The St. Louis Cardinals aren't exactly rolling into the National League playoffs. The Central Division-champions lost for the fourth time in five games as Jay Bruce homered twice and had a career-high five RBIs to lead the Cincinnati Reds to a 7-2 win on Tuesday night. St. Louis manager Tony La Russa is concerned that the Cardinals might be too relaxed. "You want to compete the best you can," La Russa said. "You don't want to turn anything off.
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Season Series

Date	Home	Score	Pitchers
Fri 5/8	Cin	STL 4 at CIN 6	W: Cueto L: Pineiro
Sat 5/9	Cin	STL 3 at CIN 8	W: Harang L: Lohse
Sun 5/10	Cin	STL 8 at CIN 7	W: Franklin L: Cordero
Mon 6/1	StL	CIN 5 at STL 3	W: Lincoln L: Wellemeyer
Tue 6/2	StL	CIN 2 at STL 5	W: Motte L: Arroyo
Wed 6/3	StL	CIN 9 at STL 3	W: Cueto L: Lohse
Thu 6/4	StL	CIN 1 at STL 3	W: Carpenter L: Harang
Fri 7/3	Cin	STL 7 at CIN 4	W: Motte L: Herrera
Sat 7/4	Cin	STL 2 at CIN 5	W: Owings L: Thompson
Sun 7/5	Cin	STL 10 at CIN 1	W: Carpenter L: Arroyo
Mon 8/10	StL	CIN 1 at STL 4	W: Lohse L: Wells
Tue 8/11	StL	CIN 5 at STL 4	W: Lehr L: Boggs
Wed 8/12	StL	CIN 2 at STL 5	W: Carpenter L: Bailey
Tue 9/29	Cin	STL 2 at CIN 7	W: Bailey L: Pineiro
Wed 9/30	Cin	STL 1 at CIN 6	W: Arroyo L: Smoltz
Thu 10/1	Cin	STL 13 at CIN 0	W: Carpenter L: Wells

Box Scores

Cardinals (90 - 67) Season Stats | Roster | Tickets		Reds (75 - 82) Season Stats | Roster | Tickets
Lineup Name AB R H RBI BB 1. S Schumaker, 2B 3 0 1 0 1 1. M Pagnozzi, C 0 0 0 0 1 2. J Lugo, SS-2B 5 0 1 0 0 3. A Pujols, 1B 3 0 1 1 0 3. M Boggs, P 0 0 0 0 0 4. M Holliday, LF 4 0 2 0 0 4. T Greene, PR-SS 0 0 0 0 0 5. C Rasmus, CF 4 0 1 0 0 6. R Ludwick, RF 4 0 0 0 0 7. M DeRosa, 3B-2B-LF 4 0 0 0 0 8. J LaRue, C 2 1 2 0 0 8. J Thurston, PH 1 0 0 0 0 8. T Wellemeyer, P 0 0 0 0 0 8. D Freese, 1B 1 1 1 1 0 9. J Pineiro, P 2 0 0 0 0 9. T Glaus, PH-3B 2 0 0 0 0 Totals 35 2 9 2 2		Lineup Name AB R H RBI BB 1. W Taveras, CF 4 0 1 0 0 2. P Janish, SS 3 0 0 0 0 3. J Votto, 1B 3 1 1 1 1 4. B Phillips, 2B 4 2 2 0 0 5. S Rolen, 3B 3 2 1 1 1 6. J Bruce, RF 4 2 2 5 0 7. W Balentien, LF 4 0 0 0 0 8. R Hernandez, C 3 0 0 0 0 9. H Bailey, P 3 0 1 0 0 9. J Burton, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. R Ramirez, P 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 31 7 8 7 2
Pitcher Name IP H R ER BB K ERA* J Pineiro (L, 15-12) 6.0 8 7 7 1 1 3.44 T Wellemeyer 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 5.76 M Boggs 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 4.29		Pitcher Name IP H R ER BB K ERA* H Bailey (W, 7-5) 7.0 7 1 1 1 7 4.78 J Burton 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 4.61 R Ramirez 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 4.35
* = Season Stat
BATTING 2B: M Holliday (15) HR: D Freese (1) BASERUNNING SB: A Pujols (16)		BATTING 3B: B Phillips (5) HR: J Votto (24), J Bruce 2 (22)

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Player News

Cardinals Matt Holliday (STL) News: The Red Sox are believed to be interested in Matt Holliday, according to the Boston Herald.   (Fanball - Fri. Nov 20, 2009) Matt Holliday (STL) News: The San Francisco Chronicle is reporting that the Giants will not pursue free agent outfielders Matt Holliday and Jason Bay. Giants GM Brian Sabean said that the team is only interested in players who have a genuine interest in coming to San Francisco.   (Fanball - Thu. Nov 19, 2009) Matt Holliday (STL) News: Updating an earlier item, Angels owner Arte Moreno confirmed on Thursday that the team has no plans to pursue free agent outfielder Matt Holliday, according to Fox Sports.   (Fanball - Thu. Nov 19, 2009)

Reds Laynce Nix (CIN) News: Laynce Nix has refused to be out-righted to Triple-A, and is now a free agent, according to Mark Sheldon of MLB.com.  (Fanball - Fri. Nov 20, 2009) Yonder Alonso (CIN) News: Alonso will play winter ball in Puerto Rico after the Arizona Fall League finishes up this week, the Cincinnati Enquirer reports.  (RotoWire - Wed. Nov 18, 2009) Ramon Hernandez (CIN) News: Hernandez's one-year deal with the Reds is for $3 million, the Cincinnati Enquirer reports.  (RotoWire - Tue. Nov 17, 2009)