Dee ihe ọzọ maka paragraf a - Mat Latos nke Reds na Matt Cain nke Giants nọ n'ọgụ ndị na-atụ ọkpọ maka inning anọ. N'isi nke ise, Brandon Crawford ji okpukpu atọ nye Gregor Blanco, onye ji otu goolu bute ụzọ, iji mepee akara. Angel Pagan mechara banye na njehie nke Zack Cozart, na-enye Crawford ohere ịgba ọsọ nke abụọ nke inning. Mgbe ọ gachara ije ruo Scutaro, Sandoval ji aka ya gbapụ iji bulie isi. Buster Posey wee kpochapụ 2<unk>2 pitch si Latos na-eche ihu nke abụọ nke oche maka nnukwu slam na 6<unk>0. Ndị Reds ji nwayọọ nwayọọ na-ewepụ ụzọ. Na ngwụcha nke ise, a na-akụ otu ihe na-esote Brandon Phillips na-agba ọsọ abụọ. N'agba nke ọzọ, Ryan Ludwick gbara ọkpụ goolu nke mere ka ọ bụrụ 6/3. Na nke itoolu, otu onye na-apụ apụ na-agagharị ma na-esote otu Ludwik RBI. Ndị Reds wetara ọsọ na-adaba na efere na nke isii, nke asaa, na nke asatọ, na ọsọ mmeri na efere na nke itoolu. N'ịbụ ndị mmadụ abụọ nọ na ya na ndị Giants na-ejide ụzọ abụọ, Sergio Romo wepụrụ Jay Bruce na bọọlụ na-adịghị emerụ ahụ na-aga n'aka ekpe mgbe ọgụ ọgụ 12 gasịrị. Mgbe ahụ, Romo kwụsịrị ma kpochapụ Scott Rolen iji nye ndị Giants mmeri. Ndị Giants ghọrọ ndị otu National League nke abụọ na-agbakọta site na 0<unk>2 Division Series deficit ịga n'ihu na Championship Series (nke ọzọ bụ 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers) na nke mbụ na Major League Baseball ịga n'ihu site na mmeri egwuregwu atọ n'okporo ụzọ. Cincinnati esonye na 1984
Chicago Cubs na 1981 Houston Astros dị ka ndị otu National League naanị iji kpochapụ 2-0 na usoro kachasị mma. Usoro a na-esonye na 2010 ALDS matchup n'etiti Texas Rangers na Tampa Bay Rays dị ka nke abụọ MLB postseason usoro nke ụzọ otu meriri egwuregwu ọ bụla. Ndị Reds ruo ugbu a enwebeghị mmeri egwuregwu postseason na Great American Ball Park (0<unk>4) na egwuregwu isii na-efunahụ n'ụlọ na postseason, na-efunahụ abụọ ikpeazụ ha na Riverfront Stadium / Cinergy Field na 1995 NLCS.