Cards lose 7-3, come home weary and worse off

CINCINNATI — The bullpen continued its skid Wednesday and there were scads of marooned baserunners in a 7-3 loss to Cincinnati, but as the Cardinals scuttled home from their weeklong, eight-game getaway to try to revive their season, something far more galling returned with them.

Here’s a link to the story at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.