Reds blank Braves as Acuña has shin contusion

SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. (Interstat) — Brandon Williamson threw six scoreless innings and Elly De La Cruz homered and drove in two runs as the Cincinnati Reds beat the Atlanta Braves 4-0 on Tuesday night at Truist Park. Williamson improved to 5-4. Cincinnati, now 73-84, had 10 hits and scored once in the second, fifth, sixth and seventh innings. Atlanta, which clinched the NL East on Sunday, fell to 92-65 and had seven hits. Braves outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr. fell after fouling a pitch off his left leg in the third inning. X-rays were negative, and he is day to day with a left shin contusion. JR Ritchie allowed one earned run over five innings and struck out eight in the loss. Eugenio Suárez and Dane Myers also homered for Cincinnati. Emilio Pagán, Brock Burke and Tejay Antone each tossed a scoreless inning of relief. Atlanta grounded into two double plays. The game drew 38,214 fans and lasted 2 hours, 32 minutes.