After clinching a playoff berth on the final day of the season, the Cincinnati Reds became the first team in Major League Baseball history to not have a qualifying batter hit .270 or better, to not have a batter hit 25 home runs, to not have a pitcher win 15 games, and to not have a pitcher with 200 strikeouts, according to OptaSTATS.

The Cincinnati Reds needed 2 1-0 wins, a season-saving catch and a first series win over Milwaukee in 3 years – in the last 10 games to reach October.

On the final day of the regular season, the Milwaukee Brewers delivered a classy gesture to the visiting Cincinnati Reds.

The Cincinnati Reds defied the odds to make it into the playoffs, beating out the New York Mets, who collapsed down the stretch. The Reds secured their first trip to the postseason since 2020. Before that, the Reds last made the playoffs in a full season in 2013.

Cincinnati Reds first-season manager Terry Francona took the teams to the MLB playoffs for the first time in five years.

The only time the Reds and Dodgers have met in the MLB playoffs was in the 1995 NL division series. The Reds swept Los Angeles, 3-0, in that series.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/mlb/reds as Report: Cincinnati Reds Were Close to Acquiring First Baseman at Trade Deadline. The Cincinnati Reds were looking for bats to help improve their dead around the trade deadline. They acquired Zack Littell, Ke'Bryan Hayes, and Miguel Andujar.

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