MIAMI — The Miami Marlins' latest loss was a Choo-in from the start.

From a ringing single to open the game and set up the first run to a pair of home runs, Shin-Soo Choo was a one-man wrecking crew for Cincinnati in a 4-0 victory Wednesday at Marlins Park.

Choo had four hits off Alex Sanabia, including homers to left and right fields, and scored three times. The wonder is the Marlins continue to pitch to the Reds' center fielder as he is hitting .571 (12 for 21) in six games this season.

Choo generated more offense than the Marlins do in a typical week. This time it was unheralded Mike Leake (3-2) shutting them down for 6 2/3 innings on nine hits, eight of them singles.

It was the seventh time the Marlins have been shut out, including three of the past eight games. They totaled 11 hits but were 1 for 10 with runners in scoring position and left 12 on base.

Inexperience is only partly to blame for the season-long offensive ineptitude.

The Marlins have used 10 rookies so far, tied for most in the major leagues with Houston and Milwaukee. But the elephant in the dugout is that the veteran hitters haven't set much of an example for the youngsters to emulate.

"We've got some guys in there that in the past they've been able to get it done. Right now they're not," manager Mike Redmond said. "I'm trying to be patient, I've been patient. But at the end of the day somebody's got to step up and get a hit with guys in scoring position."

Wednesday's lineup included Juan Pierre, Placido Polanco, Greg Dobbs and Justin Ruggiano. All of them established big-leaguers. All batting in the low .200s.

Ruggiano, the Marlins' leader in home runs and RBI, had a key at-bat with the bases loaded and two outs in the third and the Reds leading 1-0. He flied to right on the second pitch.

In the fifth, Pierre led off with a single. Polanco followed with a double-play grounder. Both failed in the seventh after the first two hitters got on.

It is easy to understand why Redmond chose to bat Derek Dietrich and Marcell Ozuna, with fewer than 20 games in the bigs between them, third and fourth in the order the past two days.

"Young guys come up, they bring energy," Redmond reasoned.

The young duo produced three hits, including a double by Dietrich. But Ozuna stranded him with a fly to center.

Dietrich struck out to end the seventh with runners on second and third after running the count to 3-0. He struck out to end the game with two on after battling Aroldis Chapman for 10 pitches.

"We're just not getting it done. That's really it. I don't know to dress it up any more than that," Redmond said.

In addition, reliever Ryan Webb had a string of 10 1/3 innings without a hit allowed end when he entered in the seventh and gave up a leadoff single to Joey Votto. The streak was the longest by a reliever in the majors this season.