Joey Votto pushed the Florida Marlins right to the brink of elimination and gave fans a sweet way to remember the Reds’ final home game.

Votto homered and doubled to help Cincinnati rally from a four-run deficit and beat the Florida Marlins 7-5 Monday in a makeup game.

The Marlins took a 4-0 lead before giving up six runs in the seventh inning on their way to a third consecutive loss after a nine-game winning streak fanned dreams of a miracle comeback.

‘‘It’s tough trying to rebound from those two games,’’ Florida starter Ricky Nolasco said. ‘‘Just coming in here for the day and losing that way definitely hurts.’’

The loss dropped Florida 5 1/2 games behind New York in the NL wild-card race with six games left. The Mets played Chicago at night.