Cincinnati Reds at Atlanta Braves

· Makeup from July 24

Cincinnati Reds

70-75, 34-36 Away

Final
1 - 0

Atlanta Braves

78-66, 40-31 Home

Martinez retires 17 straight batters as the Reds beat the Braves 1-0

Atlanta dropped a game behind the Mets for the last National League wild card. New York won 3-2 in Toronto.

Martinez (8-6) struck out five and held the Braves hitless from the second through the seventh, retiring 17 straight batters in the process. It was the fourth time this season he allowed just two hits in an outing.

“He’s been doing it all year for us, but on a night when we needed him to step up, he did exactly that,” Reds manager David Bell said. “I heard he only threw one first-pitch ball, which is just amazing. I don’t know how often that happens.”

Fernando Cruz struck out two in the eighth and Alexis Díaz pitched a flawless ninth for his 27th save in 30 opportunities, completing the two-hitter.

The game was scheduled to make up a July 23 postponement. The Reds won the first two games of that series on July 22 and 24.

A win would have pushed Atlanta to a season-high 14 games over .500. Instead, the Braves dropped to 4-4 in September.

“We've just got to hope we can get a couple of our big guys get rolling and get on a run,” manager Brian Snitker said. "When you're having trouble scoring runs and you're pitching really good, there's no room for error. We've just got to keep showing up tomorrow and go 1-0.”

Atlanta is 16-22 in one-run games and 22-38 when the opponent scores first.

Charlie Morton (8-8) struck out seven in 6 2/3 innings. He permitted one run and six hits.

“Where we are in the season, we are more aware of what’s going on in our division and in the wild-card race and all of that,” Morton said. “A game like this is pretty tough.”

Cincinnati got on the board in the second when France's double scored TJ Friedl, who was hit by a pitch.

Martinez set down 17 batters in a row before Matt Olson reached on an infield single in the seventh, beating out a throw from third baseman Noelvi Marte.

Cincinnati momentarily took a 2-0 lead in the top of the ninth, but a close call at first base was overturned upon replay review to end the inning.

The Reds won despite leaving nine runners on base.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Braves: Placed catcher Travis d’Arnaud on the paternity list and recalled Chadwick Tromp from Triple-A Gwinnett.

Braves RHP Reynaldo Lopez (8-5, 2.04 ERA) faces Washington LHP MacKenzie Gore (8-11, 4.32) in the opener of a two-game series.

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Matchup Prediction

Braves: 54.8%

Reds: 45.2%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Ozuna lined out to right.
	9th Inning	Soler grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	Harris II flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Díaz relieved Cruz
	9th Inning	Steer grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	Marte struck out swinging.

Statistics

CIN		ATL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
14	Ground Balls	7
12	Strikeouts	7
1	Runs Batted In	0
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	2
2	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	0
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
34	At Bats	29
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
16	Runners Left On Base	4
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	0
8	Fly Balls	15
1	Caught Stealing	0
136	Pitches	120
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	0
9	Total Bases	2
37	Plate Appearances	30
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
1	Extra Base Hits	0
2.4	Runs Created	-1.4
.235	Batting Average	.069
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.265	Slugging Percentage	.069
.118	Secondary Average	.034
.297	On Base Percentage	.100
.562	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.169
1.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
2.4	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	-1.4
16.0	Batter Rating	2.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.67	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.68	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.00
.029	Isolated Power	.000
0.17	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.14
.054	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.033
-.118	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.034
2.0	Runs Produced	0.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.1
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.1
69.5	MLB Rating	54.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0