Dusty Baker doesn't know why the Cardinals were predicted to finish third or fourth in the division.
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The Reds have won seven of the last eight games; 14 of the last 17; and 20 of the last 27 but are still trailing the Cardinals.
"There are two ways to look at it," Baker said. "We have caught them but they haven't run away from us either. It is going to go down to who is going to win the most like any other time. That's why it's called a race. It's not called a runaway. You don't just start racing in September. You race all year long. I'm sure they have their eye on us."
Pittsburgh is staying in the hunt too as the season approaches the end of its first third at 54 games. The Pirates, who are the opponents on the Reds' next stop, are only 2-1/2 games behind the Cardinals and one behind Cincinnati.
"I don't understand why the great predictors picked the Cardinals third or fourth," Baker said. "I don't know what they're looking at."
The Cardinals' pitching has held up in spite of injuries to Chris Carpenter and Jaime Garcia.
"Have you seen what their re-inforcements are doing?" Baker asked. "It's not him. It's them. They have some kids that aren't even here yet. They are all coming up throwing 96-97 and they have (Yadier) Molina to direct them. That's a big plus. He can put them on an accelerated (learning) curve."
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