ST. LOUIS (AP) — Rookie Elly De La Cruz flashed his speed, getting two hits, reaching base four times and scoring the go-ahead run with a headfirst slide on an eighth-inning grounder to spark the Reds over the St. Louis Cardinals 4-3.
De La Cruz beat out an infield single in the first inning, tied the score 2-2 with an RBI single in the third and and scored on Tyler Stephenson’s single to tie the score 3-3.
Then in the eighth, De La Cruz scored on Stephenson’s grounder.