The San Diego Padres are in Cincinnati to take on the Reds this weekend in a pretty critical series (by late-June standards).
At 44-36, the Friars currently sit as owners of the final Wild Card spot in the National League. The Reds, meanwhile, sit a hair behind them at 42-39 - currently good for 2.5 games back of that final spot.
The direction in which these two teams are headed, however, has been pretty divergent of late.
The Reds enter this series having just taken 2 of 3 off the New York Yankees and are 12-5 overall in their last 17 games played.