Overview
- The Cincinnati Reds split a day-night doubleheader with the St. Louis Cardinals after winning the nightcap 7-6 in 11 innings when Spencer Steer scored on Blake Dunn's fielder's choice that a replay review upheld on Saturday.
- Elly De La Cruz provided a key spark in the fifth with a three-run homer, his 12th of the season, and Nathaniel Lowe added a two-run shot as Cincinnati built a 5-1 lead.
- The Cardinals rallied when Jordan Walker hit a three-run homer in the sixth and later tied the game with a two-out RBI single in the ninth after Reds reliever Tony Santillan allowed a leadoff pinch-hit homer to José Fermín.
- MLB's extra-innings automatic-runner rule put Steer at second in the 11th, P.J. Higgins bunted him to third, and Dunn's grounder to the infield led to a close play at the plate where Masyn Winn's throw and Yohel Pozo's scoop came up inches short on the tag before replay upheld the call.
- The split highlights broader issues for Cincinnati because this was only the Reds' second intradivisional win in 12 games while they remain much stronger outside the division, and the late-inning bullpen wobble could affect their standing in the NL Central.