Votto’s big night overshadowed in St. Louis

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ST. LOUIS — With one mighty and emotional swing, Aledmys Diaz paid honor to a lost friend and jolted the Cardinals, who rode that spark to a rout of the Reds to keep pace in the National League Wild Card race. Diaz’s grand slam, one of five homers the Cardinals hit on Tuesday, and a gutsy performance from Adam Wainwright boosted the club to a 12-5 victory at Busch Stadium.

The win pulled the Cardinals to within a half-game of San Francisco for the second Wild Card spot, pending the result of the late Rockies-Giants game. The Mets, who also won on Tuesday, remain 1 1/2 games ahead of St. Louis, which has five games remaining on its regular-season schedule.

Wainwright tiptoed around trouble early to keep the Cardinals close and set the stage for perhaps the most …

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