Gavin Lux doubled twice to begin two rallies because the visiting Cincinnati Reds pulled right into a tie for the ultimate Nationwide League wild-card spot with a 3-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday.
Cincinnati (82-78) is now degree with the New York Mets (82-78), who misplaced at Miami 6-2 on Friday. The Arizona Diamondbacks (80-79), who entered the day a recreation behind the Reds, performed at San Diego late. Cincinnati owns the head-to-head tiebreaker over each the Mets and Diamondbacks.
Milwaukee (96-64), which beforehand received the NL Central and clinched a first-round bye, has a magic variety of one over Philadelphia (95-65) to safe the No. 1 seed and home-field benefit for the whole postseason. The NL East champion Phillies defeated the Minnesota Twins 3-1 on Friday.
The Reds broke a 1-1 tie with two runs within the sixth inning off Brewers starter Quinn Priester thanks partially to a lucky bounce.
Lux doubled to open the body and continued to 3rd on an error by left fielder Jake Bauers. Miguel Andujar adopted with an RBI single to heart. Elly De La Cruz appeared to bounce right into a tailored double play, however the ball ricocheted off the bag at second for a single, placing runners on the corners and ending Priester’s night time.
Tyler Stephenson’s sacrifice fly off Nick Mears made it 3-1.
Zack Littell and 4 Cincinnati relievers mixed on a three-hitter. Littell allowed one run on three hits in 4 23 innings throughout an 85-pitch outing. He struck out three and walked two.
Reliever Connor Phillips (5-0) pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings. Emilio Pagan tossed an ideal ninth for his thirty first save in 37 alternatives.
Priester (13-3), who had received a franchise-record 12 consecutive selections, gave up three runs on 9 hits in five-plus innings. He fanned 4 and walked one.
The Brewers took a 1-0 lead within the third when Christian Yelich doubled and scored on Brice Turang’s two-out single to heart.
The Reds answered within the fourth. Lux hit a leadoff doubled and took third on Andujar’s single. Spencer Steer’s one-out single scored Lux. Stephenson singled to load the bases, however Priester escaped additional harm when Ke’Bryan Hayes bounced into an inning-ending double play.
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