"Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said he would be scoreboard watching on Sunday afternoon. But he insisted he didn't care how things played out. His team, of course, had already been locked in as the National League's No. 3 seed, set to host a best-of-three wild card series starting Tuesday. What wasn't clear until the end of play on Sunday, however, was whether the Dodgers would be facing the Cincinnati Reds or New York Mets to open the postseason."
"On Sept. 5, the Reds appeared left for dead. They were a game under .500. They were trailing the New York Mets by six games for the final NL wild card spot. They had two other teams to catapult in the standings. But then, they reeled off 13 wins in their next 21 games, including an 8-3 run to end the year."
The Dodgers secured the National League's No. 3 seed and will host a best-of-three wild-card series beginning Tuesday against the Cincinnati Reds. Cincinnati clinched the final NL wild-card berth on the season's last day after the Marlins beat the Mets and the Reds lost to the Brewers, producing the needed result. The Reds surged from a sub-.500 position on Sept. 5 by winning 13 of 21 games, finishing 8-3 to close the season and earn their first full-season postseason berth since 2013 under veteran manager Terry Francona.
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