The Cincinnati Reds had their 12 game win streak come to an end today, however they are one of the hottest and exciting teams in the MLB right now. Rookie shortstop, Elly De La Cruz, has been an absolute electric factory, Joey Votto has returned and is already crushing nukes, they're currently leading the NL Central by a game and a half, and they have skyline chili!
“I wish we won 100 in a row," Spencer Steer said. "We played some really good baseball the last two weeks. We've built a pretty good culture, good bond in that clubhouse and I think we believe that we can play with these heavyweights.”
Each team homered four times.
Matt Olson hit the 200th of his big league career and Travis d'Arnaud and Ozzie Albies also went deep off Graham Ashcraft (3-6), who allowed three long balls for the first time in 33 big league starts. Marcell Ozuna (from the Braves) homered against Alex Young as the Braves won for the ninth time in 10 games.
“It was quite a streak," Reds manager David Bell said. “It went on for a while so we didn't get used to it and that’s a good thing. It was a great streak. We all appreciate what we were able to accomplish against good teams and we learned a lot about ourselves and we became a better team. We became stronger. But as appreciative of the streak as we are, everything who we are and what we have in our clubhouse does not go away.”
Boosted by the streak, the Reds drew 43,498 for their first consecutive full-capacity sellouts since June 24-26, 2016, when Pete Rose's No. 14 was retired. Pete Rose put asses in the seats for two reasons, his hitting ability, and his gambling picks!
Atlanta took a 2-0 lead on solo homers by d'Arnaud in the second and Albies in the third, the latter a drive off the bridge connecting the Sun and Moon Deck in right with the main concourse. Ozuna added an RBI single in the third and McLain's homer cut the gap to 3-2.
Austin Riley hit an RBI double in the fourth and scored on Olson's NL-leading 24th home run, his third of the series.
Ozuna's seventh-inning homer was his 15th of the season and 13th since the start of May, and it put the Braves ahead 7-4. Down three runs in the ninth inning, the Cincinnati Reds got one-out solo homers from Jake Fraley and Will Benson off Raisel Iglesias.
Iglesias struck out Matt McLain and Jonathan India, and the Atlanta Braves prevailed 7-6 in an eight-homer slugfest on Saturday to stop the Reds' winning streak at 12 games. 12-1 in their last 13 aint too bad. I think with a weak central division this season, the Reds have a chance at a playoff spot if they keep up this kind of play.
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