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CINCINNATI -- A misplayed fly ball. A passed ball. Four walks in an inning. The St. Louis Cardinals did a lot of things wrong, and they added up to a third straight loss.Zack Cozart hit a pair of doubles during run-scoring innings that included St. Louis misplays, and the Cincinnati Reds pulled away to a 9-1 victory on Saturday that left the Cardinals treading water in the playoff chase.The Cardinals have lost seven of 11. Theyre still in position to get the NLs second wild-card spot, staying ahead of the Mets, Pirates and Marlins, but theyve wasted plenty of chances to make their playoff path easier.We havent put together that big inning, havent been able to string together hits, manager Mike Matheny said.And thats not all. Their bullpen and defense have let them down, too.Pinch hitter Ramon Cabreras two-run single in the seventh inning put the Reds ahead 4-1. Cincinnati used four walks by Jerome Williams to score five times in the eighth, capped by Tucker Barnharts bases-loaded double.Dan Straily (11-7) gave up three hits, including Jedd Gyorkos homer, and a career-high seven walks in only 5 2/3 innings. Gyorko hit his career-high 25th home run, 18 since the All-Star break.The Cardinals have homered in a club-record 22 straight games, hitting a total of 43 in that span. Only San Diego (25 games) has a longer streak this season. The 2002 Rangers set the major league record of 27.Cincinnati used a couple of Cardinals miscues to squeeze out two runs against Jaime Garcia (10-11). The lefty had allowed at least five runs in each of his last three starts.I thought I made good pitches when I needed to, said Garcia, who gave up six hits in six innings and fanned eight. They hit some stuff that found holes. But no excuses -- today, unfortunately, it wasnt good enough.Right fielder Stephen Piscotty lost track of Tyler Holts flyball in the third, letting it fall for a double. Holt scored on Cozarts two-out double.Another double by Cozart helped the Reds load the bases in the fifth, and Alberto Rosarios passed ball on a tailing sinker let in a run for a 2-1 lead.There was a lot of movement, but youve got to be ready for any situation, Rosario said through a translator. I just couldnt get a hold of it.IMPRESSIVE PLAYReds CF Billy Hamilton caught up with Rosarios fly to the warning track, smacked into the wall after making the catch, and threw back to the infield to double up a surprised Greg Garcia at first base to end the fourth inning.Garcia made a good, aggressive move, Matheny said. If the ball comes off the wall at all, hes going to score. He (Hamilton) closed a lot of space in a hurry and made a great play.AND ...Hamilton ran into umpire Angel Hernandez as he rounded first base and thought about trying for second on an errant throw in the seventh inning. Hamilton went down and had to stay at first for a while. He took second on his 58th steal of the season.GOLDEN TICKETJoey Votto used a song from Willy Wonka as his walk-up music for his first at-bat. Gene Wilder, who played the part of Wonka, died on Monday.TRAINERS ROOMCardinals: RH Mike Leake will fly into Cincinnati on Sunday morning and threw in the bullpen before the final game of the series. Leake has been sidelined since Aug. 22 with the shingles.Reds: 2B Brandon Phillips was scratched from the lineup with a sore left foot that took a foul ball on Friday.UP NEXTCardinals: Carlos Martinez (12-7) is 4-1 career against the Reds with a 2.72 ERA, including four starts and 11 relief appearances. 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The Freiburg midfielder misjudged Jefferson Farfans corner and bundled the ball into his own net.New Zealand doesnt quite have Sri Lankas reputation in producing result pitches, but you have to go back seven Tests - to February 2014 - to find the most-recent draw in the country. Little surprise then, that a batting approach gaining credence in Sri Lanka (13 Tests without a draw) may come to be here as well: get runs before the good ball gets you.Having mustered only 304 in Christchurch, Pakistan had introspected as they prepared for the Test at Seddon Park. A more adventurous outlook might see them prosper on this pitch, middle-order batsman Asad Shafiq said.As batsmen we have to play positive and aggressive on this wicket, he said. That was missing in the last match. We have to go for some runs, because on a wicket like this its very difficult to stop the ball all the time because this kind of wicket seams and swings a bit. Its just a matter of time until you get a good delivery. Before that you have to take it on.Perhaps Pakistan have sought to take cues from their top-scorer in Christchurch: Sohail Khan, who hit 40 runs off 39 balls. On similarly difficult pitches, strokemakers have also succeeded in upsetting bowlers rhythms - something Pakistan could not do despite having collectively spent 78.4 overs at the crease in the second inningss of the first Test.ddddddddddddIts a lesson that we had learned in the last game - that on these types of wickets we have to spend time, but as soon as we are spending time, we have to score some runs. If were not scoring runs, we are standing at the same place - we are not going forward.Chief among those Pakistan will look to for leadership in this approach is Younis Khan, who made scores of 2 and 1 in the first Test. He averages 51.11 in New Zealand, however, with three half centuries and a 149 not out in 10 innings in the country.Younis is one of the great batsmen Pakistan has ever produced, and hes gone through a lot of times in his career like this - when he hasnt scored runs in the first match, but he always bounces back, Shafiq said. He has that ability. Im sure he will score runs in this match.Seddon Park will also hold pleasant memories for Shafiq who, in 2011, top-scored in a Pakistan victory at the ground with 83. That had been only his second Test innings. I remember that innings well - I played good, positive cricket. It feels really good to be back at the same ground. It really helps a lot as a batsman.Wholesale Basketball Jerseys Wholesale Baseball Jerseys ' ' '