The Reds chase Alcantara in 9th place, beat the Marlins 6-3 in 10th with the help of McLain for a 5-game winning streak

MIAMI (AP) — Anthony Bender threw a game-tying wild pitch with two outs in the ninth inning after Cincinnati chased Sandy Alcantara and Nathaniel Lowe hit a go-ahead single in a four-run 10th inning, leading the Reds to a 6-3 victory over the Miami Marlins on Tuesday for a five-game winning streak.

Matt McLain doubled twice and had two RBIs as Cincinnati improved to 5-0 on the road and at 8-3 overall matched its best start since 2011.

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Alcantara had a two-hit shutout to start the ninth and had not allowed a run in 24 innings this season. Miami backed him up with scoring ground balls by Otto López and Heriberto Hernández in the second against Andrew Abbott.

McLain doubled with one out in the ninth, Elly De La Cruz walked and Bender relieved. The Reds had a double steal, Sal Stewart hit a sacrifice fly and Bender’s wild pitch gave him his second blown save.

Lowe singled for a 3-2 lead in the 10th off Calvin Faucher (1-1). McLain hit a two-run double and De La Cruz added an RBI groundout for a 6-2 margin.

Graham Pauley scored a grounder in the bottom half before Graham Ashcraft got Connor Norby to ground out into a double play to end the game.

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Emilio Pagán (1-0) walked two in the ninth and escaped a jam at second and third, with one out, by striking out Agustín Ramírez and retiring Jakob Marsee with a fly ball.

Cincinnati had been the last team in the major leagues without an error before McLain was called for obstruction at second base in the sixth inning for what appeared to be a discovered theft.

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Reds RHP Brady Singer (0-0, 5.00) starts against Marlins RHP Eury Pérez (0-1, 5.73) in game three of the four-game series.

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