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Atlanta Braves @ Cincinnati Reds

2026-05-31 · Day game · Great American Ballpark · Att: 31084 · 73°F, Partly Cloudy · Wind 3 mph, In From LF · 2:38

Cincinnati Reds defeated Atlanta Braves 6–4. Atlanta Braves opened the scoring in the 1st — Ronald Acuña Jr. homers (7) on a fly ball to left center field. Cincinnati Reds took the lead in the 3rd — JJ Bleday doubles (8) on a sharp line drive to right fielder Ronald Acuña Jr. Elly De La Cruz scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 9th: Matt Olson grounds out, third baseman Sal Stewart to first baseman Nathaniel Lowe — worth 15% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
ATL	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	4	7	2
CIN	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	6	10

Atlanta Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ronald Acuna RF	3	1	2	2	2	1
Michael Harris CF	3	1	2	0	2	0
Matt Olson 1B	5	0	0	0	0	1
Ozzie Albies 2B	4	0	1	0	0	0
Mauricio Dubon LF	3	0	0	0	1	1
Austin Riley 3B	3	0	0	1	0	0
Jorge Mateo DH	3	1	1	1	0	0
Dominic Smith PH	0	1	0	0	1	0
Mike Yastrzemski PH	1	0	1	0	0	0
Ha-Seong Kim SS	3	0	0	0	0	1
Chadwick Tromp C	2	0	0	0	0	1
Eli White PH	1	0	0	0	0	0
Sandy Leon C	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Blake Dunn CF	5	0	0	0	0	3
Elly De La Cruz SS	2	2	2	0	1	0
Matt McLain SS	1	1	0	0	0	1
JJ Bleday LF	4	0	2	2	0	1
Sal Stewart 3B	3	0	1	0	1	1
Eugenio Suarez DH	3	1	1	2	0	2
Nathaniel Lowe 1B	4	0	0	0	0	1
Spencer Steer 2B	3	2	2	0	1	1
Will Benson RF	4	0	1	0	0	2
P. J. Higgins C	4	0	1	1	0	1