ST. LOUIS (AP) _ Brandon Moss broke out of a lengthy slump with a tiebreaking
home run and Aledmys Diaz connected in his return to the starting lineup,
leading the St. Louis Cardinals over the Chicago Cubs 4-2 Tuesday night.
The Cardinals ensured that the runaway Cubs won’t clinch the NL Central at
Busch Stadium. Chicago’s magic number is three, and the series in St. Louis
wraps up Wednesday.
St. Louis remained a half-game behind the New York Mets for the second
wild-card spot.
Moss entered the game mired in a 1-for-41 skid. He hit a two-run homer in the
sixth off Jason Hammel (14-9).
Dexter Fowler led off the game with a home run against Jaime Garcia.
Alex Reyes (2-1) won with 4 1-3 innings of scoreless relief. Kevin Siegrist got
his second save.
The three-game series wraps up Wednesday afternoon at Busch Stadium with a great
pitching match up. Carlos Martinez (14-7) starts for the Cardinals while the Cubs
send Jon Lester (16-4) to the mound. Game time is 12:45 with the pre-game
joined in prgress at noon following the Trading Post on KTLO-AM.
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