CINCINNATI (AP) \u2014 Eugenio Su\u00e1rez homered for the first time since April 15 and Nick Lodolo allowed three earned runs in 6 2\/3 innings to lead the Cincinnati Reds over the first-place Atlanta Braves 6-4 on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz left the game in the fifth inning with right hamstring tightness after hitting a single and pulling up at first base.<\/p>\n
Lodolo (2-1) allowed seven hits, including a pair of homers with four walks and four strikeouts.<\/p>\n
Ronald Acu\u00f1a Jr. hit his franchise-best 39th career leadoff home run on Lodolo\u2019s first pitch to make it five homers in four games.<\/p>\n
The Reds avoided being swept at home for the first time since the Royals did it in August 2024, a stretch of 40 consecutive series. It\u2019s the team\u2019s longest sweep-less streak since 2013.<\/p>\n
Reds left fielder JJ Bleday had RBI doubles in each of his first two at-bats, driving in De La Cruz twice.<\/p>\n
Spencer Steer singled and scored when Will Benson doubled off the wall and Acu\u00f1a misplayed the carom for an error to make it 3-1 in the fourth.<\/p>\n
Braves designated hitter Jorge Mateo homered for the second straight game to cut the Reds\u2019 lead in the fifth.<\/p>\n
Suarez\u2019s sacrifice fly extended it to 4-2 in the fifth. Reds catcher P.J. Higgins made it 5-3 with an RBI double off Didier Fuentes in the sixth.<\/p>\n
Braves starter Spencer Strider (3-1) allowed three earned runs on seven hits in five innings. He fanned eight.<\/p>\n
Su\u00e1rez, who missed 25 games with a mild left oblique strain, homered off Dylan Dodd in the seventh, his fourth homer of the season.<\/p>\n
Left-hander Sam Moll got Matt Olson to ground out with the bases loaded for his first save, the second of his career.<\/p>\n
Up next<\/p>\n
Braves: RPH Bryce Elder (4-3, 2.50) is scheduled to start Tuesday against the Blue Jays.<\/p>\n
Reds: RHP Chase Burns (7-1, 1.96) is scheduled to start Monday against the Royals.<\/p>\n
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AP MLB: https:\/\/apnews.com\/mlb<\/p>\n
Jeff Wallner, The Associated Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CINCINNATI (AP) \u2014 Eugenio Su\u00e1rez homered for the first time since April 15 and Nick Lodolo allowed three…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":706475,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":["post-706474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=706474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706474\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/706475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=706474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=706474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=706474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}