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Nick Lodolo and four relievers combined on a four-hit shutout Thursday for the host Cincinnati Reds, who salvaged a split of a four-game series with the Miami Marlins by earning a 6-0 win.

Abbott served as a stopper and everything else the Reds needed in order to halt their four-game losing skid. Abbott, who was confirmed as an MLB All-Star Game participant on Tuesday, July 8, threw seven and 2/3 innings of six-hit, one-run baseball against the Marlins Wednesday, July 9, and the Reds won, 7-2, at Great American Ball Park.

With a 2-for-4 performance on Thursday afternoon against the Miami Marlins, Cincinnati Reds star Elly De La Cruz joined some rare team history. According to Fra

PITCHING PROBABLES: Marlins: Sandy Alcantara (4-8, 7.01 ERA, 1.44 WHIP, 67 strikeouts); Reds: Andrew Abbott (7-1, 2.15 ERA, 1.09 WHIP, 78 strikeouts) BOTTOM LINE: The Cincinnati Reds play the Miami Marlins after losing four in a row.

At least they got another All-Star selection out of the evening, when MLB announced that left-hander Andrew Abbott joins teammate Elly De La Cruz on the National League squad next week as a replacement for Dodgers pitcher Yosh Yamamoto.

In the second inning, three Miami Marlins batters took Cincinnati Reds starter Andrew Abbott deep. The balls stayed in the yard, but it felt like a warning shot from a Marlins team that put up double-digit runs one day earlier.