De La Cruz's Walk-Off Lifts Reds Past Cardinals 6-5 in 10th

Elly De La Cruz delivered his first career walk-off hit in the 10th inning after Dane Myers hit a tying pinch-hit homer in the ninth, and the Cincinnati Reds rallied past the St. Louis Cardinals 6-5 on Monday night to split a doubleheader.

Down to their final out in the ninth, the Reds turned to Myers off the bench. He delivered again after homering in the opener, driving his fifth home run of the season into the left-center seats to tie the game at 5.

De La Cruz won it an inning later, grounding a single into left field that deflected off third baseman Blaze Jordan's glove, allowing automatic runner Tyler Stephenson to score.

Emilio Pagán (5-1) pitched a hitless 10th inning while starter Rhett Lowder matched a career high with 6 2/3 innings, allowing four runs on eight hits with five strikeouts, helping the Reds snap a three-game skid.

St. Louis, which had won the opener 2-1, led 4-1 before Cincinnati rallied in the sixth. Michael Toglia doubled home JJ Bleday for his first RBI with the Reds, and rookie Héctor Rodríguez singled to center to score Eugenio Suárez and Toglia, tying the game at 4. It gave Rodríguez, Cincinnati's No. 4 prospect, his first two major league RBIs.

Cincinnati opened the scoring in the first on Suárez's sacrifice fly. Iván Herrera tied it with his 14th homer in the fourth, and Masyn Winn's RBI single gave St. Louis a 2-1 lead. Nathan Church and Jordan added RBI singles in the sixth to extend the Cardinals' lead to 4-1.

Justin Bruihl (0-1) gave up the winning run.

Cardinals right-hander Kyle Leahy (9-4, 3.38 ERA) faces Reds left-hander Andrew Abbott (6-7, 4.13 ERA) in Game 3 of the series on Tuesday.