After playing must-win games pretty much every day for two weeks, the stakes weren't nearly as high for the Reds on Saturday.
That was fortunate for the Reds because they did not play the kind of baseball that fueled the run to the playoff berth they clinched Friday. The Reds fell to the Minnesota Twins, 7-3, at Target Field.
The Twins, playing for a chance to clinch the American League Central, hit eight doubles in the game and improved to 24-6 at home.
The Reds did not lose ground in their quest to catch the St.