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Yesterday\u2019s come from behind victory by the Cincinnati Reds over the Kansas City Royals<\/a> did a little bit to assuage the mental damage done by losing Elly De La Cruz<\/a> to a hamstring injury and IL stint earlier in the week. The Reds have managed to keep their heads above the .500 mark for another day, with Blake Dunn<\/a>\u2019s single scoring Spencer Steer<\/a> for a walk-off victory in extra innings providing the latest drama.<\/p>\n

The Reds will look to close out the series with a victory that, in turn, would win them the series on Wednesday evening in Great American Ball Park. They\u2019ll do so with resident ace Chase Burns on the mound after he was scratched earlier in the series due to an illness, a game that ended up being mopped up by a pair of bullpen arms that were subsequently designated for assignment in the wake of the spot-action (Lyon Richardson<\/a> and Brandon Liebrandt).<\/p>\n

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Such is the brutal nature of the administrative side of the game.<\/p>\n

First pitch is slated for 7:10 PM ET, and you should definitely be watching this instead of Game 1 of what figures to be the best NBA Finals in years. Definitely.<\/p>\n

Lineups for both clubs are listed below. Noelvi Marte<\/a>, who was called up earlier in the day at the expense of TJ Friedl<\/a>, is not in the starting lineup, though is apparently with the team having arrived earlier in the day from Memphis. Edwin Arroyo<\/a> will sit to begin this one.<\/p>\n

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