They’ll wake up on the final day of the regular season in playoff position.
Cincinnati Reds rookie Sal Stewart blasted a laser of a single up the middle to drive in the first run of the game against the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday evening, and he later homered to add an insurance run to the ledger of the eventual 7-4 victory.
The Reds used a 6-run Top of the 3rd inning to both chase Brewers starter Robert Gasser and also put enough runs on the board to take the game, backing Andrew Abbott (5.1 IP, 3 ER) before manager Terry Francona once again leaned hard on his exhausted bullpen to take home the win.
Emilio Pagan picked up the save, his 32nd of the season, while pitching for the fourth time in four days. Nick Martinez chipped in with a pair of IP as all hands were on deck, and the initial inklings suggest that the Reds may even have lefty Nick Lodolo back from his groin injury scare to help chip in (if needed) in Sunday’s season finale.
The New York Mets defeated the Miami Marlins with a 1-hit shutout earlier in the day on Saturday, meaning the two clubs enter play on the day of their 162nd game of the season Sunday tied in the standings (with Cincinnati holding the tiebreaker). That means that either a Reds win or a Mets loss tomorrow would send the Reds to the postseason for the first time in a full 162 game season since the days of Shin-Soo Choo.
As of right now, Brady Singer is slated to pitch tomorrow opposite Freddy Peralta, but seeing as it’s the last game of the season that could well shift before first pitch. That game is slated for a 3:10 PM ET first pitch, so turn on, tune in, and scream your butts off at the television for the hot-dang Redlegs.
Category: General Sports
