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Riley is not in the lineup for Thursday's contest versus the Nationals.
Riley had started to heat up around the All-Star break, but he's just 6-for-37 with a 2:20 BB:K over his last 10 games. Mauricio Dubon will handle third-base duties while Riley gets a day to clear his head.
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Braves' Austin Riley: Moved up to cleanup spot
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Riley will start at third base and bat cleanup in Monday's game versus the Padres.
Riley is coming off a big weekend series against the Rangers, having gone 6-for-12 with three home runs. As a result, he is up in the cleanup spot for Atlanta for the first time since May 18. Riley had batted seventh in each of his last four and 13 of his last 16 starts.
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Braves' Austin Riley: Second multi-homer game of 2026
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Riley went 3-for-4 with two home runs and four RBI in Sunday's 8-5 win over the Rangers.
It was the 10th career multi-homer game from Riley, who recorded his second such effort of the campaign. The 29-year-old third baseman might finally be rediscovering his power stroke a bit in July, during which he's walloped four homers over 55 at-bats. Riley, who hit seventh in Atlanta's lineup Sunday, is still hitting just .217 and slugging only .361 en route to posting a career-worst .657 OPS over 398 trips to the plate, also tallying 12 homers, 13 doubles, 47 RBI and a career-high six stolen bases.
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Braves' Austin Riley: Smacks late homer against Texas
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Riley went 2-for-5 with a solo home run and an additional run scored in Friday's 15-1 win over the Rangers.
Riley added to Atlanta's blowout victory with a solo homer in the eighth, his 10th long ball of the season. He's sitting at a .629 OPS over 390 plate appearances this season and has struck out 113 times, which is fifth-most in the National League. Perhaps Friday's performance is a sign of things to come for Riley for the second half of the regular season.
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Braves' Austin Riley: Snaps long homer drought
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Riley went 1-for-4 with a three-run home run and an additional run scored in Saturday's 14-3 win over the Mets.
Saturday was a breakout performance of sorts for the struggling third baseman, who had collected just three RBI in his prior 12 outings. Riley also ripped his first homer since May 20 and his first extra-base hit since June 16. Through 352 plate appearances, Riley is still slashing a paltry .207/.287/.338 with nine long balls, 12 doubles, 41 RBI but does have a career-high four stolen bases.
Riley went 3-for-4 in Monday's 1-0 loss to San Diego.
Riley has gone 9-for-23 (.391) over his last six games, but just one of those knocks has gone for extra bases. He's also piled up eight strikeouts without drawing a walk in that span. The third baseman continues to endure a down year -- he's batting .219 with a .650 OPS, eight home runs, 36 RBI, 31 runs scored, 12 doubles, one triple and four stolen bases over 77 games.
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Braves' Austin Riley: Three hits in Wednesday's nightcap
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Riley went 4-for-9 with a double and an RBI across both games of Wednesday's doubleheader against the Giants.
After banging out a double in the first game, a contest suspended from Tuesday due to inclement weather, Riley stayed productive with three singles in the nightcap. The veteran third baseman has yet to homer in June, however, with his power drought standing at 23 games during which he's slashed .208/.311/.286 with four RBI. Wednesday's performance was encouraging, but Riley has a long way to go to climb out of an early-season hole that has him sitting with a career-low .647 OPS and just eight long balls through 73 contests.
Riley isn't in the lineup for Saturday's game against the Reds.
Riley will take a day to reset after going 0-for-11 with two runs scored and seven strikeouts across his last three games. His absence will allow Mauricio Dubon to start at the hot corner while batting sixth.
Braves' Austin Riley: Reaches base four times Friday
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Riley went 3-for-3 with three singles, one walk and a run scored in Friday's 5-4 extra-innings win over the Nationals.
Riley walked and scored in the seventh inning and singled in all three other trips to the plate before Jorge Mateo pinch ran for him in a 2-2 game in the bottom of the ninth. Riley ended the month of April with a .190 average and .588 OPS. He has six multi-hit games and five homers in May, raising his season slash line to .221/.292/.385 with eight homers, 31 RBI, 27 runs scored, three stolen bases and a 16:59 BB:K across 216 plate appearances.
Riley went 1-for-3 with a walk and a three-run home run in Wednesday's win over the Marlins.
The third baseman took Janson Junk deep in the second inning to put Atlanta in the lead for good. The homer was Riley's eighth of the season and his fifth in May over 18 games, a month in which he's slashing .254/.301/.507 with 14 RBI, but a worrisome 3:23 BB:K. After a couple injury-marred campaigns, Riley has stayed healthy so far in 2026, but he has yet to put together an extended hot streak that would put him on track to reach the 30-HR, 90-RBI marks for the first time since 2023.
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