.425
.748	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	1.072
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.7
4.1	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	10.8
34.0	Batter Rating	53.0
37.0	At Bats Per Home Run	11.3
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.92	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.08
.135	Isolated Power	.324
0.09	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.67
.026	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.125
-.135	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.176
8.0	Runs Produced	14.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.7
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.3
85.0	MLB Rating	101.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0