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- Updated: August 9, 2016
ST. LOUIS — A pitch to the ribs likely never felt so sweet for Yadier Molina, who celebrated with a fist pump and a slide into first base. By the time he popped up, the Cardinals catcher was already being swarmed.
A night in which the club looked “dead” and “flat,” according to manager Mike Matheny, finished in the most improbable of ways. The Cardinals scored five two-out runs in the ninth for a 5-4 walk-off win over the Reds that propelled them into a tie for a National League Wild Card spot after being on the verge of dropping a third straight game to a last-place team.
“It’s always good to be reminded of the kind of team we can be,” Matheny said after his team’s sixth walk-off victory. “It’s just good to have those reminders, that if you keep playing the game and are not settling or buying into what it appears to be, good things can happen for a good team.”
The good was hard to find over the first eight innings, during which the Cardinals fell into another early deficit and went 0-for-11 with runners in scoring position. Michael Wacha became the fifth starter in seven days to not record an out in the sixth.
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