{"id":182189,"date":"2025-09-26T03:54:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T03:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/182189\/"},"modified":"2025-09-26T03:54:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T03:54:07","slug":"how-cincinnati-reds-can-make-playoffs-in-final-3-days-of-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/182189\/","title":{"rendered":"How Cincinnati Reds can make playoffs in final 3 days of season"},"content":{"rendered":"

An hour or two after their dramatic win over the Pirates in the final home game of the season, the Cincinnati Reds<\/a> found out who they would play in the first round of the playoffs when the Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a> beat Arizona to clinch the National League West title.<\/p>\n

Now all they have to do is erase a one-game deficit in the next three days to beat out the New York Mets<\/a> for the league\u2019s final berth to earn their flight to Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

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This is where nearly six months of ebbs, flows, ups, downs, debuts, departures, trades, aches, pains, thrills and hard knocks have led this team in its first year under manager Terry Francona.<\/p>\n

\"Elly<\/p>\n

Elly De La Cruz and the Reds enter the final three games of the season one game behind the New York Mets for the final National League wild card playoff spot. The Reds hold the tiebreaker over the Mets and would earn the playoff berth should the teams tie.<\/p>\n

In Milwaukee. With a chance. On the final weekend of the season.<\/p>\n

They trail the Mets by one game, but they own the tiebreaker in every remaining possible two- and three-way tie scenario as they take the field Sept. 26.<\/p>\n

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That means they have three days to swing one game and they\u2019re in \u2013 with the Diamondbacks trailing the Reds by a game and needing a near miracle to make up two games on both teams in front of them (again, a tie for the final berth with Arizona puts the Reds in the playoffs).<\/p>\n

The only added hurdle for the Reds is the opponent is a Brewers team they haven\u2019t beaten in a series in more than three years.<\/p>\n

They\u2019ve lost 13 consecutive series against their white whale of Wisconsin and 32 of their past 42 games against the Brewers.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s exactly what we want,\u201d Reds first baseman Spencer Steer said. \u201cThey\u2019ve had our number for the last couple years. If we go in there and beat them, that would be pretty big for us. I\u2019m excited for the opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n

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How the three-team race stacks up for the third NL wild-card berth with each team\u2019s remaining three-game series:<\/p>\n

New York Mets (82-77) \u2013 at Miami (77-82)<\/p>\n

Cincinnati Reds (81-78) \u2013 at Milwaukee (96-63)<\/p>\n

Arizona Diamondbacks (80-79) \u2013 at San Diego (87-72)<\/p>\n

As the Reds headed out from their final homestand of the season, they had no way of knowing whether they would be returning home for good after three days or moving on to the west coast for a first-round of the playoffs \u2014 and possibly even Philadelphia after that for the first two games of a Division Series round.<\/p>\n

They would not have a home playoff game until Game 3 of the Division Series if they make it that far.<\/p>\n

Pack for 10 days? Three?<\/p>\n

\u201cI would say that this would be a very good test to see who believes,\u201d Francona said. \u201cBecause if we see people with like 10 underwear, they believe. If you see people with two, might wanna filter them out.\u201d<\/p>\n

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