though Seth Lugo, Gabriel Ynoa and Robert Gsellman filled in very nicely down the stretch.

Man, we need to continue hitting long balls. Our lineup is heat rocks with Jose and Asdrubal hitting 1 and 2. Jay Bruce decided to remember how to hit the last series, but that was against the Phillies. So we shall see in them offs. With Reed (40 holds) to Familia (51 saves, best in baseball), we can realistically make it a seven-inning game. Which is going to be huge with, as I said, only one of our 5 aces able to pitch.

Best record in baseball after August 20 (27-13)