Dan Haren danced in and out of danger in his six innings, while Casey McGehee and Justin Bour each notched two-run doubles as the Marlins beat the Reds, 8-1, at Marlins Park on Sunday to take three of four games in the series.
Haren (7-5, 3.24 ERA) allowed just one run on five hits and three walks to earn his first victory since June 3. He stranded nine runners. Meanwhile, Reds starter Johnny Cueto (6-6, 2.73 ERA) couldn’t do the same. The righty was charged with five runs (three earned) on seven hits as he threw just 68 pitches in five innings.
The Marlins, blanked 1-0 on Friday, rebounded to combine for 22 runs on 31 hits in the last two games, taking three of four in the series.
“We’d like to see that momentum carry right into the second half,” Miami manager Dan Jennings said. “Just a tremendous performance the last couple of days by our offense, the way guys are grinding their at-bats. Tremendous approach. Hit the ball all over the place. Great to see the quality of the at-bats.”
McGehee put the Marlins on the board with a two-out, two-run double in the fourth. Bour did the same in the fifth, and he finished 3-for-4 with three RBIs. Miami scored three more runs in the seventh thanks in part to an error by Reds shortstop Eugenio Suarez that allowed two to score.
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