CINCINNATI -- Instead of starting a final-month surge to the playoffs, the St. Louis Cardinals let one slip away.The Cardinals escaped bases-loaded threats in the seventh and eighth, but couldnt do it again in the ninth. Eugenio Suarezs single up the middle sent the Cincinnati Reds to a 3-2 victory on Friday night.St. Louis is in position to get the NLs second wild card behind San Francisco. Instead of moving up, the Cardinals helped the Reds rally and end a four-game losing streak.Seung Hwan Oh (4-3) walked Zack Cozart on four pitches to open the ninth, putting the potential winning run on base. The closers control was off from the start.Especially in a tie situation, you dont want to give the leadoff hitter a walk, he said through a translator.Brandon Phillips followed with a single. After Scott Schebler singled one out later to load the bases, Suarez got his first career game-ending hit.The Reds had loaded the bases the two previous innings, but failed to score as Matt Bowman and Kevin Siegrist escaped the threats to keep it tied at 2.We kept getting in trouble, manager Mike Matheny said. When youre going to load the bases in the seventh, eighth and ninth of a tie game, its hard to get out of that.Raisel Iglesias (1-1) gave up a walk in the ninth.Yadier Molina and Randal Grichuk connected for an early lead off Anthony DeSclafani, who has been tough against St. Louis during his career. The right-hander is 3-1 in six starts against the Cardinals with a 2.25 ERA.Molina led the Cardinals with a .347 batting average in August and had 32 hits, his most in any month since May 2015. He connected in the second inning for his sixth homer.Grichuk led off the fifth inning with his 20th homer, extending his big week. He had a game-tying homer and a game-winning single earlier in the week.The Reds tied it in the sixth against Alex Reyes, who made his second major league start. Cozart singled, ending his 0-for-17 skid. Phillips followed with a double that ricocheted off third base. Adam Duvalls sacrifice fly and Scheblers single made it 2-2.I made good pitches, Reyes said. It wasnt that hard of contact. The balls were just well-placed.Reyes allowed only six hits, fanned seven and threw 103 pitches. His fastball was clocked at 100 mph in the third inning, and he fanned Billy Hamilton with a 76 mph curveball in the fifth.DIFFERENT LOOKThe Reds wore their special camouflage jerseys as part of a night honoring the military.ADAMS BACKMatt Adams was activated off the disabled list. Hed been sidelined since Aug. 10 with inflammation in his right shoulder, missing 19 games. Adams pinch hit and grounded out in the seventh.TAKE THREEHamilton stole three bases -- the first two off Reyes move to the plate -- leaving him 23 for 25 career in steal attempts against Molina. Its the most steals by any runner against the eight-time Gold Glove catcher. Hamilton leads the majors with 57 steals.TRAINERS ROOMCardinals: RH Mike Leake is expected to rejoin the team in Cincinnati and throw a bullpen session on Sunday. Hes been on the disabled list since Aug. 22 with the shingles.Reds: Joey Votto was out of the lineup with a stiff neck. Ivan De Jesus Jr. started at first base.UP NEXTCardinals: LH Jaime Garcia (10-10) has allowed at least five runs in three straight starts for the first time in his career.Reds: RH Dan Straily (10-7) had a career-high six-game winning streak snapped Monday in a 9-2 loss at the Angels. 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Since his severance ran out in 2013, McQuearys attorney said, he has earned less than $10,000.McQueary was placed on administrative leave in November 2011, shortly after it became public that he spotted retired football assistant Jerry Sandusky molesting a 10- to 12-year-old boy a decade prior and reported it to his superiors. He did not inform police.You dont put someone on administrative leave unless theyve done something wrong, McQuearys attorney, Elliot Strokoff, said during opening arguments. And this is the cloud that hangs over his head today.The university countered the first of McQuearys allegations Monday by saying he was put on leave for his own safety. Former associate athletic director for football, Fran Ganter, testified that he advised McQueary to get out of town for the safety of his family.The defense produced a number of lewd emails made at the time against McQueary, one of which threatened his life. Enjoy hell, one read. If you have children, we pray theyre are violently raped, said another. I want to kill you, you f---ing piece of s---, another read.But the first witness of the trial, former state prosecutor Jonelle Harter Eshbach, testified she did not take those threats seriously.I really was not in fear for his safety, Harter Eshbach said, adding the university never contacted her office. His emotional safety? Maybe. Not his physical safety.Both Penn State and McQueary were widely believed to be headed to a settlement prior to trial Monday, as no civil case involving a party with direct ties to Sandusky had gone to trial. The university has paid $92.3 million to 32 men who said they were sexually abused by Sandusky.An anonymous email in November 2010 first led investigators to approach McQueary. In 2001, he later testified, he saw Sandusky engaging in a sexual act with a young boy. He said nothing to Sandusky or the boy, instead calling his father who told him to come home. A day later, he contacted head coach Joe Paterno before reaching out to his superiors.Penn State attorney Nancy Conrad said any stain on McQuearys reputation is a result of him not doing more at that time.McQueaary has been under fire for not stopping the alleged rape and going to Joe Paterno instead of the police.dddddddddddd Right there, it couldve stopped, Conrad told the jury, which consisted of nine women and three men. But he walked away. McQueary failed to act like a responsible human being.McQueary remained silent during the first day of the trial, which is expected to last about two weeks. Even during the afternoon break, McQueary stood against the jurors bench and fiddled with his cell phone while his attorney scribbled notes and handled papers.He and his lawyers contend that several Penn State administrators, such as former athletic director Tim Curley, wrongly led him to believe they considered his 2001 allegations a serious matter. Because they didnt, the lawsuit claims, McQueary has been labeled and branded as being part of a cover-up.McQueary has also taken exception to a 2011 news release issued by then-university president Graham Spanier, which expressed unconditional support toward Curley and senior vice president Gary Schultz, despite both being criminally charged for not reporting the abuse claim. McQuearys attorneys believe Spaniers comments suggested McQueary was lying to the grand jury.Still, McQueary played an important role in the conviction of Sandusky. His testimony kicked into high gear the investigation, according to Harter Eshbach. Sandusky was convicted in June 2012 on 45 of 48 counts, including four that involved the incident McQueary witnessed.Sandusky is currently serving a 30- to 60-year sentence in Greene State Prison, where he has been largely segregated from the prisons general population out of concerns for his safety.McQueary was a Penn State graduate assistant in the early 2000s, before serving as the wide receivers coach from 2004 to 2011. He did not interview for his coaching position following the 2011 season, and first-year coach Bill OBrien opted to hire former Buffalo Bills receivers coach Stan Hixon as his replacement.OBrien initially wanted to clean house and hire all new coaches, Ganter testified, but players requested that defensive assistants Larry Johnson Sr. and Ron Vanderlinden remain on staff. Players made no such overtures regarding McQueary.Its not the action of the university, Conrad said, explaining why McQueary hasnt yet found a job. McQueary failed to develop a network.The trial resumes Tuesday morning at the Centre County Courthouse Annex Building.The Associated Press contributed to this report. ' ' '