MLB

St. Louis Cardinals at Cincinnati Reds

· Major League Baseball
St. Louis Cardinals
67-69, 30-37 Away
Final
7 - 5
Cincinnati Reds
68-67, 36-30 Home

Winn drives in 3 runs, Cardinals take advantage of De La Cruz's error in 10th for 7-5 win over Reds

Elly De La Cruz's error lifts Cardinals past Reds

With the game tied at 5, Willson Contreras hit a grounder off Tony Santillan (1-5) to De La Cruz and the shortstop bounced his throw to Spencer Steer, who couldn't handle it at first base and allowed Nathan Church to score the go-ahead run. It was De La Cruz’s 22nd error, the most in baseball.

Winn drove in Contreras two batters later to make it 7-5.

Matt Svanson (3-0) got the win. Ryan Fernandez got three outs, including De La Cruz on a strikeout to end the game, for his first save of the season.

De La Cruz doubled, tripled and scored twice for the Reds, who lost their fourth in a row. Ke’Bryan Hayes' solo homer in the eighth tied it at 5 for Cincinnati. Steer and Noelvi Marte homered earlier.

Reds starter Zach Littell allowed four runs in the first three innings, then retired 14 consecutive batters.

Key moment Steer couldn't hold onto the bouncing throw from De La Cruz in the 10th, allowing a run to score on a what would have been the end of the inning.

Key stat Hayes' tying home run in the eighth was just his fifth of the season. In 26 games since being traded to the Reds, he has three homers. He had two in 100 games with Pittsburgh this season.

Up next The Reds will send LHP Andrew Abbott (8-4, 2.62 ERA) against Cardinals RHP Michael McGreevy (5-2, 4.43 ERA) on Saturday night.

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Scoring Summary

10th Inning De La Cruz struck out swinging.
10th Inning Marte flied out to center.
10th Inning Friedl struck out swinging.
10th Inning Lux walked.
10th Inning Fernandez relieved Svanson
10th Inning Lux hit for Espinal

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
0 Hit By Pitch 0
8 Ground Balls 5
6 Strikeouts 12
6 Runs Batted In 5
0 Sacrifice Hit 1
9 Hits 12
0 Stolen Bases 0
2 Walks 6
1 Catcher Interference 0
7 Runs 5
0 Ground Into Double Play 0
0 Sacrifice Flies 1
39 At Bats 40
2 Home Runs 3
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
14 Runners Left On Base 28
0 Triples 1
0 Game Winning RBIs 0
0 Intentional Walks 0
3 Doubles 1
25 Fly Balls 25
2 Caught Stealing 0
150 Pitches 183
0 Games Started 0
1 Pinch At Bats 0
0 Pinch Hits 0
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
1 Is Qualified In Steals 0
18 Total Bases 24
42 Plate Appearances 48
324.0 Projected Home Runs 486.0
5 Extra Base Hits 5
4.2 Runs Created 9.3
.231 Batting Average .300
.000 Pinch Hit Average .000
.462 Slugging Percentage .600
.231 Secondary Average .450
.268 On Base Percentage .383
.730 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .983
0.3 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 0.2
3.6 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 8.4
47.0 Batter Rating 45.5
19.5 At Bats Per Home Run 13.3
0.00 Stolen Base Percentage 0.00
3.57 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 3.81
.231 Isolated Power .300
0.33 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.50
.048 Walks Per Plate Appearance .125
.000 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average .150
13.0 Runs Produced 10.0
0.9 Runs Ratio 1.0
0.5 Patience Ratio 0.7
0.2 Balls In Play Average 0.4
90.0 MLB Rating 97.0
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Great American Ball Park

Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
Attendance: 21,587 | Capacity:

2025 National League Central Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Milwaukee - 54 L2 0.6115108 85
Chicago 5 59 W2 0.5755396 80
Cincinnati 15 69 L1 0.50359714 70
St. Louis 16.5 71 W1 0.49285713 69
Pittsburgh 23 77 W1 0.44604316 62
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