Same old song for Cards in loss

Cincinnati Reds catcher Devin Mesoraco, left, tags out St. Louis Cardinals' Paul DeJong at home plate in the fifth inning of a baseball game, Monday, June 5, 2017, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)CINCINNATI • The Cardinals have lapsed into a repetitive, galling stretch of games that has become baseball’s answer to rope-a-dope.

They come out swinging, land a few blows, and even take a lead.

Their opponent only has to wait for the inevitable mistake, or three.

For the fourth time in as many days, the Cardinals took a lead in the first half of Monday’s game, mishandled chance after chance to add to it, and stumbled, fundamentally, into a loss. The Reds’ four-run seventh inning reversed…