Reds Perfect Night Gives Them Advantage For Playoffs

 

The Reds had a perfect Monday.

Not only did they break a tie with Milwaukee in a 6-3 win, all of the teams that they compete with for the last playoffs spot also lost.

St. Louis lost to Kansas City.   

That put the Reds in a virtual tie with them at 27-26.  The Cardinals are 26-25 but have 10 games to play.  The Cardinals win percentage is .510 the Reds is .509. for a slight lead for second place in the National League Central division and an automatic playoff spot.

Philadelphia lost to Washington.

The Phillies had the seventh seed for the first wild card in the playoffs.  The Reds vaulted ahead of them by a half game.

The San Francisco Giants lost to Colorado.

The Giants had been in a tie with the Reds and Milwaukee for the eighth seed on Monday morning.

The New York Mets lost to Tampa Bay.

The Mets started the day 3 1/2 games behind the Reds for the eighth seed.

The win over Milwaukee guaranteed the Reds a tie in the head-to-head battle in the season series between them.  The next tie breaker is record in the division.  The Reds are now 20-18 in the division with the two games against Milwaukee left.  Milwaukee has a 16-27 record with seven games left, including five with the Cardinals.