Jonathan India led off a game with a home run for the 10th time in his career. Jeimer Candelario homered and Rece Hinds hit his first career grand slam. The Reds deep sea drives hooked the Miami Marlins in a 7-4 win.
India opened the game with his eighth home run of the season. Yonny Chirinos the Marlins' starter retired Elly De La Cruz on a pop up but Candelario hit his 15th home run halfway up the sun deck in right field.
For the second straight game the Reds' starting pitcher struck out the first six batters. Carson Spiers did it against the Marlins. Hunter Greene struck out the first six Rockies' batters on Thursday. He struck out two in the third to establish a new carrer high at eight.
"Spiers had a great start," David Bell said. "He's had great stuff. His fastball is a special pitch. It doesn't light up the radar board but the way it plays up is special. He uses it well. He has quality pitches to go with it to set it up."
The Reds added a two-out run in the second inning. Hinds walked and Will Benson doubled off the base of the right field fence that scored Hinds.
Hinds hit a grand slam in the thitd inning. His third home run of the season followed a walk to Candelario, a single by Spencer Steer and Noelvi Marte was hit by a pitch. Hinds has seven extra-base hits in his five games.
"I got a pitch over the heart of the plate with runners on base I wanted to drive in runs," Hinds said. "I got the pitch. I'm always ready for the heater."
Hinds has seven extra-base hits in five games with eight RBI.
"It's unheard of really. Rece isn't surprised," Bell said. "People in our organization aren't really surprised. He has the ability to do it. He has the talent to do it. He's stepped right in at this level and do what he's capable of. It says a lot about Rece and what he's gone through to get himself here. Also, reading the repots in our organization the staff at Triple A have done a great job of helping him prepare.
He is the second Red since 1900 to notch a grand slam in his first five games. Vada Pinson did it in 1958.
"I'm trying to stay humble and even keel and live in the present and have fun with it. I think there are a lot of highs and lows in baseball. If you get too high or too low, there are too many emotions in baseball," Hinds said.
The Marlins broke through in the fourth. Xavier Edwards singled for the first Miami hit. Bryan De La Cruz check swing was fielded by India but too late to make a play. Jesus Sanchez launched his 11th home run into the stands in right. Spiers recovered to rack up his ninth strikeout against Nick Gordon.
Nick Martinez relieved Spiers in the sixth inning.
Spiers pitched five innings, allowing three runs on six hits with no walks and a career-high nine strike outs.
Martinez pitched three scoreless innings. Alexis Diaz needed an inning of work and entered in the ninth. Diaz hasn't pitched since July 7 against Detroit or four games.
Gordon doubled and Ali Sanchez singled for the fourth run. It was Sanchez first career RBI.
Diaz got Edwards to ground out to end the game.
Hinds and Benson both made fine running catches in the seventh inning when the first two Marlins reached base on infield hits. Hinds was an infielder when he was first drafted but transitioned to the outfield to avoid injuries to his legs.
"I've been working really hard," Hinds said. "Obviously, its a new position. I've been playing a lot of right field. I go out there every day to get live reads and a feel. To see it payoff is really cool."
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