CINCINNATI (WXIX) - If the Cincinnati Reds are ever going to really win big and make their way onto the big stage in the playoffs, they’ll end up in a spot like the one that Hunter Greene was in during the top of the sixth inning on Wednesday night.

Close your eyes and imagine the Reds are in the NLCS. There will be a blueblood team filled with superstar hitters like Bryce Harper in the other lineup. A Reds pitcher will get into a jam because the playoffs are never easy. The Reds will need that pitcher to buckle down, put the team on his back for a minute and beat fire with fire.

Greene faced Harper with the game-tying run on third base in the sixth inning on Wednesday night. Harper got ahead 2-1 in the count. Greene earned strike two by blowing a 100 mph fastball by him. Then, after Har

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