WATCH: Reds celebrate Wild Card playoff berth

MILWAUKEE — The Cincinnati Reds are headed to playoff baseball.

The Reds may have lost 4-2 to the Brewers on Sunday, but the Miami Marlins shut out the New York Mets, securing Cincinnati the final NL wild card spot. The Reds either needed to sweep the Brewers to get the spot or the Mets needed to lose, allowing Cincinnati to head to the playoffs due to the head-to-head tiebreaker.

Cincinnati will now face the 3-seeded Los Angeles Dodgers in a three-game series. Game 1 of the series is set for Tuesday, Sept. 30 at 9:08 p.m. The game will air on ESPN.

The last time the Reds made the playoffs was during the shortened season in 2020. Prior to that, the Reds got an NL wild card spot in 2013.

After the Reds secured the wild card with the Mets' loss, the Reds' broadcast showed the entire team — including Terry Francona — donning ski goggles and popping bottles of champagne in the locker room.

The team celebration reflected the time it's taken to get back to this point. Here are just a few of the celebration moments in the locker room:

"We fought our way here," Nick Martinez said.

Elly De La Cruz, who scored one of Cincinnati's two runs Sunday, said "it feels amazing" to head to the postseason.

After the win, Francona said he wants to sit back and watch his team have fun because "they deserve it."

"They're a team, they act like a team, they play like a team... and now we're going to party like a team," Francona said.

The celebration also rang out back here in Cincinnati. WATCH: Reds fans at The Banks cheer the moment Cincinnati secured the wild card spot: