Marlins Beat Reds 7-4, Snap Five-Game Streak

The Miami Marlins defeated the Cincinnati Reds 7-4 on Wednesday night at loanDepot park, snapping the Reds' five-game winning streak with timely home runs from Griffin Conine and Connor Norby.

Conine belted a two-run homer in the third inning, his second of the season, driving a sinker from Reds starter Brady Singer over the wall in right-center field. The shot traveled 403 feet at 110 mph exit velocity, extending Miami's lead to 6-2. Norby added a solo homer to left in the seventh off reliever Connor Phillips, a 372-foot drive on a low sweeper that provided an insurance run and ended a 10 2/3-inning scoreless streak by Cincinnati's bullpen in the series.

Marlins starter Eury Pérez earned the win, improving to 1-1, after a challenging first inning where the Reds took a 2-0 lead on two unearned runs. Elly De La Cruz walked, stole second and scored when third baseman Graham Pauley mishandled a two-out grounder by Sal Stewart. Stewart, a Miami native and Reds rookie first baseman playing in front of family and friends, then scored on Eugenio Suárez's bloop double. Pérez settled in, allowing four runs—two earned—on six hits and two walks over five innings while striking out six. It...