Wednesday’s matchup between the two clubs was originally scheduled for 6:40 PM (Eastern Time) at Progressive Field, the Guardians’ home stadium. Just under one hour before the scheduled start time, the two teams discussed the course of action regarding a potential delay.

The Reds have won the first three games of the series and have won four straight games overall. With the New York Mets losing to the Washington Nationals on Saturday, Cincinnati moved within one game of the third and final National League Wild Card spot.

The Cincinnati Reds blew a major opportunity on Wednesday night. With the New York Mets on the way to a loss, the Reds would've moved back into the NL Wild Card's third and final spot with a win. But they couldn't pull out an extra-innings victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. And now their chance at redemption will be delayed by rain.

The Cincinnati Reds are facing a must-win game against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday, entering the day a game back of the New York Mets (and even with the

The Cincinnati Reds have won 5 of their last 6 games and trail the New York Mets by one game for the final NL playoff berth entering the day.

The Cincinnati Reds game will start in a delay Thursday due to weather. The Reds are taking on the Pirates in the final game of the series. The final regular season home game was set to begin at 12:40 p.m. First pitch will now be at 2 p.m. The steady rain is moving out, but some scattered showers linger, including possibility for a brief downpour.

The Phillies officially called a delay at 8:30 p.m. ET, but the rain had been threatening to pause the game. A rain delay had been called earlier but the umpires opted to keep the game going. Eventually, the weather won.

WASHINGTON — Rain delayed the start of the White Sox ’ game against the Nationals Saturday. The Sox’ penultimate game of a triple-digit-loss season was supposed to start at 3:05 p.m. but steady rains were soaking the Washington area and the weather forecast didn’t look much better for the rest of the evening. There wasn’t an estimated start time.

The Detroit Tigers and Atlanta Braves entered a rain delay Sunday before the bottom of the seventh inning during the series finale at Comerica Park.