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Cards squander chances in tight contest
- Updated: September 29, 2016
ST. LOUIS — One night removed from an offensive explosion with five home runs, a two-run deficit with six innings to play seemed reasonably surmountable for the Cardinals. They had their opportunities in a 2-1 loss to the Reds on Wednesday night, but the offense couldn’t convert when potential runs were almost gift-wrapped for them.
The Cardinals went 0-for-8 with runners in scoring position, capped off by Jedd Gyorko’s groundout to third base with two outs in the bottom of the ninth to leave Kolten Wong stranded after a leadoff triple. Greg Garcia popped out to short left field one batter earlier.
“I didn’t do my job,” Garcia said. “I let my team down and you can’t do that right now.”
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