Dateline: Cincinnati
It may have been three time Cy Young Award winner, Max Scherzer's last start in his career was a 5-1 win for the Toronto Blue Jays on the last day of the season.
Scherzer man handled the Reds for seven innings, allowing one run on six hits and one walk. He struck out seven.
He finished the season with a 4-9 record and a 5.74 ERA. For his 19 year career, he was 225-126 with a 3.29 ERA in 492 starts that included five shutouts. He pitched for seven teams and ended with 3,557 strikeouts if this is indeed his last start in a career his last strikeout victim was Juan Brito.
The Reds scored one run in the third inning on a double by Oswaldo Cabrera and a single by Carlos Jorge.
The Blue Jays scored two in the second inning against Reds starter, Brandon Williamson, who finished the season after a two-year bout with injuries.
Davis Schneider walked and Brandon Valenzuela hit his ninth home run. They scored two more in the third.
George Springer doubled and Brett Bateman singled. Kazuma Okamoto walked to load the bases. Charles McAdoo hit a sacrifice fly and after a wild pitch, Schneider grounded out to score another run.
Williamson pitched three innings, allowing four runs on four hits and three walks. He struck out three.
Williamson finished the season with a 5-5 record and a 5.30 ERA in 12 appearances, nine starts.
Zach McCambley pitched two scoreless innings for the Reds. Luis Mey pitched a scoreless inning. Carson Spiers finished the season after coming back late from surgery. He allowed McAdoo's third home run to cap the scoring.
The Reds finished dead last in the National League Central Division with a 75-87 record after being 20-11 on April 30.
An eight game losing streak followed and the team never recovered.
There were positives.
Chase Burns was 15-3 on the season with a 2.86 ERA in 29 starts.
Elly De La Cruz set career highs with a slash line of .283/.365/.515 and an OPS of .880. He hits 30 home runs, stole 30 bases and drove in 79 runs. He missed 25 games with a strained quad.
Sal Stewart put together a fantastic rookie season. He finished with .263/.330/.457 and a .787 OPS. He hit 32 home runs and drove in 111 RBI the first Reds rookie to drive in over 100 runs since Jim Greengrass in 1953. He was third in all of baseball in RBI behind Alec Burleson's 116 and Pete Alonso's 113. He played all 162 games.
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