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ST. LOUIS -- Their National League wild-card hopes growing slimmer by the day, the St. Louis Cardinals turn to their least experienced starter to help keep them alive Thursday night.Alex Reyes gets the call as St. Louis (82-76) tries to salvage a split of its four-game series with the Cincinnati Reds in Busch Stadium.The 22-year old right-hander, who will make his fifth major league start, is coming off his third win against the Chicago Cubs in a six-week span. Reyes (4-1, 1.58 ERA) lasted five innings Saturday in a 10-4 victory, allowing three runs on six hits with three walks and six strikeouts in a 115-pitch outing.Reyes has faced Cincinnati (67-91) twice since being recalled from Triple-A Memphis on Aug. 9, once as a reliever in his big league debut and again as a starter Sept. 2 in Cincinnati. On the latter night, he gave up two runs over six innings in a no-decision.The Cardinals will need Reyes to come through again if they are to mount any kind of run at a sixth consecutive postseason berth. They will start play Thursday night 2 1/2 games behind the idle New York Mets (85-74) for the first wild card and one game behind the San Francisco Giants (83-75) for the second wild card.A 2-1 loss to Cincinnati on Wednesday night was perhaps St. Louis most frustrating of the year for a couple of reasons. Not only was it one the Cardinals couldnt afford, but it was also a game they could have won, except they stranded the tying run at third in three of the final four innings.I would say missed opportunities hurt tonight, Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said. Thats a good way of looking at it.In crunch time, the Cardinals arent exactly drawing a team playing out the string. The Reds have beaten them four of six meetings in September, holding them to two runs or fewer in all four wins.Cincinnatis Thursday starter, right-hander Dan Straily (14-8, 3.74 ERA), is certainly capable of piecing together a shutdown outing. Straily, who is coming off a 6-1 win Saturday night in Milwaukee, owns a win in two starts this year against St. Louis.Making the Reds victory Wednesday night more impressive was that Cincinnati did it with second baseman Brandon Phillips (left hand) and center fielder Scott Schebler (hamstring) out of the lineup.It was a makeshift lineup tonight, Reds manager Bryan Price said. Were putting guys in their place to get opportunities, and theyre taking advantage. Were hoping the second half of the season can springboard us to a better 2017.While Cincinnati heads home after Thursday night to close the season against the playoff-bound Cubs, the Cardinals host the Pittsburgh Pirates, needing the same things they needed since they woke up Tuesday: wins and help.Its a tough one to swallow, St. Louis second baseman Greg Garcia said of the Wednesday defeat. He had a chance to drive in the tying run in the ninth but flied out to shallow left for the second out. You got to get it done, especially in crunch time. Thats where we are right now. Mattia De Sciglio Juventus Jersey . The Cincinnati Reds remain perfect with their speedy rookie outfielder in the starting lineup. Leonardo Bonucci Juventus Jersey . "It doesnt get any better than that," Giambi said. "Im speechless." The Indians are roaring toward October. Giambi belted a two-run, pinch-hit homer with two outs in the ninth inning to give Cleveland a shocking 5-4 win over the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night, keeping the Indians up with the lead pack in the AL wild-card race. http://www.juventusfcpro.com/Kids-Alex-Sandro-Jersey/ . The Browns coaching search remains incomplete. Custom Juventus Jerseys . The Browns coaching search remains incomplete. Miralem Pjanic Jersey . And when it opened, every player was at his stall. Thats a sure sign that a team is in a slump and is searching for answers. "Its embarrassing to be at home and play the way we did," said defenceman Josh Gorges.Celtic were preparing for a trip to Dundee United in the quarter-finals of the Scottish Cup, that was until a malfunction halted the draw at the SFAs Hampden HQ. The draw, which was shown live on Sky Sports News HQ, had to be carried out again after a ball containing the name of one of the teams in the last eight opened early.The debacle brought back memories of the 2007 League Cup semi-final draw, which had to be re-run after the then Scottish Parliament presiding officer Alex Fergusson mixed up his numbers and wroongly announced the ties.dddddddddddd. This time around there were a few embarrassing moments for all involved, although the second running took place without a hitch.Watch how the Scottish Cup quarter-final draw went wrong in the video at the top of the page. Also See: Rangers and Celtic kept apart Scottish Cup draw recap WATCH: Scottish round-up Scottish Cup draw blunder ' ' '