CINCINNATI – Guillermo Heredia homered, doubled and made a gem of play in the field before crashing into the wall in the eighth inning in his return to Atlanta’s lineup, helping the Braves beat the Cincinnati Reds 3-2 on Friday night.
Heredia started in center field after he was limited to being available off the bench the previous two games due to right wrist inflammation.
“You never want to miss time,” Heredia said via translator Franco Garcia. “Thankfully I was able to recover and help the team out.”
The game’s first run came in the fifth, when Atlanta’s Freddie Freeman doubled home Ronald Acuña Jr. for the 900th RBI of his MLB career. Acuña returned to the lineup after missing two games with tightness in his lower back.
Dansby Swanson hit a solo homer in the sixth and Heredia added a solo shot in the seventh, both off Reds rookie Vladimir Gutiérrez (3-2).