CINCINNATI — The Cincinnati Reds’ longest hitting streak in 66 years ended at 12 games when Rhysal Iglesias beat Jonathan India in the final game and the Atlanta Braves won 7-6 in an eight-home run feast on Saturday.
Each team hit four home runs.
Matt Olson hit 200 in his major league career. Travis d’Arnaud and Ozzie Albies homered off Graham Ashcroft (3-6), who allowed three homers for the first time in 33 major league starts.
Marcell Ozuna also struck out Alex Young as the Braves recorded their ninth win in 10 games.
Cincinnati’s Matt McClain and Spencer Steer both hit two home runs.
Iglesias, who pitched with the Reds from 2015-20, led 7-4 in the ninth, allowing back-to-back home runs to Jake Fraley and Wilson Benson with one out. He then shut out McClain and India for his 11th save in 13 chances.
Cincinnati’s hitting streak was the team’s longest since April 30 to May 12, 1957, when they had 12 wins. The Reds were 13 winless from the end of the 1918 season and the start of 1919.
For the Braves, Venezuela’s Ronald Acuna Jr. is 4-1, Orlando Arcia is 5-0. Dominican Marcell Ozuna went 5-2 with a run scored and two RBIs. Puerto Rican Eddie Rosario 4-1.
For the Red team, Dominican Eli de la Cruz scored a run to make it 3-1.
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