Reds Drop Series to Cardinals

The St. Louis Cardinals handled the Cincinnati Reds again. Small consolation for a team that's seven games back in the NL Central because they can't beat anybody else in the division.

Matt Holliday hit a go-ahead, three-run homer to back Chris Carpenter's latest dominant effort against Cincinnati in a 4-2 victory Sunday as the Cardinals took two of three from the division-leading Reds.

A story from the AP says, Cincinnati has a formidable lead over St. Louis, which has only 28 games to go, and the teams don't play again this season.

"We've got to win games, no matter who we're playing," Carpenter said.

St. Louis had lost eight of nine overall going into the weekend, their only three games at home in a stretch of 20 games. Although they finished 12-6 against the Reds, they're 20-24 against the rest of the Central.

This was its first series win since Aug. 20-22 against San Francisco.

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