Wild throw plates winning run as Marlins edge Reds

Xavier Edwards' swinging bunt in the seventh inning was the game's key play as the host Miami Marlins rallied past the Cincinnati Reds 4-3 on Tuesday night.

With a runner on second and two outs in a tie game, Reds reliever Graham Ashcraft (0-2) fielded the dribbler and threw wildly to first, allowing Otto Lopez to race home.

That gave the Marlins a 4-3 lead, and Miami's bullpen completed a terrific performance. The Marlins got one scoreless innings apiece by Anthony Veneziano, Lake Bachar, Anthony Bender and Calvin Faucher. Bachar (1-0) earned his first major league win, and Faucher logged his second save of the season.

Marlins catcher Agustin Ramirez went 3-for-3 with two doubles and an RBI in his second big-league game.

Cincinnati was led by Noelvi Marte, who hit a massive 431-foot solo homer. That had a 117-mph exit velocity. TJ Friedl and Jose Trevino each had two hits.

Neither starting pitcher earned a decision.

Reds starter Nick Martinez, a Miami native, allowed two runs in 5 2/3 innings. He struck out four and walked two. Martinez is 4-0 with a 1.38 ERA in 11 career appearances (four starts) against the Marlins.

Miami's Edward Cabrera struck out seven batters and allowed three runs on five hits and two walks in five-plus innings.

The Marlins opened the scoring in the first inning. Jesus Sanchez drew a one-out walk. One out later, Ramirez drew a walk, and Sanchez scored when Kyle Stowers -- hunting a first-pitch fastball -- drilled an RBI single to right.

Cabrera, after two perfect innings, gave up Marte's homer to lead off the third. Marte swung at a 98 mph pitch and drove it well over the left field fence.

The Reds took a 2-1 lead in the fifth. With two outs and no runners on, the Reds suddenly pounced as Trevino and Friedl smacked doubles on consecutive pitches.

Cincinnati made it 3-1 in the sixth as Elly De La Cruz singled, stole second and third and scored on Jeimer Candelario's sacrifice fly.

Miami cut its deficit to 3-2 in the bottom of the sixth as Eric Wagaman stroked a two-out single and scored on Ramirez's 107 mph double down the left field line.

The Marlins took a 4-3 lead in the seventh. Connor Norby led off with a 370-foot, ground-rule double to right-center, and he scored on Lopez's one-out single.

Lopez took second on the throw home and scored on Edwards' infield hit, with help from Ashcraft's error.

--Field Level Media