ATLANTA – Take off the jumper cables, tighten the lug nuts and try to stay upwind of the smoke from the tailpipe.
The Cincinnati Reds' bandwagon has coughed back to life and is running again.
Whether it has enough life and fuel to get anywhere near October – never mind keep running through the weekend – it added another wrinkle to Tuesday's trade deadline with a series win against the playoff-contender Atlanta Braves this week.
In fact, in clinching the series win with a 9-4 victory in the opener of a rain-created doubleheader Wednesday, the Reds outhit another shaky pitching performance by Frankie Montas and three more errors by their shaky defense.