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FINAL Thursday, September 24, 2026
Cincinnati Reds 7
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Atlanta Braves 6
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Match Report

Elly De La Cruz hits 30th homer and Reds rally for 7-6 win over Braves, who lock up NL's No. 3 seed

— Elly De La Cruz hit his 30th homer, Héctor Rodríguez and rookie Carlos Jorge also went deep, and the Cincinnati Reds rallied from an early deficit to beat the NL East champion Atlanta Braves 7-6 on Thursday night.

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Top Performers

CIN

  • Carlos Jorge · ·
  • Elly De La Cruz · ·
  • Sal Stewart · ·
  • Tyler Stephenson · ·

ATL

  • Drake Baldwin · ·
  • Ronald Acuna Jr. · ·
  • Matt Olson · ·
  • Michael Harris II · ·

Recent Plays

  1. · 9th Inning End of the 9th inning
  2. · 9th Inning
  3. · 9th Inning Yastrzemski flied out to center.
  4. · 9th Inning Pitch 2 : Ball In Play
  5. · 9th Inning Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul
  6. · 9th Inning Emilio Pagan pitches to Mike Yastrzemski
  7. · 9th Inning
  8. · 9th Inning Albies struck out swinging.

Head to Head

CIN wins series 2-1

Injuries

Atlanta Braves

  • Spencer Strider 60-Day-IL
  • Joe Jimenez 60-Day-IL
  • Jurickson Profar suspension
  • Joey Wentz 60-Day-IL
  • Spencer Schwellenbach 60-Day-IL

Cincinnati Reds

  • Tony Santillan Out
  • Julian Garcia Out
  • Spencer Steer 60-Day-IL
  • Dane Myers Out
  • Blake Dunn 60-Day-IL

Lineups

ATL

  1. 30Drake BaldwinDH
  2. 13Ronald Acuna Jr.RF
  3. 28Matt Olson1B
  4. 23Michael Harris IICF
  5. 14Mauricio DubonSS
  6. 1Ozzie Albies2B
  7. 18Mike YastrzemskiLF
  8. 27Austin Riley3B
  9. 12Sean MurphyC

CIN

  1. 38Carlos JorgeCF
  2. 44Elly De La CruzSS
  3. 27Sal Stewart1B
  4. 37Tyler StephensonC
  5. 22JJ BledayLF
  6. 28Eugenio SuarezDH
  7. 43Hector RodriguezRF
  8. 9Matt McLain2B
  9. 3Ke'Bryan Hayes3B

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