CINCINNATI (AP) — Rookie Connor Phillips pitched three-hit ball over seven innings for his first major league win, Will Benson drove in three runs and the Reds beat the Minnesota Twins 7-3 in a game with postseason implications for both teams.
Cincinnati won for the fifth time in seven games and trails Chicago by .0003 for the NL’s final wild-card berth, both a half-game behind Arizona.
Miami dropped a half-game behind the Reds with a 2-1 loss to the New York Mets, Minnesota (79-72), nearing its third division title in five years, maintained a seven-game lead over Cleveland in the AL Central as the Guardians lost to Kansas City.