After their 8-4 elimination loss in Game 2 on Oct. 1, the Reds dropped to 2-15 in postseason games since they last won a playoff series in 1995 – coincidentally in a sweep of the Dodgers.

Chasing their first playoff victory since 2012, the Cincinnati Reds instead watched the season slip away Wednesday night

In Wednesday’s other games, the San Diego Padres drew level in their series with the Chicago Cubs after a 3-0 win. Elsewhere, the Cleveland Guardians forced their AL Wild Card series against the Detroit Tigers to a deciding game after winning 6-1 in Game 2.

The feeling of clinching and popping bottles, that’s enough feel for me personally to keep me going every day and want to feel that again."

"Every time you asked them to do something, they tried to do it," Reds manager Terry Francona said of his team following their elimination from the playoffs Wednesday night. "They put our ballclub ahead of themselves.

Four Cincinnati Reds players have been nominated for the All-MLB Team for their performance in the 2025 season: Hunter Greene, Elly De La Cruz, Andrew Abbott, and Emilio Pagán.

The plan worked, at least until the postseason started. Cincinnati claimed the third National League wild card berth and did so with Greene on his normal routine and schedule, and able to start Game 1 of the National League wild xard series against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium.

Cincinnati has a few young superstars, but the team was average in run scoring and run prevention this season.