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September 22, 2026 · NL East

Cincinnati Reds vs Atlanta Braves

September 22, 2026Truist ParkOvercast 81°F · 5 mph, Out To RF
AWAY
Cincinnati Reds
73-84
4
vs
HOME
Atlanta Braves
92-65
0

Game Highlights

Published September 22, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
T3 Elly De La Cruz Elly De La Cruz homers (29) on a line drive to right field. CIN 1, ATL 0
T6 Dane Myers Dane Myers homers (8) on a fly ball to center field. CIN 2, ATL 0
T7 Elly De La Cruz Elly De La Cruz singles on a ground ball to left fielder Mauricio Dubón, deflected by shortstop Ha-Seong Kim. Matt McLain scores. CIN 3, ATL 0
T8 Eugenio Suárez Eugenio Suárez homers (25) on a fly ball to center field. CIN 4, ATL 0

Box score

  123456789 R
CIN 001001110 4
ATL 000000000 0

Pitching & bullpen

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

Reds AWAY 4

Brandon Williamson started for Reds, leaving with a 2–0 lead.

workload · innings pitched
  • Brandon Williamson Starter 6.0 68 0 2 W
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Brandon Williamson threw
    CSW 26% 1st-pitch strike 58% 3.6 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Cutter 30 44% 1 6 6 7 10
    Changeup 15 22% 3 0 0 10 2
    Sinker 7 10% 1 0 1 1 4
    Curveball 6 9% 0 3 0 3 0
    Four-Seam Fastball 5 7% 0 3 0 2 0
    Sweeper 5 7% 1 0 1 2 1
  • Brock Burke Setup 1.0 25 0 1 HLD
  • Tejay Antone Middle 1.0 18 0 1
  • Emilio Pagán Closer 1.0 10 0 1
Braves HOME 0

JR Ritchie started for Braves, leaving trailing 0–1. Out of the bullpen, Owen Murphy took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • JR Ritchie Starter 5.0 86 1 8 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what JR Ritchie threw
    CSW 24% 1st-pitch strike 59% 3.9 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Curveball 30 35% 4 2 10 10 4
    Sinker 26 30% 0 4 7 10 5
    Four-Seam Fastball 18 21% 5 3 2 7 1
    Changeup 11 13% 2 1 1 6 1
    Cutter 1 1% 0 0 0 1 0
  • Owen Murphy Middle 3.0 50 3 1
  • Didier Fuentes Middle 1.0 20 0 1

Where the game turned

1 run Top 3rd · off Ritchie
  • Cruz HR (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · CIN
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Carlos Jorge RF 5 0 1 0 0 3 .133 .188 .200 .388
Elly De La Cruz SS 3 1 2 2 2 0 .288 .370 .521 .891 HR (29), SB
Sal Stewart 1B 4 0 1 0 1 1 .267 .335 .468 .803
Tyler Stephenson C 4 0 1 0 0 2 .246 .327 .412 .739 2B
JJ Bleday LF 4 0 2 0 0 0 .218 .326 .416 .742
Dane Myers CF 4 1 1 1 0 1 .260 .345 .381 .726 HR (8)
Héctor Rodríguez DH 4 0 0 0 0 2 .211 .257 .367 .624
Matt McLain 2B 4 1 1 0 0 1 .184 .274 .333 .607
Eugenio Suárez 3B 4 1 1 1 0 0 .210 .305 .429 .734 HR (25)
HOME · ATL
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Mike Yastrzemski RF 0 0 0 0 1 0 .231 .315 .393 .708
Drake Baldwin DH 3 0 2 0 1 0 .284 .359 .458 .817
Matt Olson 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 .253 .324 .504 .828
Ozzie Albies 2B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .241 .296 .400 .696
Michael Harris II CF 4 0 2 0 0 0 .291 .319 .488 .807 2B, SB
Mauricio Dubón LF 4 0 1 0 0 1 .273 .318 .393 .711
Austin Riley 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 .220 .292 .359 .651
Sean Murphy C 3 0 0 0 0 2 .173 .243 .306 .549
Ha-Seong Kim SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 .116 .207 .124 .331
Ronald Acuña Jr. RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .259 .352 .462 .814
Brewer Hicklen RF 2 0 0 0 0 1 .273 .400 .424 .824

Pitching lines

AWAY · CIN
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Brandon Williamson 6.0 3 0 0 0 2 0 68 4.89 W
Brock Burke 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 25 2.33 HLD
Tejay Antone 1.0 2 0 0 1 1 0 18 3.23
Emilio Pagán 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 10 3.46
HOME · ATL
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
JR Ritchie 5.0 4 1 1 3 8 1 86 4.79 L
Owen Murphy 3.0 6 3 3 0 1 2 50 6.00
Didier Fuentes 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20 2.24

Manager comparison

AWAY · CIN
Terry Francona
Lineup 3.3 R Bunts 2.2 R IBBs 4.4 R
HOME · ATL
Walt Weiss
Lineup 4.4 R Bunts 1.7 R IBBs 3.1 R

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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.

Read the full methodology.