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May 31, 2026 · NL Cent

Atlanta Braves vs Cincinnati Reds

May 31, 2026Great American Ball ParkPartly Cloudy 73°F · 3 mph, In From LF
AWAY
Atlanta Braves
40-20
4
vs
HOME
Cincinnati Reds
30-28
6

Game Highlights

Published May 31, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
T1 Ronald Acuña Jr. Ronald Acuña Jr. homers (7) on a fly ball to left center field. ATL 1, CIN 0
B1 JJ Bleday JJ Bleday doubles (7) on a sharp line drive to right fielder Ronald Acuña Jr. Elly De La Cruz scores. ATL 1, CIN 1
B3 JJ Bleday JJ Bleday doubles (8) on a sharp line drive to right fielder Ronald Acuña Jr. Elly De La Cruz scores. ATL 1, CIN 2
B4 Will Benson Will Benson doubles (3) on a line drive to right fielder Ronald Acuña Jr. Spencer Steer scores. Fielding error by right fielder Ronald Acuña Jr. ATL 1, CIN 3
T5 Jorge Mateo Jorge Mateo homers (4) on a fly ball to left center field. ATL 2, CIN 3
B5 Eugenio Suárez Eugenio Suárez out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Ronald Acuña Jr. Matt McLain scores. ATL 2, CIN 4
T6 Austin Riley Austin Riley out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Blake Dunn. Michael Harris II scores. Ozzie Albies to 3rd. ATL 3, CIN 4
B6 P.J. Higgins P.J. Higgins doubles (1) on a fly ball to right fielder Ronald Acuña Jr. Spencer Steer scores. ATL 3, CIN 5
B7 Eugenio Suárez Eugenio Suárez homers (4) on a fly ball to center field. ATL 3, CIN 6
T9 Ronald Acuña Jr. Ronald Acuña Jr. singles on a line drive to center fielder Blake Dunn. Dominic Smith scores. Mike Yastrzemski to 2nd. ATL 4, CIN 6

Box score

  123456789 R
ATL 100011001 4
CIN 101111100 6

Pitching & bullpen

How the game was pitched — the starters, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role, and the pitch counts behind them.

Braves AWAY 4

Spencer Strider started for Braves, leaving trailing 2–4. Out of the bullpen, Didier Fuentes took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Spencer Strider Starter 5.0 90 4 8 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Spencer Strider threw
    CSW 30% 1st-pitch strike 58% 3.8 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 49 54% 5 10 9 16 9
    Slider 26 29% 5 2 7 10 2
    Changeup 8 9% 0 2 0 4 2
    Curveball 7 8% 1 2 1 2 1
  • Didier Fuentes Middle 1.0 26 1 2
  • Dylan Dodd Middle 1.0 14 1 1
  • Reynaldo López Long 1.0 13 0 2
Reds HOME 6

Nick Lodolo started for Reds, leaving with a 5–3 lead. Out of the bullpen, Tony Santillan took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Nick Lodolo Starter 6.2 100 3 4 W
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Nick Lodolo threw
    CSW 23% 1st-pitch strike 62% 3.4 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 31 31% 2 4 5 16 4
    Changeup 26 26% 1 4 5 10 6
    Sinker 22 22% 0 5 5 7 5
    Curveball 21 21% 4 3 3 6 5
  • Brock Burke Setup 1.1 15 0 1 HLD inherited 1, stranded 1
  • Tony Santillan Setup 0.2 18 1 0 HLD
  • Sam Moll Middle 0.1 10 0 0 SV inherited 2, stranded 2

Where the game turned

1 run Bottom 3rd · off Strider
  • Bleday 2B (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · ATL
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Ronald Acuña Jr. RF 3 1 2 2 2 1 .253 .380 .441 .821 HR (7)
Michael Harris II CF 3 1 2 0 2 0 .307 .341 .527 .868
Matt Olson 1B 5 0 0 0 0 1 .261 .340 .543 .883
Ozzie Albies 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 .274 .328 .432 .760
Mauricio Dubón LF 3 0 0 0 1 1 .250 .307 .370 .677
Austin Riley 3B 3 0 0 1 0 0 .209 .285 .364 .649
Dominic Smith PH 0 1 0 0 1 0 .325 .356 .496 .852
Mike Yastrzemski PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 .250 .331 .378 .709
Sandy León C 1 0 0 0 0 0 .080 .080 .080 .160
Jorge Mateo DH 3 1 1 1 0 0 .316 .357 .519 .876 HR (4)
Ha-Seong Kim SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 .089 .180 .089 .269
Chadwick Tromp C 2 0 0 0 0 1 .217 .208 .261 .469
Eli White PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .217 .257 .362 .619
HOME · CIN
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Blake Dunn CF 5 0 0 0 0 3 .281 .343 .406 .749
Matt McLain SS 1 1 0 0 0 1 .196 .294 .320 .614
JJ Bleday LF 4 0 2 2 0 1 .303 .398 .642 1.040 2 2B
Sal Stewart 3B 3 0 1 0 1 1 .261 .356 .477 .833
Eugenio Suárez DH 3 1 1 2 0 2 .224 .300 .371 .671 HR (4)
Nathaniel Lowe 1B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .264 .343 .552 .895
Spencer Steer 2B 3 2 2 0 1 1 .271 .345 .432 .777 2B
Will Benson RF 4 0 1 0 0 2 .181 .313 .313 .626 2B
P.J. Higgins C 4 0 1 1 0 1 .286 .333 .333 .666 2B
Elly De La Cruz SS 2 2 2 0 1 0 .280 .346 .509 .855 SB

Pitching lines

AWAY · ATL
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Spencer Strider 5.0 7 4 3 2 8 0 90 3.77 L
Didier Fuentes 1.0 1 1 1 1 2 0 26 2.78
Dylan Dodd 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 1 14 1.69
Reynaldo López 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 13 3.31
HOME · CIN
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Nick Lodolo 6.2 5 3 3 4 4 2 100 5.20 W
Brock Burke 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 15 3.62 HLD
Tony Santillan 0.2 2 1 1 1 0 0 18 5.56 HLD
Sam Moll 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 2.49 SV

Manager comparison

AWAY · ATL
Walt Weiss
Walt Weiss
Lineup 2.3 R Bunts 0.0 R IBBs 0.5 R
HOME · CIN
Terry Francona
Terry Francona
Lineup 1.7 R Bunts 1.5 R IBBs 2.9 R

Recent form

AWAY · ATL
3-6 L2 -21 run diff
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HOME · CIN
5-5 L1 +7 run diff
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Season series: 2-1 with ATL listed first across 3 prior meetings.

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How RunsLeft analyzes games

Standard content on this page comes from the MLB Stats API. The pitching analysis describes how the game was pitched — the starter's line, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role (opener, bulk, setup, closer), pitch counts as a fatigue signal, and the leverage context where the game turned. Reliever roles are inferred from how the manager used each arm up to that date. It describes structure and constraints; it does not grade the manager.

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