The “race,” if that is the most suitable word, continues Sunday as five clubs still are in the chase for the second wild-card spot for the National League playoffs.
For the Cardinals, who have won three of their past four but also three of their past eight, one of their goals can occur in the finale of a three-game series with Cincinnati.
The Cardinals, in essence and in actuality, said they had to win four of their remaining six games with the Reds in the season’s final five weeks. They are 3-2 before Sunday’s game at Busch Stadium in which lefthander J.