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The Cardinals battle for home field advantage tonight. (AP Images)

The St. Louis Cardinals look to get back on track and make a late push for home-field advantage in the NL playoffs when they take on the Cincinnati Reds tonight.

MLB odds show the Cardinals listed as -135 road favorites.

St. Louis will hand the ball to Joel Pineiro, who looks to follow up an outstanding start against another NL Central also-ran. The righthander pitched seven innings of one-run ball to defeat Houston 11-2 last Tuesday as he avoided dropping a third straight start.

The Reds will start Homer Bailey, who has been outstanding of late, going 4-1 with a 1.99 ERA in his last seven starts.

The righthander has struggled badly against St. Louis, going 0-3 with a 9.82 ERA in four career starts.

The Cardinals are 5-2 in the last seven meetings with the Reds.

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