For the second time in his career, Sean Casey finished with 99 RBI.

"Stats are stats," the first baseman said. "You come out and play hard every day. Ninety-nine is still a lot of RBI. It's probably in the top 15. I think I had a good year."

Casey drove in No. 99 on Sept 24. In the nine games that followed, he came up with runners in scoring position five times. He went 0-for-4 with a walk.

"RBI is the one stat where you rely on other people," Casey said.

"I didn't get a lot of chances."

GOOD START TO END: Brandon Claussen went six innings, allowing one run on five hits, in the Reds' season-closing 2-0 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates.

"It was a nice outing for him," Reds manager Dave Miley said. "It gives him something to build on. He knows what he has to do in the offseason."

Claussen, the 25-year-old left-hander, finished 2-8 with 6.14 ERA.

"I've got to work on command with all my pitches," he said. "With my breaking ball, I'll throw a good one. Then I'll overthrow the next one."

ATTENDANCE: The Reds drew 30,854 for Sunday's finale at Great American Ball Park. That put them at 2,2287,250 for the season.

That was down 68,009 from last season - a drop of 2.9 percent.

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