Miami Marlins at Cincinnati Reds

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Miami Marlins

41-48, 21-21 Away

Final
5 - 1

Cincinnati Reds

46-45, 24-20 Home

Junk and Ramírez lead surging Marlins to 5-1 win over Reds

Adorable dog steals the show at Reds game

Spencer Steer had a leadoff single in the fifth for the lone hit off Junk, who made his fourth straight start after five appearances in long relief.

Lake Bachar retired eight batters in relief before exiting with two on in the ninth. Anthony Bender struck out Austin Hays on three pitches to earn his second save.

Junk (3-1) had gone 89 innings without issuing a walk dating to last season — the second-longest stretch in the majors — until Hays drew one leading off the second. Hays went to second on a passed ball and third on a wild pitch before Gavin Lux drew a second consecutive free pass.

Tyler Stephenson’s sacrifice fly scored Hays for an unearned run and a 1-0 Reds lead without a hit.

Xavier Edwards doubled off Cincinnati starter Brady Singer with one out in the fifth and scored on Ramírez's double tie it. Liam Hicks singled in Ramírez to give Miami a 2-1 lead.

Singer (7-7) allowed two runs in five innings. He beat the Marlins 5-2 in Miami earlier this season.

Derek Hill drove in a run with a groundout and Javier Sanoja had a sacrifice fly for a 4-1 Marlins lead in the sixth.

Ramírez hit a 420-foot shot to left field off Lyon Richardson to make it 5-1 in the seventh. It was the 14th homer this season for the rookie catcher.

Miami has won 11 of 14, while Cincinnati has lost seven of 11.

The first pitch was delayed an hour by rain.

Key moment Junk retired nine in a row after the two walks until Steer's single and then eight straight after that.

Key stat Cincinnati has won 24 of 38 matchups with the Marlins since 2019 and leads the all-time series 135-105.

Up next Marlins RHP Eury Pérez (1-2, 4.50 ERA) starts Tuesday opposite Reds RHP Nick Martinez (6-8, 4.20).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Hays struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	De La Cruz to second on fielder's indifference.
	9th Inning	Bender relieved Bachar
	9th Inning	De La Cruz singled to right, Friedl to third.
	9th Inning	McLain struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Friedl grounded into fielder's choice to second, Marte out at second.

Statistics

MIA		CIN
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
2	Hit By Pitch	0
9	Ground Balls	10
7	Strikeouts	7
4	Runs Batted In	1
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
10	Hits	3
1	Stolen Bases	0
1	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
5	Runs	1
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
1	Sacrifice Flies	1
36	At Bats	28
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
13	Runners Left On Base	9
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	0
21	Fly Balls	12
0	Caught Stealing	0
157	Pitches	124
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
16	Total Bases	3
40	Plate Appearances	31
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
4	Extra Base Hits	0
5.3	Runs Created	-0.7
.278	Batting Average	.107
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.444	Slugging Percentage	.107
.222	Secondary Average	.071
.325	On Base Percentage	.161
.769	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.268
0.4	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
5.1	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	-0.7
38.0	Batter Rating	7.0
36.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.93	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.00
.167	Isolated Power	.000
0.14	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.29
.025	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.065
-.056	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.036
9.0	Runs Produced	2.0
0.8	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.2
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.1
87.0	MLB Rating	59.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0