MILWAUKEE — One playoff berth remains up for grabs heading into the final day of Major League Baseball’s regular season.
Cincinnati will earn the National League’s third and final wild card if the Reds beat the Milwaukee Brewers or the New York Mets lose at Miami on Sunday. A New York victory and Cincinnati loss would send the Mets to the playoffs instead.
The Reds and Mets have identical 83-78 records. Cincinnati owns the head-to-head tiebreaker because it won four of its six meetings with the Mets this season.
“If you could have promised us this in spring training, I think everybody would sign up for it every year,” Reds closer Emilio Pagán said Saturday night after his team’s 7-4 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers. “As cool as it is to clinch ahead of time and kind of know where you’