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ST. LOUIS -- Brandon Moss decided the best way to work out of his slump was to go to the tape.A day off spent analyzing video did the trick for the veteran St. Louis infielder.Moss bounced out of a three-week skid with a tiebreaking home run and Aledmys Diaz connected in his return to the starting lineup, leading the Cardinals to a 4-2 win over the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday night.St. Louis ensured that the runaway Cubs wont clinch the NL Central at Busch Stadium. Chicagos magic number is three, and the series wraps up Wednesday.The Cardinals remained a half-game behind the New York Mets for the second wild-card spot.Moss entered the game mired in a 1-for-41 skid. When given Monday off by manager Mike Matheny, Moss chose to pour over video of his better at-bats rather than swing in the batting cages.I went in the cage and worked and worked and nothing seemed to come from it, Moss said. Yesterday was much more video than anything.It helped.Matheny was glad to see that the day off did the trick.He responded well, Matheny said. It was a bad rut, but he worked himself through.Moss slammed a two-run homer in the sixth off Jason Hammel (14-9).The Cubs Dexter Fowler led off the game with a home run against Jaime Garcia.Alex Reyes (2-1) won with 4 1/3 innings of scoreless relief. Kevin Siegrist got his second save.Reyes entered the game with the bases loaded and two out in the second. He immediately fanned Kris Bryant with a 98 mile-per-hour fastball to get out of the jam.He came in in a tough spot and saved the day, Matheny said.Moss singled in the second and scored on Diazs 15th homer of the season. Diaz started for the first time since July 31, when the All-Star shortstop broke his thumb.Garcia lasted just 1 2/3 innings, the shortest outing in his 146-start career. He gave up two runs and three hits, including Fowlers seventh leadoff homer of the season.I let my team down, Garcia said. Ive been through tough times before. All I can say is Im going to continue to do whats in my control to continue to fight.Garcia is 0-3 with a 9.94 ERA in his last four home starts.The Cardinals, who scored all four runs with two outs, are 8-7 against the Cubs, who are 40 games over .500.St. Louis is 5-2 in Wrigley Field.Hammel allowed four runs on six hits in 5 2/3 innings. He struck out nine and walked two.It seems every time I give up a run, it leaves the yard, Hammel said. Pretty frustrating. But, I felt like I pitched pretty well.The Cubs have won 33 of 45 games since July 27.Fowler realizes that nailing down the division crown is just a formality.Its going to happen, its a matter of when, Fowler said. So we have to keep winning games.TRAINERS ROOMCardinals: INF Matt Carpenter was in the starting lineup after leaving Mondays game with back tightness. ... RHP Trevor Rosenthal threw batting practice. He has missed 46 games with shoulder inflammation. ... RHP Michael Wacha is expected to be activated off the disabled list tomorrow and could be headed to the bullpen. He has been out since Aug. 9 with shoulder inflammation.UP NEXTCubs LHP Jon Lester (16-4, 2.51) takes on RHP Carlos Martinez (14-7, 3.05) in the final game of the three-game set. Lester has allowed fewer than two runs in each of his last five starts. He is 6-0 with a 1.17 ERA in his previous eight starts. Martinez is 6-3 in 11 day starts this season. He has induced an NL-leading 32 double plays. Clearance Air Jordan Store . He says so-called TRT is only one problem and he wants to go even further than the ban. "Its about time," St-Pierre told reporters at a promotional event in Montreal on Friday. "I think its a good thing. Cheap Air Jordan Free Shipping . Scott Kazmir allowed four hits in seven shutout innings, Michael Brantley hit a two-run homer in a three-run first inning and the Indians maintained their hold on an AL wild-card spot with a 4-1 win over the Houston Astros on Saturday night. https://www.jordanchina.us/ . -- About a third of the way through the regular season, the Washington Wizards are at . Fake Jordan . Reigning world champion Eve Muirhead of Scotland opened with a 12-2 rout of Winnipegs Jennifer Jones in a battle of teams bound for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Air Jordan Outlet . Jay Feely kicked a 41-yard field goal in overtime, and the Cardinals edged the Tennessee Titans 37-34 in overtime after blowing a 17-point lead late in the fourth quarter.Lewis Hamilton says he would have nothing to prove if he was paired as a team-mate to Fernando Alonso again. Alonso has revealed that a deal was proposed by his management team two years ago that would have seen the Spaniard and Hamilton swap their seats at Ferrari and Mercedes.Nico Rosberg, Hamiltons current team-mate at Mercedes, is in the final year of his existing deal with the Silver Arrows while Alonsos decision to leave Ferrari to return to McLaren has been described as a terrible mistake by Sky F1 pundit Martin Brundle. But Hamilton has scoffed at talk in the paddock that Mercedes might consider pairing him with Alonso in a rekindling of the partnership which imploded spectacularly in 2007 when they were team-mates at McLaren.I dont care who I race against, Hamilton told Sky Sports News HQ. Im happy with what we have here. Weve already raced together in the same car and got a result so its not like anything else needs proving.Hamilton and Alonso finished 2007 with the same amount of points but the Englishman - then a rookie - was classified ahead. Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton discusses pre-season testing with Sky Sports Mercedes warned both Hamilton and Rosberg at the end of 2015 that they would consider changing their driver line-up unless their two feuding drivers learnt to co-exist, while team boss Toto Wolff has confirmed the team are in no rush to open talks with Rosberg about a new deal.I want to see how the season pans out, Wolff said.Alonso, meanwhile, is in the second of the three-year deal he signed when he moved back to McLaren just overr a year ago.ddddddddddddAlthough the team enjoyed their most productive day of winter testing so far on Tuesday, Alonsos fastest lap time was still nearly two seconds shy of Mercedes benchmark on identical tyres. Every race live in 2016 Sky Sports F1 brings you every race live in 2016. Fast and easy online upgrade - click here Hamilton, meanwhile, was six tenths off Rosbergs best time on soft tyres after finally moving off the medium compound on the sixth day of pre-season running at Barcelona on Wednesday.I got my laps in and Ive got an understanding where the car is good and where the car isnt good, said Hamilton. But generally testing has been great.I havent looked at where everybody else but everyone is naturally going to hype us up. But we dont know what fuel load Ferrari are on and they have a strong package. Even Williams look like they have quite a strong package. So l wouldnt take any notice of what they are saying, to be honest.The first race of the 2016 F1 season, the Australian GP, is exclusively live on Sky Sports F1. The race in Melbourne starts at 5am on Sunday March 20. World champion Lewis Hamilton takes his new Mercedes for a spin during pre-season testing in Barcelona. Also See: Watch: Updates from F1 testing Button: Alonso pairing is perfect ' ' '