Player of the gameGavin WilliamsCLE7.0ip 3h 2er 12k
As the Trade Deadline approaches on Monday and their front office formulates its plans, the Reds are doing whatever they can to make some decisions harder -- despite extremely slim playoff chances. That showed at the very end of a 2-0 win over the Guardians on Tuesday in Game 2 of a doubleheader. On a Petey Halpin two-out fly ball to right-center field off of closer Emilio Pagán, center fielder Dane Myers made a long run and secured the catch just before hitting the wall to prevent a possible run-scoring extra-base hit. Then he celebrated. “I’m trying to make the play for my pitcher, my team, and I was glad I was able to get that one," Myers said. At 50-56 after winning seven of their past 11 games, the Reds are crawling slightly closer to a .500 record. At five games out from the final National League Wild Card spot, and with five clubs ahead of them, they ended the day with a 2.1 percent chance of making the postseason -- according to FanGraphs. “We’re trying to \[make it weird\
How the bets landed
Moneyline favoriteCLE -143 · 57% to win
Upset
Run LineCLE -1.5
CIN covered
TotalO/U 9 · 2 scored
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Against the consensus line at the start, across 16 books