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September 23, 2026 · NL East

Cincinnati Reds vs Atlanta Braves

September 23, 2026Truist ParkPartly Cloudy 74°F · 12 mph, L To R
AWAY
Cincinnati Reds
73-85
2
vs
HOME
Atlanta Braves
93-65
3

Game Highlights

Published September 23, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
T1 Juan Brito Juan Brito homers (3) on a fly ball to center field. CIN 1, ATL 0
B6 Matt Olson Matt Olson homers (41) on a fly ball to center field. CIN 1, ATL 1
T7 Will Banfield Will Banfield out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Mauricio Dubón. Matt McLain scores. CIN 2, ATL 1
B7 Austin Riley Austin Riley homers (18) on a fly ball to center field. CIN 2, ATL 2
B10 Mauricio Dubón Mauricio Dubón singles on a ground ball to pitcher Luis Mey. DaShawn Keirsey Jr. scores. Drake Baldwin to 2nd. CIN 2, ATL 3

Box score

  12345678910 R
CIN 1000001000 2
ATL 0000011001 3

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 2

Andrew Abbott started for Reds, leaving with the game tied 2–2. Out of the bullpen, Luis Mey took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Andrew Abbott Starter 7.0 100 2 6
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Andrew Abbott threw
    CSW 28% 1st-pitch strike 64% 3.6 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 45 45% 3 11 6 15 10
    Changeup 18 18% 4 1 2 8 3
    Sweeper 16 16% 2 0 3 4 7
    Curveball 13 13% 1 4 0 7 1
    Cutter 8 8% 1 1 2 4 0
  • Graham Ashcraft Setup 1.0 13 0 0
  • Pierce Johnson Middle 1.0 18 0 2
  • Luis Mey Middle 0.1 10 1 0 L
Braves HOME 3

Chris Sale started for Braves, leaving trailing 0–1. Out of the bullpen, Robert Suarez took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Chris Sale Starter 5.2 97 1 10
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Chris Sale threw
    CSW 36% 1st-pitch strike 68% 4.4 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 52 54% 15 4 17 12 4
    Slider 40 41% 7 9 4 15 5
    Changeup 5 5% 0 0 1 3 1
  • Victor Mederos Middle 0.1 10 0 1
  • Robert Suarez Setup 1.0 13 1 0
  • Dylan Lee Setup 1.0 13 0 0
  • Raisel Iglesias Closer 1.0 13 0 3
  • Brent Suter Long 1.0 15 0 1 W

Where the game turned

1 run Bottom 10th · off Mey
  • Dubón 1B (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · CIN
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Elly De La Cruz SS 4 0 0 0 0 2 .285 .367 .517 .884
Sal Stewart 1B 4 0 0 0 0 3 .266 .333 .465 .798
Dane Myers CF 3 0 0 0 1 2 .257 .344 .377 .721
Eugenio Suárez DH 3 0 0 0 0 3 .208 .305 .426 .731
Matt McLain 2B 4 1 2 0 0 2 .187 .276 .340 .616 3B
Oswaldo Cabrera 3B 4 0 1 0 0 2 .063 .063 .125 .188 2B, SB
Tyler Stephenson C 1 0 0 0 0 0 .245 .326 .411 .737
JJ Bleday LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .217 .326 .415 .741
Juan Brito RF 4 1 2 1 0 0 .253 .301 .411 .712 HR (3)
Will Banfield C 2 0 0 1 0 1 .176 .167 .235 .402
Ke'Bryan Hayes 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .197 .229 .426
HOME · ATL
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Drake Baldwin C 4 0 0 0 0 2 .282 .358 .454 .812
Mauricio Dubón LF 4 0 2 1 1 0 .275 .320 .394 .714
Matt Olson 1B 4 1 2 1 0 0 .254 .325 .511 .836 HR (41), 2B
Ozzie Albies 2B 3 0 1 0 0 0 .241 .297 .399 .696
Michael Harris II CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 .289 .317 .484 .801
Austin Riley 3B 4 1 2 1 0 2 .222 .293 .365 .658 HR (18)
Dominic Smith DH 1 0 0 0 0 1 .254 .311 .375 .686
Ha-Seong Kim SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 .113 .203 .121 .324
Sean Murphy DH 3 0 0 0 0 2 .168 .236 .297 .533
Brewer Hicklen RF 2 0 0 0 1 0 .257 .395 .400 .795
Mike Yastrzemski RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .231 .314 .392 .706

Pitching lines

AWAY · CIN
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Andrew Abbott 7.0 6 2 2 1 6 2 100 4.61
Graham Ashcraft 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 13 4.32
Pierce Johnson 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18 4.72
Luis Mey 0.1 1 1 0 0 0 0 10 5.79 L
HOME · ATL
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Chris Sale 5.2 4 1 1 0 10 1 97 2.16
Victor Mederos 0.1 0 0 0 1 1 0 10 3.62
Robert Suarez 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 13 0.82
Dylan Lee 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 3.14
Raisel Iglesias 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 13 2.59
Brent Suter 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15 3.48 W

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.