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Cincinnati Reds beat Minnesota Twins, clinch 1st playoff berth since 2013

After Wade Miley fielded a ground ball and threw to first baseman Joey Votto for the final out Friday, Cincinnati Reds players jumped over the dugout railing and mobbed each other at the mound.

The Cincinnati Reds are headed to the postseason for the first time in seven years after they won, 7-2, against the Minnesota Twins on Friday at Target Field. Players hugged afterward and put on shirts that read, "Respect Cincinnati."

The Reds needed three things to clinch a playoff spot Friday: a win, a Philadelphia Phillies loss and a Milwaukee Brewers loss. The Phillies lost, 6-4, to Tampa Bay.