"There's your little caveat to a terrible season, is the fact the guys haven't quit," Reds manager Bryan Price said. "It's ugly to lose 12 straight. It's ugly to have 90-plus losses into October. The only thing that could make it uglier would be to quit. The guys haven't quit. We won't quit. We'll play hard in Pittsburgh, finish out the year and then kind of reassess where we are and regroup for next year."
The September schedule did the Reds no favors, either, as they will play their fourth-straight series against a playoff-bound team in the Pirates at PNC Park on Friday to finish the season.