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CINCINNATI -- A misplayed fly ball. A passed ball. Four walks in an inning. The St. Louis Cardinals did a lot of things wrong, and they added up to a third straight loss.Zack Cozart hit a pair of doubles during run-scoring innings that included St. Louis misplays, and the Cincinnati Reds pulled away to a 9-1 victory on Saturday that left the Cardinals treading water in the playoff chase.The Cardinals have lost seven of 11. Theyre still in position to get the NLs second wild-card spot, staying ahead of the Mets, Pirates and Marlins, but theyve wasted plenty of chances to make their playoff path easier.We havent put together that big inning, havent been able to string together hits, manager Mike Matheny said.And thats not all. Their bullpen and defense have let them down, too.Pinch hitter Ramon Cabreras two-run single in the seventh inning put the Reds ahead 4-1. Cincinnati used four walks by Jerome Williams to score five times in the eighth, capped by Tucker Barnharts bases-loaded double.Dan Straily (11-7) gave up three hits, including Jedd Gyorkos homer, and a career-high seven walks in only 5 2/3 innings. Gyorko hit his career-high 25th home run, 18 since the All-Star break.The Cardinals have homered in a club-record 22 straight games, hitting a total of 43 in that span. Only San Diego (25 games) has a longer streak this season. The 2002 Rangers set the major league record of 27.Cincinnati used a couple of Cardinals miscues to squeeze out two runs against Jaime Garcia (10-11). The lefty had allowed at least five runs in each of his last three starts.I thought I made good pitches when I needed to, said Garcia, who gave up six hits in six innings and fanned eight. They hit some stuff that found holes. But no excuses -- today, unfortunately, it wasnt good enough.Right fielder Stephen Piscotty lost track of Tyler Holts flyball in the third, letting it fall for a double. Holt scored on Cozarts two-out double.Another double by Cozart helped the Reds load the bases in the fifth, and Alberto Rosarios passed ball on a tailing sinker let in a run for a 2-1 lead.There was a lot of movement, but youve got to be ready for any situation, Rosario said through a translator. I just couldnt get a hold of it.IMPRESSIVE PLAYReds CF Billy Hamilton caught up with Rosarios fly to the warning track, smacked into the wall after making the catch, and threw back to the infield to double up a surprised Greg Garcia at first base to end the fourth inning.Garcia made a good, aggressive move, Matheny said. If the ball comes off the wall at all, hes going to score. He (Hamilton) closed a lot of space in a hurry and made a great play.AND ...Hamilton ran into umpire Angel Hernandez as he rounded first base and thought about trying for second on an errant throw in the seventh inning. Hamilton went down and had to stay at first for a while. He took second on his 58th steal of the season.GOLDEN TICKETJoey Votto used a song from Willy Wonka as his walk-up music for his first at-bat. Gene Wilder, who played the part of Wonka, died on Monday.TRAINERS ROOMCardinals: RH Mike Leake will fly into Cincinnati on Sunday morning and threw in the bullpen before the final game of the series. Leake has been sidelined since Aug. 22 with the shingles.Reds: 2B Brandon Phillips was scratched from the lineup with a sore left foot that took a foul ball on Friday.UP NEXTCardinals: Carlos Martinez (12-7) is 4-1 career against the Reds with a 2.72 ERA, including four starts and 11 relief appearances. 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The officials did not initially rule a safety, but after Pete Carroll challenged the call, the Seahawks were awarded two points.So many nuanced rules that the refs dont even know half the time, because most of the refs on that play didnt know we could challenge the play, Sherman said. The only one who knew was the white hat. Thats kind of ridiculous.You deal with that on a week-in, week-out basis. And theyre like, Just call New York. But what if youve got five games going on? Five games calling New York at the same time? It doesnt make sense. You can simplify that, but of course they wont, because like Ive said before, you have people whove never played the game writing the rules for a game theyve never played, and they have no idea how it works.On the play Sherman described, Carroll was unsure about whether the holding/safety call was reviewable, even after having a conversation with the official on the sidelinee.ddddddddddddSherman spoke with another official who said the play was reviewable and rushed over to convince Carroll to throw the red flag.I just asked him what could we do, Sherman said. He said we could challenge it. He said you cant challenge a penalty but you can challenge a spot on the field that had happened. Once he said that, I just ran and made sure Pete knew, because I dont think Pete knew he could challenge it. Pete threw the flag.The Seahawks lost the game 14-5.Sherman criticized officials after a Week 8 loss to the New Orleans Saints. He later suggested that officials target the Seahawks specifically.Sherman said that the players learn which crew theyre getting early in the week, but studying past tendencies doesnt usually help.Everything is subjective, Sherman said. So on any given day, maybe he had his coffee this morning, maybe hell call this. Maybe he didnt have his coffee ... then maybe hell call something else. Its human error out there. So at the end of the day, thats all youre playing with is human error. So it depends on what they think they saw and what theyre feeling that day, things like that. ' ' '