ST. LOUIS (AP) _ Yadier Molina hit a disputed double that drove in the winning
run with two outs in the ninth inning Thursday night, sending the St. Louis
Cardinals over the Cincinnati Reds 4-3.
The Cardinals began the day one game behind San Francisco for the second NL
wild-card spot.
Matt Carpenter drew a one-out walk from Blake Wood (6-5). With two outs,
Molina’s one-hop hit appeared to bounce off a sign above the left-field wall and
carom back into play.
Carpenter kept running and scored from first. Reds manager Bryan Price ran
after the umpires, who left the field as soon as Carpenter touched the plate.
Molina and Jedd Gyorko hit solo homers for the Cardinals.
Seung Hwan Oh (6-3) wound up with the win.
The Cardinals wrap up the regular season at home this weekend against Pittsburgh.
The series begins Friday night with Carlos Martinez (15-9) pitching for St. Louis
and Tyler Glasnow (0-1) going for the Pirates. Game time is 7:15 with the
pre-game at 6:20 on KTLO-AM.
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