Conine and Norby homer to lead the Marlins to a 7-4 win over the Reds

Updated Apr. 8, 2026 10:06 p.m. ET

Associated Press

MIAMI (AP) — Griffin Conine and Connor Norby homered to lead the Miami Marlins past the Cincinnati Reds 7-4 on Wednesday night.

Xavier Edwards and Jakob Marsee each had two hits and an RBI for the Marlins, who snapped Cincinnati's five-game winning streak.

Miami starter Eury Perez (1-1) allowed four runs — two earned — and six hits over five innings. The right-hander struck out six and walked one as he shook off a difficult outing in his previous start, when he walked six and hit a batter with a pitch in four innings.

Ryan Gusto, Andrew Nardi and Lake Bachar followed Pérez with an inning each. Michael Petersen pitched around two singles in a scoreless ninth for his first career save.

Run-scoring singles from Marsee and Edwards off Reds starter Brady Singer (0-1) in the second put Miami ahead for good at 4-2.

Conine expanded the lead with a two-run drive in the third. He drove a sinker from Singer over the wall in right field for his second homer this season.

Miami native Sal Stewart hit a two-run homer in the fifth to narrow the deficit to 6-4 before Norby connected off Connor Phillips in the seventh. Norby’s homer ended a string of 10 2/3 scoreless innings by Cincinnati relievers in the series.

Singer gave up six runs, five earned, and 10 hits in 2 2/3 innings.

The Reds struck quickly with two unearned runs in the first. Elly De La Cruz scored from second when Miami third baseman Graham Pauley booted Stewart’s two-out grounder. Stewart then scored on Eugenio Suárez’s RBI double.

The lead was short-lived, as the Marlins tied it in the bottom half on Agustin Ramirez's run-scoring double and Liam Hicks’ RBI single.