CINCINNATI -- Andrew Abbott was in a groove with a shutout working into the eighth inning. The defense behind Abbott made some fantastic plays to get him to that point.

But for the Reds to be a playoff team -- and beat expected playoff-bound teams like the Phillies -- there's very little margin for error for the whole game.

Cincinnati, which was handed a 4-1 loss on Monday at Great American Ball Park, had a 1-0 lead with two outs in the eighth inning when Philadelphia pounced for all four of its runs.

“That’s a tough team to beat, 1-0. They’ve got a lot of guys that can hit the ball out of the ballpark and change a game really fast," said left fielder Gavin Lux , who drove in the Reds' lone run with a two-out single that scored TJ Friedl in the first inning.

The loss moved the Re

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