Overview

• Cincinnati completed a four-game sweep with a 1-0 win, as Matt McLain doubled and scored on Gavin Lux's two-out RBI double off Jameson Taillon.
• Andrew Abbott worked 4 2/3 scoreless innings before Nick Martinez, Graham Ashcraft and Tony Santillan closed out the shutout for the Reds’ fifth straight victory.
• A Mets loss to the Nationals left both teams at 80-76, and the Reds hold the head-to-head tiebreaker after taking four of six from New York.
• Since dropping six games back on Sept. 5, Cincinnati has gone 10-5 while New York has lost 11 of 15, flipping the race for the final wild card.
• Chicago, which already clinched a playoff berth, was swept in Cincinnati and remains winless since clinching, with bullpen home runs proving costly in Saturday’s loss.