REDS vs. BRAVES- Official Full Game Highlights (September 24) - 2026 MLB Season

Game 81 of 81 here in the regular season at Truist Park, Cincinnati Reds, Atlanta Braves on this beautiful Thursday night from Cobb County. And Atlanta's looking for their 53rd home win of the season. They have a chance to win their 20th series here at home as well. Tyler Mowdy, it's been a decade in the bigs, his first five and a half years, where with Cincinnati, CJ tonight he goes against his former ball club. There's always a little bit of emotion I think when that happens, but a couple of teams removed now for Tyler Mowdy. He has been fantastic, as you well know now here with the Atlanta Braves. Carlos Jorge climbs in, right-hander Tyler Mowdy is ready. Rubber game in this series. That's driven in the air, deep right field. Carlos Jorge's first big league bomb. Well struck several rows deep of the Chophouse. That's the Reds' second lead off shot of the series. It's 1-0 Cincinnati. If your fastball's straight and you leave it in the middle, anybody can hit it. And Carlos Jorge did not miss that one. His first major league RBI. Congratulations, Carlos Jorge. That was a no-doubter. 1-0 Cincinnati. Here comes Elie De La Cruz. He goes down swinging. The splitter from Maly gets it. He locates it well, just enough to get off the fastball with a little bit of movement to get De La Cruz out front. And the side is retired. A home run by Carlos Jorge puts the Reds on the board. We go to the bottom of the first inning. Reds won. And the Braves coming up when we come back. Out to the mound for right-hander Brady Singer. Singer's had some trouble here lately. Last four starts have been a battle for him. The last four starts, he's 1-3 with a 13-1. The league has hit 4-0 against him. A lot of base runners. 15 walks in that time and five home runs. And leadoff single Drake Baldwin. So Cunha had yesterday off after fouling the ball off that shin two nights ago. Back in right field and batting second here tonight. 0-2 driven to right. Rodriguez back. It's over his head. Off the wall. It's only going to be a single. A solid single the other way. And they're at the corners with nobody out. How about two? Two strike hits here in the first inning for the Braves. Matt Olson digs in. Matt trying to tie the game right here. Braves trailing 1-0. 2-1 pitch. Hit in the air to deep right field. Going back. Rodriguez makes the catch out of the warning track. That's deep enough to tie the game. Drake Baldwin trots home. It's a sack fly RBI for Matt Olson. And it's a 1-1 game in the first. Now the batter is Michael Harris the second. The Braves are hitting this ball really hard tonight. That's going to roll to the wall. Acuna's on his horse. Tommy's waving him home. And Atlanta has the lead. They tried to go with the two-seam fastball but elevated here right top of the zone. Michael does a great job of getting to it. We told you there's a lot of places that he can cover. And he covers the top and above very well. And that's what happened on that two-seamer. That might be the best news of this early night so far. And that's watching Ronald Acuna Jr. run the bases with ease. Runners to the corners. Four hits in the inning for the Braves. Braves with a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the first inning. Here's Ozzie Albee looking to extend the lead. Weak grounder. That's going to score the run. Oh look out. But he is safe. Singer went tumbling over his first baseman Sal Stewart. That was an ugly play right there. Matt McClain was at first base. Even after Sal picked it up he still had an out at first base. He just didn't. He had to walk to load the bases and it brings up Austin Reilly. It's going to be his last start of the year. No question. And I'll bet he can't wait for it to be over. Reilly comes up swinging. Dubon ready to tag at third. And the throw is late. And the Braves have played it four in the first. Austin not trying to do too much. Get a first pitch fastball. Bet the bases loaded. Find a way to get another run in and he gets it done. The Braves send ten men to the plate. They score four times on five hits. That's a great statement in this one. Into second base with a two-out double as Hector Rodriguez. That is his fourth double of the year. Well the pitch was off the plate and Rodriguez just goes out there and barrels it. Two-out double keeps it alive for Matt McClain. Sharply towards short beyond the dive of Dubon. Rodriguez rips around third. He scores. Matt McClain's got his first four-game hit streak in a couple of months. And the Reds have made it 4-2. He takes this ball right back where it came from. Right back up the middle. Shortstop Dubon just couldn't get to it. It's a split finger. He hits it off the end of the bat but he puts it in a perfect spot. And the Reds are within 2-4-2 Atlanta on the RBI single by Matt McClain. 4-2 Braves in the top of the third inning. De La Cruz the only strikeout victim for Tyler Mallee to this point. De La Cruz wide drive right. He's got 30. To the back row of the chophouse seats. 3-0 for 4-4 and it's a one-run game. Maybe the mantra for the Reds in 2027 is why not Ellie? You got PCA this year. Why not Ellie next year? If you can come into September and you know you have to get to X amount of steals and X amount of home runs and you're able to turn it on like that. Why can't you do it all year? That is something else. I mean that is just out of here in a snap of a finger. So a game that was once 4-1 Braves now suddenly the Reds have been able to battle back. They're within a run. They have the tying run at second base and here comes Jeremy Hefner. It'll be J.J. Boudet who steps in now after the meeting on the mound is over. Tapped in front of home plate and Mallee able to release that quickly for the second out. On the play both runners will move up so Stewart's at third and Stevenson goes to second. And here is the aforementioned former teammate of Mallee, Eugenio Suarez. That's left center down for a base hit. Stewart scores. Stevenson waved home. Two knocked in by Suarez and the Reds take a 5-4 lead. The Reds have worn Tyler Mallee out this year and it didn't matter what uniform he's been in. What a beautiful piece of hitting right there by Eugenio Suarez. That pitch was out away from him but he went out there to get it. Got the barrel to it and just sent the line drive right over the head of the shortstop Dubon into left center field. And both runners moving on contact. Sal scoring easily from third and Stevenson no issues getting home from second. Singer's got a punch out his first of the night. Jastrzemski goes down and there are two down here in the third inning. How about Austin Riley batting in the number eight spot? Riley gives it a ride toward the bullpen. Over yesterday and another one tonight for Austin Riley. Just like you mentioned last night getting hot at the right time and it's a 5-5 game in the third. You were just saying how about Austin Riley hitting eight. Well that's why that's so surprising because he is just losing power. Stewart takes ball four. Second walk issued by Mallee. Stevenson up with one on and one out. Struck him out. Throw down a second. They still got him even off the bounce for a double play. You got to be some kind of slow to get thrown out on that one. Great play by Ozzie Albies at second base. Strike him out. Throw him out. We go to the bottom of the fifth still tied 5-5. And Dubon has his 10th stolen base of the year. He's in double figures. Go ahead to run down at second. Two men are out. Here's Mike Jastrzemski. There's a hit to right center off the bat of Jastrzemski. Dubon is going to score 6-5 Atlanta. Mike Jastrzemski in the way that he has been swinging it lately. Right up there with everyone else. We know it's a little bit more of a platoon situation when he gets in there. But this has been good to see from Yaz. He gets the fourth team fastball 94 that he's able to turn on. Here in Atlanta the Braves have taken the lead in the bottom of the fifth inning. A 6-5 lead over the Reds and deeper into the bullpen go the Reds. On the mound now the right hander Connor Phillips. He has thrown eight straight out of the zone to begin this outing. Braves have scored one in this fifth. Now Matt Tracy the Reds acting pitching coach will jog out of the mound and pay Phillips a visit. Phillips is ready to go to work here against Drake Baldwin. Center field Jorge. Sometimes when you throw it over the plate they hit it hard. That's why they have gloves out there. Braves settle for one. They again leave the bases loaded here in the fifth. They have a tool race in Atlanta right now. So I know we didn't really like get you. OK this. All right here we go from the rail out. We've got the bucket the dryer the hammer and a brush. And they're off their quarter of the way through the race. Oh the dryer just takes a spill. It looks like the drill is down. It's the brush on a short lead. The bucket coming up the rail. It's the brush. Oh they've got an eighth of a mile to go. It's the bucket. It's the hammer. It looks like it's hammer time. Oh wait. Oh no. The drill's coming in halfway through the race. He's entering at the three quarter ball. Hammer time. He just took the hammer down. Come on bucket. Yes. Look at the hammer. The hammer got hammered. Smith Schauber hits a Eugenio Suarez. Hector Rodriguez. Go ahead run at the plate in the air right field. And the Reds ahead. Rodriguez with the thunder number six. And a pressure poke to deep right. A two run go ahead home run for Hector Rodriguez his sixth. And the Reds have taken a 7-6 lead. That thing was hit into the second deck of the chop house. And he got a breaking ball that he went right down into that left-handed wheelhouse to knock out of here. Now it's Brock Burke who will come on. Nice way to get the inning going on a one pitch one out. Now back to the top of the order for Drake Baldwin. That is fair just inside the bag. And Baldwin is going to hustle into second base. Representing the tying run. He deserved that one because there's been a couple of hard hit balls in his previous at-bats that did not turn into hits. There's another triple digit exit velocity from Drake Baldwin. Rodriguez in pursuit makes the catch. Tagging from third base Baldwin. You have left on left here with Olsen. Certainly a dangerous hitter 0-3. Comebacker whistle to De La Cruz. Throw to first base. Got it. A little smile on the face of Brock Burke after that swing of the bat. This crowd trying to get whipped up into a frenzy here. See if the Braves can walk it off and get win number 94 this season. Down one right now. And the Reds turn to their closer here Emilio Pagan. Chopper. It's gonna be a tough play. Harris beats it out. Tying run aboard. And that nice high hop with his great speed. But you see it right there. Just a little bit on the exchange where there was an issue. Dubon executes that bunt. Tying run down in second. One down for Ozzie Albies. That gets away. Harris to third. Well you love this now because it forces the infield in here with less than two outs. With Michael representing the tying run. Swung through. Albies takes off. Stevenson looks back. Harris completes the put out. Two down. So it's up to Mike Yastrzemski. And the last time the Braves scored it was because of Mike. Had the RBI single in the fifth inning off of McCambly. Right center. Jorge has it crisscrossing with Rodriguez. And the Reds take the game and with it the series. They beat the best in the east. They take two of three in Atlanta from the Braves. 7-6 in the finale.