Milwaukee Brewers right fielder Avisaíl Garcia waited to flip his bat. After hitting a line drive to deep center field against the Cincinnati Reds in the eighth inning, he waited for the ball to land.
After it ricocheted high off the batter’s eye, he threw his bat toward Milwaukee’s dugout to celebrate. And Reds reliever Brad Brach walked to the mound, picked up the rosin bag and spiked it into the dirt.
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The first game in a seven-game stretch between the top two teams in the NL Central was waiting for a moment like this.