No team needed to flip the calendar to September more than the Cincinnati Reds (70-68). Despite losing eight out of their last 10 games in August, Terry Francona's club entered the final month of the season with an opportunity to reset and regain momentum in the National League Wild Card race . Anguish seemed destined to pervade Great American Ball Park once again in Monday's Labor Day battle with the Toronto Blue Jays, but this underdog embodied the spirit of the holiday and tirelessly earned a desperately-needed 5-4 victory.

Reds fans anxiously sat through a ninth inning that perfectly encapsulated their team's roller coaster of a campaign. Cincinnati entered the final frame with a 2-1 lead, only to watch it quickly vanish after Bo Bichette and Daulton Varsho hit back-to-back home r

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