Brutal Ninth-Inning Blunder Lifts Cardinals Over Reds
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With Cincinnati leading 5-4 and two outs in the ninth, Dane Myers couldn’t glove a routine fly off J.J. Wetherholt, the ball deflecting for an error that allowed two runs to score and gave St. Louis the lead; the Cardinals added four more in the top of the inning, Reds answered with four in the bottom, and Matt McLain’s bases-loaded line drive to Jordan Walker ended it at 10-9. Myers took responsibility, citing sun and a prior discussion with Friedl about the gap, while Reds manager Terry Francona called it a simple misplay as Cincinnati fell to 61-67 and seven games out of the NL wild-card with about a month left.
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