This Reds team just refuses to be swept.In what can only be described as a tumultuous series full of highs and lows, the Reds racked up a win against the top-ranked Brewers on Sunday.The game ended with a score of 3-2 after it was sent into extra innings. However, the vast majority of the game was kept scoreless for the Brewers due to the stellar pitching of Reds All-Star Andrew Abbott. The Brewers’ two runs ultimately came in the ninth inning by a home run pitched by Emilio Pagán to the Brewers’ William Contreras, putting Milwaukee ahead with a 2-1 lead.In the bottom of the ninth, the Reds would then promptly rally back, tying the game with an RBI hit by Jose Trevino and scored by Will Benson. The tying run served to send the game into extra innings.In the 10th inning, as relief pitcher Graham Ashcraft managed to keep the Brewers scoreless, the decisive run would ultimately be earned by the Reds on an RBI that was hit by Austin Hays and scored by TJ Friedl.The much-needed win comes after the team squandered back-to-back leads in their games against the Brewers on Friday and Saturday, including an 8-1 lead that the Reds maintained at one point during Friday’s game.The Brewers are currently the best team in the MLB, sporting a dominant 78-45 season record after Sunday’s game.Additionally, the Brewers sit atop the National League Central division, the same division shared by the Reds.The Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals and Pittsburgh Pirates are also members of the National League Central division.While hopes of clinching the division against the Brewers (and the playoff spot that comes with it) are all but gone now for the Reds, the team’s 65-60 record still positions them well within wild card contention.The Reds remain just barely below the cutoff line for the last wildcard spot after Sunday’s game, a spot currently held by the New York Mets.Additionally, the team keeps its hopes alive with its win against the Brewers in being able to stake out an unusual claim to fame this season: Going all season without being swept in a single series.The Reds remain the only team still in contention to do so, a feat that has only been achieved by a very small number of teams before in the MLB’s history. The Reds next take on the Los Angeles Angels for a three-game away series in California that starts on Monday.

CINCINNATI —

This Reds team just refuses to be swept.

In what can only be described as a tumultuous series full of highs and lows, the Reds racked up a win against the top-ranked Brewers on Sunday.

The game ended with a score of 3-2 after it was sent into extra innings. However, the vast majority of the game was kept scoreless for the Brewers due to the stellar pitching of Reds All-Star Andrew Abbott. The Brewers’ two runs ultimately came in the ninth inning by a home run pitched by Emilio Pagán to the Brewers’ William Contreras, putting Milwaukee ahead with a 2-1 lead.

In the bottom of the ninth, the Reds would then promptly rally back, tying the game with an RBI hit by Jose Trevino and scored by Will Benson. The tying run served to send the game into extra innings.

In the 10th inning, as relief pitcher Graham Ashcraft managed to keep the Brewers scoreless, the decisive run would ultimately be earned by the Reds on an RBI that was hit by Austin Hays and scored by TJ Friedl.

The much-needed win comes after the team squandered back-to-back leads in their games against the Brewers on Friday and Saturday, including an 8-1 lead that the Reds maintained at one point during Friday’s game.

The Brewers are currently the best team in the MLB, sporting a dominant 78-45 season record after Sunday’s game.

Additionally, the Brewers sit atop the National League Central division, the same division shared by the Reds.

The Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals and Pittsburgh Pirates are also members of the National League Central division.

While hopes of clinching the division against the Brewers (and the playoff spot that comes with it) are all but gone now for the Reds, the team’s 65-60 record still positions them well within wild card contention.

The Reds remain just barely below the cutoff line for the last wildcard spot after Sunday’s game, a spot currently held by the New York Mets.

Additionally, the team keeps its hopes alive with its win against the Brewers in being able to stake out an unusual claim to fame this season: Going all season without being swept in a single series.

The Reds remain the only team still in contention to do so, a feat that has only been achieved by a very small number of teams before in the MLB’s history.

The Reds next take on the Los Angeles Angels for a three-game away series in California that starts on Monday.