PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Kyle Schwarber quieted the boo birds with his seventh career grand slam, shaking the Philadelphia Phillies out of their mid-summer malaise and leading them to a 9-5 victory over the Miami Marlins on Wednesday night.

Trying to fight their way out of a rut, the Phillies got a needed win, a night after they suffered a four-hit shutout loss to one of the worst teams in baseball. Once the winningest team in baseball, the Phillies needed Schwarber’s go-ahead slam to help snap a four-game losing streak and they won for just the eighth time in 24 games since the All-Star break.

Hours after manager Rob Thomson hinted that a team meeting could be on deck, the Phillies delayed the opening of the clubhouse to reporters by 70 minutes ahead of the game. Thomson demurred when asked about the meeting, saying only “what happens in the clubhouse stays in the clubhouse.”

The lineup, though, is very much public and Thomson rattled his high-priced crew of slumping sluggers when he benched All-Star shortstop Trea Turner. Turner, in the second season of a $300 million, 11-year contract, was batting just .168 with 20 strikeouts since the break and had just three hits over his last five games.

“It’s more time in the cage to hone his swing, get him off his feet and just let him breathe for a minute,” Thomson said.

Tyler Phillips, the South Jersey native who grew up rooting for the Phillies before he took the mound for them, gave up a three-run homer to Jonah Bride in the first inning that seemed to set an early tone for another crushing defeat.

The Phillies cut it to 3-2 against Edward Cabrera (2-4) until Jesús Sánchez added a run-scoring single and Bride had a sacrifice fly in the fourth for the three-run cushion.

After two singles and a walk loaded the bases with two outs in the fourth, Schwarber knocked one the other way on a changeup, hitting his 28th homer of the season to left-center for the 6-5 lead.

Phillies fans that had unleashed their pent-up boos over the last two games after the last two wildly successful seasons roared again for the go-ahead shot.

Cabrera gave up six runs in four innings and even tossed a cooler in the dugout after allowing the grand slam.

“I attacked him with my best pitch, and I wouldn’t change anything,” Cabrera said.

José Ruiz (3-1) recorded the last two outs of the fifth to earn the win.

Alec Bohm added an RBI single and J.T. Realmuto busted the game open with two-run double in the seventh for a 9-5 lead.

Since the All-Star break, the Phillies lost two of three to Pittsburgh, Minnesota, Cleveland and Seattle, were swept in a three-game set by the Yankees and are coming off a 4-6 road trip against the Dodgers and Arizona.

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The Marlins head to New York for a four-game set with the Mets.

PHILADELPHIA — Jake Burger homered for the fourth straight game, Valente Bellozo gave up four hits in seven innings and the 75-loss Miami Marlins kept the Philadelphia Phillies in a summer swoon that has cost them the best record in baseball with a 5-0 victory on Tuesday night.

After spending much of the first three months of the season as the winningest team in baseball, the Phillies’ brutal stretch since June has raised serious concerns headed into the stretch run about a serious shot at winning a World Series championship.

The Fightin’ Phils opened with the best 50-game start in baseball since the 2001 Seattle Mariners. The Fizzlin’ Phils returned from a 4-6 road trip to lose for the 16th time in 23 games since the All-Star break. They are 24-31 since June 9 and no longer boast the best record in baseball or National League. One consolation prize: The Phillies still had a seven-game lead over Atlanta in the NL East, entering Tuesday’s game.

At this losing clip, who knows if the Phillies can even keep that cushion?

Phillies manager Rob Thomson rarely calls team meetings over his three seasons but a clubhouse address could be on the horizon.

“Is it time to do it? It depends on a lot of things,” Thomson said. “It depends on the attitude and where I think the guys’ minds are at. I think overall they’re very solid right now. Frustrated because they know we’re better than that.”

The All-Star break splits are depressing in Philly: a .259 team batting average in the first half vs. .237 since and a 3.41 team ERA in the first half to 5.07 post-break. The Phillies had a whopping plus-110 run differential edge in the first half and are minus-25 since the break.

With sluggers slumping, it might be time to shake up the lineup.

“We’re getting close,” Thomson said.

Taijuan Walker (3-4) allowed three runs and walked three over four innings in his first start since June 21.

Walker, who turned 32 on Tuesday, wasn’t expected to pitch deep into the game in his return from right index finger inflammation. The veteran right-hander struggled with command and threw 34 pitches in the first inning. He walked Burger and Jesús Sánchez on a combined 10 pitches in the first, and threw a ball to Jonah Bride before catcher J.T. Realmuto hit the mound for a chat.

Walker then threw a strike — bringing a mocking cheer from the crowd — before Bride ripped an RBI single. Otto Lopez added a run-scoring single, unleashing a torrent of boos in the ballpark.

Wins or losses, Phillies fans the last two seasons had gone against the grain of their century-old reputation as a notoriously tough crowd and turned Citizens Bank Park one of the top home fields in baseball.

Against the Marlins, 42,846 restless fans were fed up.

They booed Walker. They booed each squandered at-bat against Bellozo (2-1) and two relievers, who tossed four-hit ball.

They booed when Burger hit his 23rd homer of the season and 13th since the All-Star break in the third.

They booed in the fourth when Bellozo retired Realmuto on a shallow fly to right to end the inning and leave runners stranded on second and third base.

They unloaded in the seventh when Realmuto’s wild throw to third allowed Xavier Edwards to score and even the stragglers let the Phillies have it when Sánchez went deep in the ninth to make it 5-0.

“Our fans know that we’re better than that,” Thomson said. “We have very knowledgeable fans and they let you know when you’re not playing well.”

Bellozo struck out four and walked one.

Kyle Schwarber, Trea Turner, Bryce Harper and Alec Bohm — the top four hitters in the lineup — went 1 for 15.

“It’s not worry. Frustration,” Schwarber said. “I think worry is the wrong kind of word. If you’re worried about where you’re at, it’s not a good thing to be.”

The Phillies hoped Walker — who had a 5.60 ERA over his first 10 starts — would be sharp enough in his return that they could turn to a six-man starting rotation down the stretch.

All they got instead was one more reason for doubt in a second-half full of dismay.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Marlins right fielder Vidal Bruján left the game with a sprained right shoulder after he made a diving catch into foul territory on Trea Turner’s flyball to end the third inning.

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The Marlins send RHP Edward Cabrera (2-3, 5.20 ERA) to the mound against Phillies RHP Tyler Phillips (4-1, 4.83 ERA).

Burger has homered 13 times in his past 105 at-bats (one home run per 8.1 at-bats).

“My wife texted me after the game and said, ‘Are you even human now?’” Burger said. “Obviously, I’ve always felt I’m one of the best power hitters in the game. I’m not immune knowing this is not going to last forever. But If I can keep myself in these types of zones for a longer period, I feel I’ll have a real good career.”

Ha-Seong Kim originally was credited with a game-tying home run off Andrew Nardi when his drive first bounced off the padding in left field, then left fielder Kyle Stowers’ glove and over the wall with two outs in the ninth. But after an umpire review, the call was reversed to a double.

“Weird one. I was just trying to go after it and catch the ball as simply put and thought I put a good attempt at it,” Stowers said. “It was out of my reach and the way it bounced back up as it was coming down it hit my glove.”

Padres manager Mike Schildt said he didn’t receive a detailed breakdown from crew chief Bill Miller on the reversal.

“He gave me no explanation — overturned ground-rule double,” Schildt said. “I think they got it right. Whether I agree with the rule or don’t agree with the rule, it’s a tough play because of the timing of it. The ball went over the fence, didn’t touch the ground. Feels like a home run. But the rule tells you differently.”

George Soriano relieved Nardi and struck out Luis Campusano for his first save as Miami snapped a three-game skid, with all the losses in extra innings.

“The whole series and the whole homestand was emotionally and physically exhausting,” Marlins manager Skip Schumaker said. “If I’m gassed, I can’t imagine what our players feel. There were some really tough, end-of-the-game, extra-inning losses and then to come back like that is incredible.”

Marlins starter Max Meyer (3-2) allowed three runs and seven hits, while striking out four in a career-high 6 1/3 innings. Meyer was lifted after David Peralta’s run-scoring double got San Diego within 5-4.

“I was able to keep my fastball in play through the whole game and felt I got some teeth back on my slider,” Meyer said of his fourth start since being recalled from Triple-A on July 27. “I definitely felt a lot better on the mound.”

Sánchez’s two-run drive off reliever Yuki Matsui in the seventh extended Miami’s lead before San Diego narrowed the deficit on pinch-hitter Donovan Solano’s two-run drive off Nardi in the eighth.

Luis Arraez had three hits for the Padres. He went 7 for 15 in the series against his former club.

The Marlins scored five against Padres starter Dylan Cease (11-9) in the first two innings before the right-hander settled down and kept them scoreless through the final three innings of his outing. Three of the runs charged to Cease were unearned after two Padres errors in the second. Cease gave up six hits, struck out five and walked two.

Run-scoring singles by Jonah Bride and Otto López in the first put Miami ahead 2-0.

Burger’s two-run drive capped a three-run second. Xavier Edwards reached when Arraez dropped shortstop Kim’s throw to first that also allowed Derek Hill to score from third before Burger connected

The Padres began narrowing the deficit with RBI groundouts from Peralta in the fifth and Jurickson Prufar and Jake Cronenworth in the sixth.

“You’re down 5-0 last day of the road trip, day game and this is what makes me so pleased about this club,” Schildt said. “This is what makes me so pleased about the trait of this club. Irrespective of circumstance, road, score, day, night, hot and cold, they’re going to compete.”

Both benches cleared at the end of the fourth after Miami second baseman Otto López objected at Cronenworth’s hard slide at the bag to break up a double play but no punches were thrown.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Marlins: LHP Josh Simpson (left elbow neuritis) completed his second rehab outing with Single-A Jupiter on Saturday, throwing one scoreless inning.

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Padres: Return home Monday, when RHP Joe Musgrove (3-4, 5.66) will start the opener of a three-game series against Pittsburgh. The Pirates have not announced a starter.

Marlins: Have not announced a starter for the opener of a two-game set at Philadelphia on Tuesday. The Phillies also have not listed a starter.

David Peralta singled twice and doubled for the Padres, who have won 16 of their last 18 games.

Ha-Seong Kim drew a leadoff walk against reliever John McMillon (0-1) to start the winning rally. Kyle Higashioka’s sacrifice bunt advanced Kim and automatic runner Tyler Wade before Luis Arraez hit a soft grounder to first baseman Jonah Bride that scored Wade.

Robert Suarez (7-1) pitched a perfect ninth for the win, with 11 of his 15 pitches reaching 100 mph.

Miami’s Derek Hill reached on a leadoff bunt single against reliever Tanner Scott in the bottom of the 10th, advancing automatic runner Vidal Bruján to third. After pinch hitter Cristian Pache popped out, Xavier Edwards hit a grounder to third baseman Manny Machado, who threw Bruján out at home. Acquired from Miami at the trade deadline, Scott struck out Jake Burger for his 19th save.

Jackson Merrill’s two-run homer in the eighth tied it at 7-all.

Peralta followed with a double and Kim’s sacrifice bunt advanced pinch runner Bryce Johnson to third. Arraez’s two-out infield single scored Johnson and to put the Padres ahead.

Miami tied it in the bottom half on Burger’s solo homer, his 21st homer, 11th since the All-Star break and 12th in his past 101 at-bats.

“It fired me up,” Burger said of his homer. “I gave a couple of fist bumps. You almost blacked out in those situations.”

The Marlins sent 12 to the plate and scored six runs in the fifth for a 7-3 lead. Jesús Sánchez and Otto López hit two-run doubles against Padres starter Matt Waldron and reliever Jeremiah Estrada. Derek Hill added a sacrifice fly and Jhonny Pereda followed with a run-scoring single.

The Padres loaded the bases on three consecutive singles to start the seventh against reliever Declan Cronin. Arraez then hit an RBI groundout before Cronin hit Jurickson Profar with a pitch. Jake Cronenworth followed with an RBI fielder’s choice to get San Diego within 7-5.

Marlins starter Roddery Muñoz gave up six hits and struck out three in five innings of three-run ball.

Waldron was lifted after 4 1/3 innings. The right-hander allowed five runs and five hits, walked two and struck out five.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Marlins: OF PJ Morlando, the club’s No. 1 selection in this year’s draft, will miss the rest of the season because of a lumbar stress reaction. The 19-year Morlando began his professional career with Single-A Jupiter.

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RHP Dylan Cease (11-8, 3.40) will start the series finale for the Padres on Sunday, while RHP Max Meyer (2-2, 5.10) gets the start for the Marlins.

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The simplest questions bring the best answers.

Mike McDaniel, Miami Dolphins coach: “I’ve talked about understanding the servitude, and I really got a sense in Year 3, you have a more supreme humility to the job, from my perspective, in terms of you get the job and everything — you’re always working around how everything’s orchestrated. You’re adjusting to the different needs of the job to the different people that you affect, but then you still have that, I don’t know, ambition or you’re a little naïve enough to think that you can do more on your own than I think you really capable of. I think I have a strong sense of truly how dependent I am on all of the people in the building for the building to move in one direction. I think the relationship aspect and how people bond I have a firmer appreciation for, and overall, it is very, very humbling just because at this point in my life, I almost can do nothing by myself. Almost nothing. I still can work a microwave, and I can fill my car tank up with gas, but outside of that, I need a lot of help for everything I do.”

Jason Taylor, Hall of Fame NFL player and University of Miami defensive coach: “Something I appreciate more about the game now — or appreciate about in a different way — is the journey, the process, and taking in the small moments of the process. I talked about this when I retired, how I was so singularly focused on something I was able to achieve when I played that I sometimes missed the positive, great moments of the journey. So, as I do this now as a coach, still taking the journey to be elite and the best I can be at this profession, it’s also going to do it with 85 players or 120 players that are on this grass as well. So, I’m enjoying their journey with them — and also my journey with them — in the moment. I have the ability now to appreciate small things, small victories, small improvements in practice. You know, praise them. We’re not going to celebrate them but we’ll praise them, we’ll appreciate them, and get ready for the next day.”

Aleksander Barkov, Florida Panthers captain: “What it takes to win. That’s something you can appreciate when you’ve been around a while and when you’ve lost and won. You work hard when you come in, because you want to do well. Then you learn something about the game, about the player you need to be. Every year it’s something. You have to learn about playing in the playoffs. That’s different, a more intense game. And then the emotions of playing through a big series. So, really, I think just what goes into winning is something you appreciate the longer you play.”

Braxton Berrios, Dolphins receiver: “Growing as a player and really taking advantage of every day. There’s really a lot to say about picking one thing a day or two if you really feel like it to really excel at and really try to get better at that one thing a day and take each day as its own opportunity. I think if you look at it that way in the five or five-and-a-half weeks of camp, you can really build something and build momentum on into the season.”

Sam Bennett, Panthers center: “There are a couple things. I think number one is how demanding it is — how physically demanding are 10 years. It’s a lot of work to play at the level you need, and then the demands in the playoffs are at a different level. Number two is the bond you can make with your teammates after you’re going to battle, especially after a playoff run. It’s physically and emotionally draining and you really get to know each other. I mean, I spend more time with them than my family. The bond on good teams is something you appreciate.”

Tyler Herro, Miami Heat guard: “Just appreciating the highs and lows. I would never try to get too high, but I felt I would get low on myself. That was something I had to learn how to deal with. My first and second year I’d get low. I felt in my third year, as I got older, I could see the big picture more and was more at peace with the lows. I think in the NBA a lot of people react to what’s going on right now when in reality it’s a long season and it’s not always about right now. I appreciate the fans and media for being so focused on right now. Sometimes it allows me not to focus on it. I’m all about the big picture now.”

Cam Ward, University of Miami quarterback: “I appreciate studying the game now in something like learning coverages. I didn’t really know anything about coverages or start learning football until last year. A couple years ago I was just going out there, going through progressions and throwing to people. At (Washington State) last year, I got a lot better at knowing coverages, knowing the shape of the defense, rocking and rolling. So studying the game — the work that goes into studying — is something I appreciate now.”

Jazz Chisholm, New York Yankee and former Miami Marlin: “I’ve learned to appreciate and respect the guys that are really good and how they go about their business. The MVPs and guys like that, their skill level and their work level. Some of the guys that win MVP, their skill level might not be the best in the world, but they win MVP by working and learning. I just started learning baseball when I was in the big leagues. Baseball’s hard. I think of it like this, I talked to Mookie (Betts) last year and Mookie was like, ‘I don’t go 1,000 percent after ever play in the outfield. I’m not going to run into the wall and get hurt.’ I’d never thought of that. That’s smart. If you paly 162 games and just play average, you can get paid $20 million a year. Like, .280 and 25 (home runs) is $20 million a year. That’s just one thing I’ve learned.”

Lance Guidry, University of Miami defensive coordinator: “It’s the same game as when I was in high school or McNeese State or here. You’ve got to make sure you run things that fits your kids the best. I always say I don’t coach out of a playbook. I coach off experiences. It took a while to learn that, though. Last year we  knew who our best players were after we started getting injured and felt we had to get the best players on the field. So, that’s what we did and it panned out. We jumped from a four-down to a three-man front, put an extra (linebacker) and that’s what we felt get us the best chance against Clemson. We rode that for a while. But as a coach, high school or college or wherever doesn’t matter. You need to make sure your thinking starts with getting your best players are out there.”

MIAMI (AP) — Manny Machado’s two-run double in the 10th inning highlighted another late-inning rally for the Padres as San Diego won its sixth consecutive game, defeating the Miami Marlins 6-2 on Friday night.

Machado’s double off Brett De Geus (0-1) scored former Marlin Luis Arraez, who had singled, and Jake Cronenworth. Tyler Wade had broken the tie when he beat the throw home on a Cronenworth grounder to shortstop Xavier Edwards.

Jason Adams (7-2) earned the win. Bryan Hoeing struck out one in a scoreless eighth inning two weeks after the Marlins traded him to the Padres along with fellow reliever Tanner Scott. Scott allowed one hit in a scoreless ninth.

The Padres had also rallied Thursday, scoring three runs in the ninth inning to beat Pittsburgh 7-6.

It was the second consecutive game where the Marlins allowed at least four runs in the top of the 10th inning, yielding seven to the Reds on Thursday.

The Padres had tied Miami in the ninth on Jackson Merrill’s 400-foot homer to center, his 16th of the season, off Marlins reliever George Soriano, who also gave up Machado’s run-scoring double in the eighth.

Marlins starter Edward Cabrera pitched seven shutout innings, his second straight strong start after struggling in his first five outings after missing two months with shoulder tightness. The 26-year-old right-hander gave up four hits, while striking out four and walking three. He pitched five shutout innings on Sunday against the Braves. He finished his night by striking out catcher Luis Campusano with two runners on.

Cabrera “really grew up tonight. That was a big moment for him,” manager Skip Schumaker said.

Padres are an MLB-best 15-3 since the All-Star break. They are two games games back of the Dodgers in the National League West. Los Angeles was playing later Friday at home against Pittsburgh.

Back-to-back homers to left by Marlins first baseman Jake Burger and designated hitter Jonah Bride leading off the fourth opened the scoring. Burger’s 428-foot blast was his 20th of the season and his seventh in his last 10 games. Bride’s 395-foot shot was his fourth.

Martin Perez, making his second start for the Padres after being acquired from Pittsburgh at the trade deadline, had his third consecutive quality start overall. He surrendered only the two solo homers and a single, striking out six and walking two in seven innings. He gave up one run Saturday in six innings against Colorado in his debut with the Padres. He also threw six shutout innings against St. Louis in his last start for the Pirates on July 24.

The Marlins traded Arraez to San Diego in May and Scott and Hoeing at the trade deadline, all for prospects as part of the team starting another rebuild. Of the 26 Marlins active Friday, only nine were on the team’s active roster on opening day.

Arraez said before the game that he was happy to be back in Miami, where he lives with his wife and three children. As he walked around the field hours before first pitch, he hugged seemingly every Marlins employee he passed from players to trainers to attendants.

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RHP Matt Waldron (7-9, 3.79)) will start for the Padres against Marlins RHP Roddery Munoz (2-6, 5.68) on Saturday in the second game of the series.

Tyler Stephenson walked with the bases loaded to snap a 3-3 tie in the 10th, then Friedl was hit by a pitch from Marlins reliever Emmanuel Ramirez (0-1), who faced six batters without recording an out. Spencer Steer’s single made it 6-3 before Candelario’s hit ended Ramirez’s outing.

Steer scored on a fielding error by Marlins center fielder Derek Hill and Candelario came home on Stuart Fairchild’s sacrifice fly.

Buck Farmer (1-0) pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings of relief as the Reds took three of four in the series.

Plate umpire Bill Miller ejected Reds manager David Bell for arguing balls and strikes in the seventh. It was Bell’s 31st career ejection, surpassing Sparky Anderson for most in club history.

The Marlins ended a string of 24 scoreless innings by Reds starter Hunter Greene with a three-run fourth to tie the game at 3. Hill put Miami on the board with a fielder’s choice RBI before Vidal Bruján and Jhonny Pereda followed with run-scoring singles.

“I thought we came back against a tough pitcher and the bullpen was excellent through nine innings,” Marlins manager Skip Schumaker said.

Greene’s streak was the longest by a Cincinnati starter since Tom Browning went 25 innings without allowing a run from June 6 to June 25, 1989.

Greene completed six innings of three-run ball. He allowed six hits, walked two, struck out five and hit two batters.

The Reds scored twice against Marlins starter Kyle Tyler in the first. De La Cruz singled then advanced two bases on a wild pitch and catcher Pereda’s throwing error. Stephenson’s groundout scored De La Cruz before Friedl hit a solo homer.

Friedl also had an RBI single in the third.

Tyler gave up three runs and five hits in 4 1/3 innings. He walked two and struck out three.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Marlins: LHP Josh Simpson (left elbow neuritis) threw a scoreless inning in a rehab outing with Single-A Jupiter on Tuesday. … LHP Braxton Garrett (left forearm flexor strain) is nearing a bullpen session as he continues building on his throwing program.

UP NEXT

Marlins: RHP Edward Cabrera (2-3, 5.96) will start the opener of a three-game home series against San Diego on Friday. The Padres have not announced a starter.

MIAMI  — Derek Hill’s grand slam capped a five-run first inning and Marlins starter Valente Bellozo carried a shutout into the sixth as Miami held off a late Reds rally and beat Cincinnati 6-4 on Wednesday night, getting some payback after being pummeled twice to open the series.

Hill, claimed on waivers from San Francisco on Saturday, drove a fastball from Reds starter Andrew Abbott (9-9) 412 feet to center after Jonah Bride singled and Jesus Sanchez and Otto Lopez walked. It was the left fielder’s fourth homer of the season and first as a Marlin.

“The analytics team and the coaching staff gave us a really good game plan going up against a really tough pitcher,” said Hill, who also played for Texas earlier in the season. The Marlins plan to give him consistent playing time, something he has lacked since debuting in 2020.

“We’re getting put in unbelievable situations that they think we’re able to succeed in,” Hill said

His slam came after designated hitter Jake Burger opened the scoring with a 399-foot homer to center. Burger then hit a 422-foot shot to left in the fifth, for his 18th and 19th homers of the season. He has six in his last nine games. He joked that he needs to keep up with his buddy Josh Bell, who had homered twice earlier in the day for Arizona, where the Marlins shipped him last week.

T.J. Friedl’s 396-foot grand slam, the first of his career, to right in the seventh off Marlins reliever Andrew Nardi, his sixth homer of the season, made the game close. Calvin Faucher picked up his second save after he loaded the bases on a walk, double and hit batter in the ninth before retiring Jeimer Candelario on a grounder to second.

Bellozo (1-1) picked up his first career win, scattering five hits before he was lifted with two outs in the sixth. The 24-year-old, making his fourth start, struck out four and walked two.

“It is something everybody dreams of. Every pitcher, ever guy, it is their dream to compete here,” he said.

The right-hander worked out of a bases-loaded jam in the second by striking out Jonathan India. He held Elly De La Cruz hitless in three at-bats, striking him out twice, after the shortstop went 8 for 10 in the first two games of series, belting two homers and four doubles in the Reds’ 10-3 and 8-2 wins. De La Cruz finished 0 for 4 with three strikeouts and a walk in the ninth inning.

With a fastball topping out in the low 90s, Bellozo mixed in his breaking pitches to get mostly soft contact and keep the Reds off-balance. Manager Skip Schumaker said he is impressed with Bellozo’s confidence and pitching smarts.

“The kid works. He knows the metrics, he knows all the numbers,” Schumaker said. “He’s not this chucker, by any means, but the pitch shaping is pretty elite. The velocity is 88, 90, but he is missing barrels.”

Abbott settled down after his horrendous first, subsequently allowing only Burger’s second homer and two singles while working five innings. He struck out seven and walked three. He also gave up five runs to the Marlins last month in 3 1/3 innings.

Abbott said in the first inning he was a victim of his own poor execution, some tight ball-strike calls and good swings by Berger and Hill.

“Everything felt fine. It’s the dog days of August and we have to keep going for the team,” he said.

Marlins rookie shortstop Xavier Edwards went 0 for 4, ending his on-base streak at 23 consecutive games. It had been the second-longest active streak in the majors behind the Phillies’ Alec Bohm, who was at 24 games.

TRAINERS ROOM

Marlins: C Nick Fortes was placed on the 10-day injured list after experiencing quadriceps tightness on Monday. C Jhonny Pereda was recalled from Triple-A Jacksonville.

UP NEXT

Reds RHP Hunter Greene (8-4, 2.83) will start the fourth and final game of the series Thursday. The Marlins will start RHP Kyle Tyler (0-2, 5.27).

MIAMI — Elly De La Cruz again battered the Marlins while at bat and on the bases, going 4 for 5 with two doubles, as the Cincinnati Reds routed Miami 8-2 on Tuesday night.

A night after hitting two homers and two doubles, De La Cruz singled in the first, doubled and scored in the third and hit a bases-loaded double in the fourth that scored two. He then scored after stealing his major league-leading 58th base of the season, snagging third without a throw while Marlins starter Max Meyer (2-2) was in his stretch.

Going on the pitch after singling in the eighth, his speed distracted shortstop Xavier Edwards into a throwing error on Spencer Steer’s grounder, taking third without breaking stride. He was stranded.

De La Cruz said he enjoyed Tuesday’s performance more, as it built on his earlier outing.

“I am just having fun out there,” De La Cruz said.

Manager David Bell said while the 22-year-old has dominated the first two games of the series, he was particularly impressed by his fourth-inning double which came after he had two strikes. De La Cruz, a left-handed hitter, smacked the pitch deep the opposite way, just inside the left field line, showing some maturity.

“He didn’t try to do too much. He got the job done and also drove the ball almost off the wall in left field. Those kind of at bats go a long way,” Bell said.

The Reds also got a strong outing from starter Nick Lodolo (9-4), who gave up two runs on two hits in six innings. He struck out seven. He had struggled since returning last month from the injured list after suffering a blister on his throwing hand, posting a 6.67 ERA in five starts entering Tuesday.

He skated through the first three innings, only allowing a double to Edwards to lead off the first. Then after walking Jonah Bride with one out in the fourth, he appeared to have gotten a double-play grounder from Otto Lopez, but that call was overturned on review. He walked the next two batters to load the bases, before Derek Hill singled in two, for the only Marlins’ scoring of the night.

Lodolo said the replay delay and overturned call didn’t distract him, saying, “I just tried to do a little too much in that situation.”

“It’s something I have got to work on,” he said. But overall, he was pleased with his effort.

“It was good, especially early. I was getting a lot of swing and miss,” he said.

Meyer (2-2) had his third straight rough start since being recalled last month from Triple-A Jacksonville, allowing six runs on eight hits, walking three and hitting one over four innings. The 2020 first-round draft pick, who returned this season from Tommy John surgery, has allowed 13 runs over 13 innings in those starts.

The Reds have now scored 37 runs in five games this season against Miami, going 4-1.

Reds catcher Tyler Stephenson opened the scoring in the second, belting a 418-foot homer to center off Meyer, his 14th of the season. Ty France also homered for Cincinnati, a 395-foot shot to right-center in the fifth off reliever Emmanuel Ramirez, his 10th and second in two games.

Edwards’ double extended his on-base streak to 23 games, tying the Phillies’ Alec Bohm for the longest active streak in the majors. Philadelphia played later Tuesday in Los Angeles against the Dodgers.

Darren McCaughan, who was called up before the game from Jacksonville, pitched four strong innings in relief for Miami, allowing one run on four hits while striking out three.

TRAINERS ROOM

Marlins: LHP Jesus Luzardo, who has been out since June 22 with a back injury, will not throw for another six weeks, putting his return this season in doubt. C Nick Fortes, who left Monday’s game with quadriceps tightness, jogged before Tuesday’s game and was available in an emergency.

UP NEXT

LHP Andrew Abbott (9-8, 3.41) will start the third game of the series on Wednesday, while the Marlins will go with Valente Bellozo (0-1, 4.20).

Nick Martinez (6-5) pitched five scoreless innings to win on his 34th birthday in his first start since May 22.

De La Cruz entered in an 0-for-13 slide and put Cincinnati ahead with a two-run homer off Roddery Muñoz (2-6) in the first inning. He doubled in the fourth and sixth innings and hit a solo homer in the eighth against Shaun Anderson, his 20th home run this season. De La Cruz has three multihomer games, including two this season.

“Very appreciative of everything because the hard work is paying off,” De La Cruz said in Spanish. “Also appreciate my teammates and the support they give me.”

It was the 20th four-extra-base hit game by a Reds player since 1901 and at 22 years, 207 days De La Cruz became the youngest Cincinnati player to accomplish the feat since then.

“There’s a lot more to come. It’s fun to watch him every day,” Reds manager David Bell said. “But it does starts with his approach and how he is working and trying to get better.”

De La Cruz has a major league-leading 57 steals and joined Hall of Famer Joe Morgan and Eric Davis as the only Reds with 20 homers and 50 stolen bases in a season. De La Cruz has four homers against Miami this year.

Sánchez drove a changeup from Jakob Junis into the right-center field upper deck in the sixth. The drive outdistanced a 478-foot homer by San Francisco’s Jorge Soler at San Francisco on July 21.

“Sanchez has some of the best raw power in the game,” Marlins manager Skip Schumaker said. “He has the ability to hit the ball out of the ballpark, line to line.”

Ty France had three hits, including his first homer since he was acquired from Seattle on July 30, and Noelvi Marté also went deep for the Reds.

Martinez, who had been pitching out of the bullpen, allowed four hits, struck out five and walked none in a 70-pitch in outing.

“With my role being so versatile, there are unique ways to find opportunities,” Martinez said. “There are unique situations where I can help the team win late in the ball game and maintain my workload to be able to slide in like this and start.”

Martinez said he had previously pitched on his birthday during his four seasons in Japan.

“I also went five scoreless,” Martinez said.

Xavier Edwards singled twice for the Marlins, extending his on base games streak to 22.

Muñoz gave up six runs — four earned — seven hits and three walks in 3 2/3 innings.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Reds: INF Matt McClain (rib cage stress reaction) has not been scheduled for rehab games, Bell said.

Marlins: C Nick Fortes left with quadriceps tightness after singling in the seventh inning.

UP NEXT

LHP Nick Lodolo (8-4, 3.99) will start the second game of the series for the Reds on Tuesday while the Marlins will go with RHP Max Meyer (2-1, 3.81).