Elly De La Cruz just hasn't stopped running since he got to the big leagues.
The Cincinnati Reds beat the St. Louis Cardinals 3-0 on Tuesday night at Busch Stadium. The win moves the Reds to 71-75 on the season while the loss dropped the Cardinals back to an even .500 at 72-72.
The Reds got another solid performance on the mound from top pitching prospect Rhett Lowder, who went 5.0 innings while striking out three. He had no walks and surrendered just five hits. He's now 1-1 in his major league career with a 0.59 ERA. In addition to his work on the mound, the Reds also got more work on the bases from speedster Elly De La Cruz. The second-year player had two stolen bases, giving him 64 for the season. When you combine that to his 35 from a season ago, De La Cruz is just one stolen base away from career pilfer No. 100.In addition to his running prowess, De La Cruz was named an All-Star this season. He's hitting .260 with 23 homers and 65 RBI. He's carrying an OPS of .818.
As for DeShields, he spent 13 years in the big leagues with the Montreal Expos, Los Angeles Dodgers, Baltimore Orioles, Chicago Cubs and Cardinals. He stole 463 career bags.Brady Farkas is a baseball writer for Fastball on Sports Illustrated/FanNation and the host of 'The Payoff Pitch' podcast which can be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Videos on baseball also posted to YouTube. Brady has spent nearly a decade in sports talk radio and is a graduate of Oswego State University.
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