Marlins 8, Reds 1
MIAMI -- Justin Bour had three hits and three RBIs to lead the Miami Marlins past the Cincinnati Reds 8-1 on Sunday afternoon at Marlins Park.
The Marlins (38-51) took three out of four in their series against the Reds, scoring a total of 22 runs in the last two games.
Cincinnati (39-47) closed the first half of the season in disappointing fashion, losing six of their final nine games.
Marlins starter Dan Haren (7-5) earned the win, allowing five hits, three walks and one run in six innings.
Reds starter Johnny Cueto (6-6) took the loss, allowing seven hits, one walk, five runs (three earned) in five innings.
Cueto, a 20-game winner last year, was visibly upset after being removed from the game, tossing items in the dugout.
Cincinnati started quickly, scoring a first-inning run. Second baseman Brandon Phillips doubled to left, past a diving Christian Yelch, and scored on a soft single by third baseman Todd Frazier.
Miami took a 3-1 lead with three runs in the fourth. The Marlins put runners on second and third with a leadoff single by Yelich and a double off the left-field wall by Bour. Third baseman Casey McGehee followed with a two-run double, and catcher J.T. Realmuto added an RBI groundout.
The doubles by Bour and McGehee were on pitches up-and-away, and both batters went to the opposite field.
Bour again went to the opposite field in the fifth, adding a two-run double to extend Miami's lead to 5-1. Both runs were unearned following a fielding error by Frazier, who botched a two-out slow roller.
Miami added three more runs in the seventh, thanks in part to a wild throw home by shortstop Eugenio Suarez, who was charged with an error.
NOTES: Rockies SS Troy Tulowitzki replaced Marlins 2B Dee Gordon (dislocated left thumb) on the NL All-Star roster. ... With the injuries to Gordon and RF Giancarlo Stanton (fractured left wrist), the Marlins will not be represented at the All-Star Game. ... LHP Adam Conley on Saturday became the second relatively soft-tossing Marlins left-hander to beat the Reds while starting his first major league game. On June 20, Justin Nicolino beat the Reds 5-0. ... The Reds announced their post All-Star Game rotation order: RHPs Mike Leake, Anthony DeSclafani, Johnny Cueto, Michael Lorenzen and Raisel Iglesias. ... Reds LHP Tony Cingrani (shoulder) was set to make a rehab start Sunday. ... Cincinnati rested CF Billy Hamilton and gave CF Jason Bourgeois his second start of the year. ... Reds C Devin Mesoraco, who hit 25 homers in 2014 but is out for this season after hip surgery, is on target to resume baseball activities by Jan. 1.