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Braves hold off Reds again to win tight series

AP photo by Jeff Dean / The Atlanta Braves' Michael Harris II dives into third base for a triple during Sunday afternoon's game against the host Cincinnati Reds. Atlanta won 7-6 for the second straight day to take two of three games in the series. The Braves also won five of six games against the Reds this year, and all six were decided by one run.
AP photo by Jeff Dean / The Atlanta Braves' Michael Harris II dives into third base for a triple during Sunday afternoon's game against the host Cincinnati Reds. Atlanta won 7-6 for the second straight day to take two of three games in the series. The Braves also won five of six games against the Reds this year, and all six were decided by one run. AP photo by Jeff Dean / The Atlanta Braves' Michael Harris II dives into third base for a triple during Sunday afternoon's game against the host Cincinnati Reds. Atlanta won 7-6 for the second straight day to take two of three games in the series. The Braves also won five of six games against the Reds this year, and all six were decided by one run.

By JEFF WALLNER / The Associated Press 5 min read

CINCINNATI — If the Atlanta Braves and the Cincinnati Reds meet again this year, it will be in the National League playoffs, and both teams are playing the kind of baseball that would get them there.

In the regular-season series, though, Atlanta was just a little bit better — five out of six times.

Matt Olson hit a go-ahead three-run homer in the sixth inning and the Braves held on for another wild 7-6 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday.

Atlanta, which snapped the Reds’ longest winning streak in 66 years at 12 games with a 7-6 win on Saturday, have won 17 of their past 20 games overall. The Braves won two of three games this weekend at Great American Ball Park after sweeping a three-game series in early April at Truist Park. All six games were decided by a single run.

“That was a good series, against a really good ballclub, in my opinion,” Braves third baseman Austin Riley said Sunday evening. “I felt like I played three football games, three longer games. To come out with two (wins) in those is nice.”