The Reds finally have hit some level ground on their climb to the postseason. A lot can go wrong in the final six games, of course. It marked the first time the Reds topped the division or the wild-card standings since Aug. 19, when they led Houston by .004 percentage points in the Central. Now the Reds are the hunted instead of the hunters. But they intend to maintain their exuberant, aggressive style.
Momentum is in our favor.
But it's only for today. Cameron's homer gave them an apparently safe lead. But McGwire followed Chicago's Sammy Sosa as history's second player to hit 60 homers twice before Tatis hit relief ace Danny Graves' first pitch for his second homer of the game. Then the Reds squandered chances in the ninth, 10th and 11th innings by moving the potential winning run in scoring position each time. But the Reds weren't finished.