The Tampa Bay Rays dispatched the Philadelphia Phillies earlier Friday.
While the St. Louis Cardinals split their doubleheader with the Milwaukee Brewers, though that was all the help Cincinnati Reds needed if they could simply beat the Minnesota Twins on Friday night, as that trio of scenarios could combine to form one giant playoff GoBot in the Reds favor.
Believe it or not, that’s exactly what happened.
The Reds, once buried at 6 games under the .500 mark earlier this month, completed their storm-back, locking up a playoff berth of some variety with their win this evening.