Duvall hits 2-run HR as Smyly, Braves walk past Reds 3-2

ATLANTA (AP) — Adam Duvall hit a two-run homer, Stephen Vogt's bases-loaded walk in the sixth forced in the go-ahead run and the Atlanta Braves beat the Cincinnati Reds 3-2 in a matchup of second-place teams on Tuesday night.

Drew Smyly (8-3) recovered after allowing a two-run home run to Aristides Aquino in the second inning. Smyly allowed two runs on only two hits and two walks and seven strikeouts in six innings. The left-hander won his sixth consecutive decision.

Will Smith gave up a one-out double to Kyle Farmer in the ninth. Smith walked Eugenio Suárez before pinch-hitter Mike Moustakas hit into a game-ending double play. Smith earned his 23rd save in 26 chances.

Duvall's homer, his 25th, tied the game in the fourth.

The Braves began the night two games behind Philadelphia in the NL East. The Reds were six games behind Milwaukee in the NL Central.

Heath Hembree (2-7) and Amir Garrett combined to walk three batters in the sixth, helping the Braves break a 2-2 tie.

Hembree gave up a single to Austin Riley before walking Dansby Swanson. With one out, Garrett issued back-to-back walks to Joc Pederson and Vogt, forcing in a run.

Reds starter Sonny Gray allowed two runs with eight strikeouts in five innings.

Braves right-hander Luke Jackson walked Suárez with two outs in the seventh before surviving a scare when Shogo Akiyama's fly ball was caught at the right field wall by Jorge Soler.

Left-hander Tyler Matzek struck out Joey Votto on a called third strike to end the eighth with runners on first and second.

The Reds' eighth was extended when they successfully appealed the call on the field that pinch-runner Tyler Naquin was forced out at first base on Tyler Stephenson's lineout to shortstop Dansby Swanson. The call was overturned when the replay showed Naquin beat...

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