CINCINNATI (WXIX) - In early September, the Cincinnati Reds had major problems.

Andrew Abbott looked gassed. A banged up Elly De La Cruz was coming up short. TJ Friedl was slumping, Miguel Andujar was barely seeing the field due to a quad injury and the back of the bullpen was drained.

With all of that going on, the season looked over.

On Wednesday, that exact group of players led the Reds to a 2-1 win over the Padres. With the victory, the Reds are just two games behind the Mets for the final wild card spot.

As the Reds won the series finale in San Diego, Abbott allowed one run in eighth stellar innings, Friedl got an eighth inning rally started with a bunt as well as some hustle, De La Cruz drove in the game-tying run and Andujar pinch-hit and went on to drive in the go-ahead run. Sa

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