The last day of the regular season is just around the corner. And with that comes a lot of disappointment, as the Reds, who were expected to at least compete for a wildcard spot, are instead hoping to avoid finishing in last place in the National League Central. Cincinnati doesn’t want to be defeated either and will score its first run in the series this afternoon against the Chicago Cubs. The first pitch is set at 3:20 m ET.

Starting lineup

Start pitcher

Hunter Greene

After missing five weeks, Hunter Greene returned to the mound last week and allowed one run in 3.0 innings against Pittsburgh. Today he will finish his season and try to get a few extra outs and get his season total over the 150 innings mark.

Split

Use of parking space

Caleb Kilian

For Kilian, this is only the second appearance of the year in the major leagues and only the eighth appearance of his career in the major leagues. He missed the first half of the season before being activated in July, initially pitching out of the bullpen in Triple-A before moving into the rotation in August.

Splits (MiLB & MLB)

Use of parking space (AAA & MiLB)

When and where

• Playing time: 3:20 p.m. ET
• Where: Wrigley Field
• Regard: Bally Sports Ohio, MLB.tv
• Hear: 700 WLW AM (Cincinnati area)
• Forecast: 70°, cloudy, 5% chance of rain

News and notes

The Reds are expected to look to trade Sonny Gray

This morning, Bob Nightengale of USA Today had some end-of-season notes and one of them was that St. Louis would look to acquire Sonny Gray on the trade market as they look to trim payroll. Additionally, he noted that the Reds were expected to aggressively try to trade for him. We’ve written a lot more about it here and how it could be a very expensive purchase.

Can the Reds avoid a last-place finish?

Things aren’t entirely under their control as the Reds sit tied for last place on the final day of the season with the Pittsburgh Pirates, who face the New York Yankees.

Division standings