The Cincinnati Reds let a pair of fly balls drop amid miscommunication between their infield and outfield players, and CF Stuart Fairchild at one point appeared to think an inning was over after the fly ball he caught was just the second out.
Still, the Reds entered the Top of the 9th inning with a 6-4 lead over the Washington Nationals and had a chance to go ahead and put this first series of 2024 in the win column. What resulted, though, was closer Alexis Diaz looking gassed on the mound and having serious issues finding the strike zone, and when the dust settled the Reds had come from ahead to lose 7-6.