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When Yan Gomes wasasked about the 2019World Series championWashington Nationalsessentially playing outthe string over the lastfour games of this sea-son, the catcher was putoff by the premise.“I don’t think we’re

technically out of it yet,”Gomes said.Technically, at that

moment, he was right.About four hours later,once Wednesday hadturned into Thursdayand a game involvingother teams ended thewrong way for Washing-ton’s tiny remaininghopes, the Nationalswere officially done.For the second straight

season, Dave Martinez’sclub got off to a 19-31start. This time, therewere not enough gamesto dig out of that hole.

A year after winningthe franchise’s firstchampionship, theNationals woke upThursday in last place inthe NL East with a 23-33record and no mathe-matical chance of return-ing to the playoffs in apandemic-shortened2020.That extends a trend:

No team has won theWorld Series in consec-utive years since the2000 New York Yankeescapped a run of threetitles in a row, makingthe current drought thelongest in Major LeagueBaseball without a repeatchampion.

NotebookRoyals: Outfielder AlexGordon, the former first-round pick whose careertook him from near bust

to All-Star and GoldGlove winner, saidThursday he will retireafter the season.

WednesdayHighlightsRays: Randy Arozarenahomered twice and thevisiting Rays clinchedtheir first AL East title in10 years with an 8-5victory over the Mets.Tampa Bay will be homeat quirky Tropicana Fieldfor a best-of-three first-round series beginningTuesday.Indians: Shane Bieberlowered his ERA to 1.63in his final regular-sea-son start, the lowest inthe American Leaguesince Luis Tiant’s 1.60for Cleveland in 1968,helping give the Indiansa 3-2 win over visitingChicago and droppingthe White Sox into a tiewith Minnesota for theAL Central lead.Reds: Trevor Bauer dom-inated on short rest andthe host Reds beat theBrewers 6-1 to win a

pivotal series for playoffcontention. The Reds arein position for a wild-card playoff berth aftertaking two of three fromtheir NL Central rival.Padres: Starter MikeClevinger was pulledafter one inning againstthe host Angels becauseof a tight right biceps,potentially a big setbackfor playoff-bound SanDiego, which lost 5-2.

— ASSOCIATED PRESS

BASEBALL

Eliminated Natslook toward 2021

NICK WASS AP

Carter Kieboom and the Nationals have been eliminated from postseason play, onlyone season after winning the World Series.

NOTE: Standings and scores in today’spaper reflect results of games playedtwo days prior to the publication day.

American LeagueEast W L Pct GB L10x-Tampa Bay 37 20 .649 — 7-3z-New York 32 24 .571 41⁄2 7-3Toronto 29 27 .518 71⁄2 3-7Baltimore 23 33 .411 131⁄2 3-7Boston 22 34 .393 141⁄2 6-4Central W L Pct GB L10z-Minnesota 35 22 .614 — 6-4z-Chicago 34 22 .607 1⁄2 4-6z-Cleveland 32 24 .571 21⁄2 6-4Kansas City 23 33 .411 111⁄2 5-5Detroit 22 32 .407 111⁄2 2-8West W L Pct GB L10x-Oakland 34 21 .618 — 5-5Houston 28 28 .500 61⁄2 5-5Los Angeles 26 31 .456 9 7-3Seattle 25 31 .446 91⁄2 4-6Texas 19 37 .339 151⁄2 3-7

National LeagueEast W L Pct GB L10x-Atlanta 34 22 .607 — 7-3Miami 28 28 .500 6 4-6Philadelphia 28 29 .491 61⁄2 4-6New York 25 31 .446 9 4-6Washington 23 33 .411 11 6-4Central W L Pct GB L10z-Chicago 32 24 .571 — 6-4Cincinnati 29 28 .509 31⁄2 8-2St. Louis 27 26 .509 31⁄2 6-4Milwaukee 27 28 .491 41⁄2 6-4Pittsburgh 17 39 .304 15 3-7West W L Pct GB L10x-Los Angeles 39 17 .696 — 7-3z-San Diego 34 22 .607 5 5-5San Francisco 28 27 .509 101⁄2 5-5Colorado 24 31 .436 141⁄2 3-7Arizona 22 34 .393 17 5-5x-clinched divisionz-clinched playoff berthWednesday’s GamesL.A. Angels 5, San Diego 2Arizona 7, Texas 3Cleveland 3, Chi. White Sox 2Seattle 3, Houston 2Tampa Bay 8, N.Y. Mets 5Toronto 14, N.Y. Yankees 1Boston 9, Baltimore 1Kansas City 12, St. Louis 3Minnesota 7, Detroit 6Oakland 6, L.A. Dodgers 4L.A. Angels 5, San Diego 2Philadelphia 12, Washington 3Cincinnati 6, Milwaukee 1Pittsburgh 2, Chi. Cubs 1Atlanta 9, Miami 4S.F. 7, Colorado 2

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CINCINNATIThe grounds crew that

had been banging drumsand raising a din in thestands all game longlined up and exchangedhigh-fives with exuberantReds players.Felt like old times at

Great American BallPark — 2013, to be exact,the last time Cincinnatimade the playoffs.Now, the Reds are on

the verge of going back.Joey Votto homered

for his first hit all seasonagainst Milwaukee, Tre-vor Bauer dominated onshort rest and the Redswon a pivotal series forplayoff contention, beat-ing the Brewers 6-1 onWednesday night.“A team we’re neck-

and-neck with in thedivision, in the wild-cardhunt — today was animportant game, and wecame through for sure,”Votto said.The Reds are in posi-

tion for a wild-card play-off berth after taking twoof three from their NLCentral rival. Cincinnatihas won nine of 11, itsbest streak of the season,to get a shot at its firstplayoff appearance sincea wild-card berth in 2013under Manager DustyBaker.After a day off Thurs-

day, Cincinnati finisheswith three games in Min-nesota and a chance toclinch a spot.“I don’t want to get too

far ahead of myself be-cause I’ve seen it toomany times where teamsget their hearts broken,”

said Votto, who was onthe last playoff team.“I’m of course enjoyingplaying winning baseball,but we’ve got three moreto go.”Reflecting the urgency

of winning the finalgame of the series, Cin-cinnati had Bauer (5-4)pitch on three days’ rest.He allowed four hits andstruck out 12 in eightinnings, throwing 104pitches.“Just a big game,”

Manager David Bell said.“I think it was even moremeaningful that it was onshort rest. He knew howbig of a game this wasand he wanted to be outthere.”Bauer exited with an

NL-best 1.73 ERA. Cleve-land’s Shane Bieber topsthe majors at 1.63 after astrong performanceWednesday night.The Reds’ homer-

reliant offense made thedifference. They scoredall of their 14 runs in theseries off homers — se-ven in all.Votto was 0-for-22

against Milwaukee thisseason when heconnected in the firstinning off Adrian Houser(1-6) for a 2-0 lead. JesseWinker added a solohomer off Houser, who is0-6 with a 6.70 ERA inhis last nine starts.“They’re putting good

swings on good pitches,and they’re putting goodswings on mistakesthey’re supposed to hit,”Houser said.The Reds pulled away

with the help of an errorin the fifth. Nick Castel-lanos reached on secondbaseman Keston Hiura’soff-target throw. AlexClaudio relieved andwalked Votto, and Euge-nio Suárez hit his 15thhomer for a 6-1 lead.

AARON DOSTER AP

Cincinnati’s Trevor Bauer reacts after striking outMilwaukee’s Christian Yelich in the eighth inningWednesday night. The Reds’ starter allowed four hitsand struck out 12 in eight innings.

MLB

Votto homers, Bauersharp as surgingReds top Brewers 6-1Associated Press