(AP) -- Jaime Garcia homered off Bronson Arroyo and pitched into the seventh inning, helping the St. Louis Cardinals clinch a tie for the second NL wild card and spoil Dusty Baker's return from a mini-stroke with a 4-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Monday night.
 
The defending World Series champions have won 11 of 14 .

Arroyo (12-10) threw 73 pitches while allowing three runs over five innings in a tuneup for the postseason.

He topped 200 innings for the seventh time but is 0-3 in his last four starts.
 
The Reds are 96-64, tied with the Nationals for the best record in the National League with two games to go, and must finish ahead of Washington to get home-field advantage throughout the postseason after losing the season series.

Elian Herrera singled in the go-ahead run in the bottom of the ninth inning, lifting the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 3-2 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Monday night that kept their postseason hopes alive.
 
The Dodgers' sixth consecutive victory tied a season high and kept them two games behind St. Louis for the second NL wild card.

Their win prevented the Cardinals from clinching a playoff berth after St. Louis beat Cincinnati 4-2.

The Dodgers and Cardinals each have two games remaining.
 
Hanley Ramirez led off the ninth with a single off Santiago Casilla (7-6), advanced on a sacrifice by Shane Victorino and was held up at third on Luis Cruz's single. A.J. Ellis was intentionally walked and Herrera lined an 0-1 pitch off the glove of second baseman Marco Scutaro for the winning run.
 
Brandon League (2-6) got the win.

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