MIAMI — For the second consecutive April, Marlins outfielder Griffin Conine has sustained a significant injury that potentially will sideline him for months.

Conine sustained a torn hamstring during Thursday’s win against the Reds and likely will require surgery. Hamstring tears that require surgery typically can sideline baseball players three to six months.

Last season, Conine sustained a dislocated shoulder in mid-April and didn’t return until Sept. 22. He finished with a .253 average, two home runs and eight RBIs in 24 games.

He was off to a good start this season, with a .273 average (.360 on base percentage), two homers and four RBIs in 25 plate appearances over 11 games.

Conine’s injury happened a day before outfielder Kyle Stowers begins a rehabilitation assignment at Triple-A Jacksonville.

An All-Star last season, Stowers has missed the first two-plus weeks of the season with a hamstring injury that was sustained early in spring training and was re-aggravated a week before the regular season.

Stowers has been taking defensive reps at first base in recent days, and manager Clayton McCullough said he could play there occasionally. But there might be no reason to play him much, if at all, at first base in the wake of Conine’s injury.

Conine’s spot was filled on the roster by first baseman Deyvison De Los Santos, who went 1 for 2 with a double in his big league debut two weeks ago.

After two games with the Marlins, he returned to Triple-A Jacksonville, where he was hitting .233 (.324 on base) with three homers and eight RBIs in 34 plate appearances.

Conine, the son of former Marlins legend Jeff Conine, was dealt to the Marlins as the player to be named later in Toronto’s August 2020 trade for Jonathan Villar.

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