The reeling Reds (32-55) are singing a vastly different tune, having dropped 13 of their last 17 to make themselves comfortable in the cellar of the National League Central. Hitting the ball on a line, Duvall crushed an 83 miles per hour breaking pitch from Conley that was left up and over the plate.The Reds took a 2-1 lead in the fourth.
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Dan Straily (4-6) allowed three runs and six hits in six innings for the Reds. Control has also been an issue for Lamb, who has issued four walks in two of his last four trips to the mound.Conley turned in his third dominating performance in four outings on Sunday after scattering four hits over six scoreless innings in a 5-2 victory at Atlanta. The hit was Conley’s second this season in 31 at-bats (.065).
“It wasn’t good enough to stay in the game”, Price said.
Newly named All-Star Jay Bruce doubled to right and scored on a two-out, opposite-field single by Brandon Phillips, who is playing with a fracture in his left hand.Miami regained the lead at 3-2 in the fifth. David Phelps came on to strike out the unsafe Duvall looking on a full count.
Miami center fielder Marcell Ozuna threw out Phillips trying to advance from first to third on a single in the seventh. The initial call was safe, but was overturned on a replay challenge that took 1:18.
Shortstop Adeiny Hechavarria also helped with a leaping grab of a line drive in the ninth. Conley avoided further trouble by striking out Duvall on a breaking ball in their second meeting of the day.
The Reds had gone ahead in the fourth when Phillips served a soft single the opposite way to score Bruce. The right-hander is going to San Diego for the Midsummer Classic and could see an inning in the the game.
That wiped out an early Marlins advantage that was achieved with some breaks in the first inning. Realmuto also singled, and both runners scored on Prado’s double that eluded a retreating Bruce near the wall. The Reds scored the unearned run with two errors committed by Marlins’ outfielders. But Prado was left at third when Christian Yelich and Stanton struck out and Ozuna popped out.
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John Lamb (1-6) took the loss despite a career-high nine strikeouts in five innings, and defensive lapses contributed to all three runs against him, with one unearned.
