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The first-place St. Louis Cardinals (68-39) play the fourth-place Cincinnati Reds (48-57) at 11:35 p.m. CT today. The game is the third of the teams' three-game series at the Great American Ballpark. The Reds won the first game and the Cards took last night's contest in extra innings. That makes today's competition the rubber match of the series.