Austin Hays stood at second base, the center of the storm, and thought about what might have been. Hays was under team control through this season when he got traded to the Phillies last July. But injury (a hamstring strain) and illness (a kidney infection) conspired against him.

The Reds fought back to tie the game at three. Spencer Steer's two-run double put the Reds in front, and they wouldn't look back.