Reds, Dodgers face off with playoff implications

One team with its ticket just punched to the postseason will be visiting another struggling badly to hang on in the wild-card chase as the Los Angeles Dodgers visit the Cincinnati Reds on Friday night to open a three-game series.

The two clubs with postseason aspirations enter the weekend seriesheaded in very different directions.

The Dodgers (94-53) have won six straight and clinched a playoff berth Tuesday. In Wednesd