With an offense that, other than Matt Carpenter, produced nothing in the first seven innings and Jaime Garcia not finding his stuff until he had allowed five runs, the Cardinals closed out another minimalist home stand with a 7-4 loss to the Athletics on Sunday.
The loss meant the Cardinals took just one game out of three in each of the series on this home stand, going a combined 2-4 against the Mets and Athletics. With a win by the Pirates, the Cardinals have a half-game lead on Pittsburgh for the final wild-card spot. The Cardinals finished the season 1-9 at home against American League teams.