Another gritty performance by the Cincinnati Reds bullpen fueled them to a 4-3 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Wednesday evening, a game that the Reds really had zero business winning.
Detroit outhit the Reds, 7-5. The Tigers walked 8 times on a night in which Cincinnati rookie Connor Phillips struggled with command. The Reds were forced to use 7 different members of their patchwork bullpen - and Tejay Antone, god love him, was forced to exit early with pain in his surgically-repaired elbow.
Somehow, though, the Reds powered right through it, and the end result was a victory that vaulted them back into possession of the final National League Wild Card spot.