The Cincinnati Reds say they have reached a point where it's time to clamp down, and they will get a double shot at showing that Friday when they play two games against the Pirates in Pittsburgh.
At least that's the promise of the Reds' longest-tenured player, first baseman Joey Votto, who expects Cincinnati to make a real run at the postseason over the final weeks of the regular season.
"The time is, for sure, running out," Votto told reporters recently.
"We're going put our foot down. We're going to go all the way in, push this to the very last out of the season.