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Cards stop Reds to clinch tie for 2nd wild card

Associated Press, ESPN.com

The St. Louis Cardinals clinched a tie for the second NL wild card with a 4-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Monday night.

MLB.com

Insistent that he keep his public comments relevant only to the present, manager Mike Matheny has still not publicly divulged the club's pitching plans should the Cardinals clinch a playoff spot before the final day of the regular season.

Mark Sheldon, MLB.com

The Reds can be both division winners and Wild Card spoilers? That duality is the new reality of the 2012 postseason race. The luck of the schedule has Cincinnati meeting its division nemesis, the Cardinals, for a three-game regular-season finale series…