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Cards’ playoff hopes take hit with loss to Reds
- Updated: September 27, 2016
ST. LOUIS — Back at Busch Stadium with a chance to pull even with the Giants and inch closer to a sixth straight playoff berth, the Cardinals instead elicited boos from the typically affable home fans with one of their ugliest performances of the season. They looked little like a team ready for postseason play in a 15-2 loss to the Reds to open a seven-game homestand on Monday night.
The Cardinals fell further back in the National League Wild Card race that the Mets still lead with six days remaining in the regular …