Cincinnati Reds at Atlanta Braves

· Major League Baseball

Cincinnati Reds

74-85, 36-42 Away

Final
7 - 6

Atlanta Braves

93-66, 52-29 Home

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

With the loss, Atlanta secured the No. 3 seed for the National League playoffs, behind Milwaukee and the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Braves (93-66) will host a best-of-three Wild Card Series starting Tuesday.

Rodríguez's two-run homer in the sixth inning off AJ Smith-Shawver (0-3) made it 7-6. De La Cruz extended his career high with a shot to right field in the third, and he needs one stolen base for the fourth 30/30 season in Reds history.

Jorge led off the game with his first career homer.

Connor Phillips (2-0), the third of six Cincinnati pitchers, got four outs. Emilio Pagán worked the ninth for his 25th save.

Atlanta scored four runs in the bottom of the first, but Cincinnati quickly rallied against Tyler Mahle. The right-hander gave up five runs in five innings in his final start before the playoffs. It was his worst outing since joining the Braves from San Francisco at the trade deadline. He gave up two runs or fewer in each of his previous eight starts with Atlanta.

Braves star Ronald Acuña Jr. returned after missing one game with a bone bruise on his shin, racing around at full speed to score from first on a double in the first inning. He was 2 for 5 with a stolen base.

Reds starter Brady Singer lasted three innings and gave up five runs on seven hits. Austin Riley homered against him in the third.

Up next Reds: Conclude the season with a three-game series at Toronto. LHP Nick Lodolo (3-6, 5.04 ERA) will oppose Blue Jays RHP José Soriano (12-8, 3.72) on Friday.

Braves: Have not announced a starter for Friday's series opener at Miami. RHP Eury Pérez (7-11, 4.14) starts for the Marlins.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Yastrzemski flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Albies struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Harris II to third on wild pitch by Pagán.
	9th Inning	Dubón hit sacrifice bunt to pitcher, Harris II to second.
	9th Inning	Harris II reached on infield single to second.
	9th Inning	Pagán relieved Burke

Statistics

CIN		ATL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
11	Ground Balls	12
7	Strikeouts	4
7	Runs Batted In	6
0	Sacrifice Hit	1
7	Hits	12
0	Stolen Bases	2
2	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
7	Runs	6
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	2
33	At Bats	36
3	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
5	Runners Left On Base	15
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	2
15	Fly Balls	23
1	Caught Stealing	0
153	Pitches	148
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
17	Total Bases	17
36	Plate Appearances	43
486.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
4	Extra Base Hits	3
4.6	Runs Created	7.4
.212	Batting Average	.333
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.515	Slugging Percentage	.472
.333	Secondary Average	.306
.278	On Base Percentage	.381
.793	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.853
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
4.6	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	7.4
46.0	Batter Rating	45.0
11.0	At Bats Per Home Run	36.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.25	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.44
.303	Isolated Power	.139
0.29	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.00
.056	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.093
.121	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.028
14.0	Runs Produced	12.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.4
89.3	MLB Rating	95.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0