CINCINNATI (AP) — Nick Castellanos hit a two-run homer and drove in four runs, and the Reds beat the Miami Marlins 7-4.
Tyler Naquin hit three doubles and scored three times as Cincinnati won for the fifth time in seven games.
The Reds began the day in a tie with San Diego for the second NL wild card.
Castellanos drove in Naquin with his 22nd homer in the first.
He added a run-scoring groundout during the Reds’ four-run sixth and an RBI single in the eighth.