CINCINNATI — The Cardinals had chance after chance after chance in the late innings Monday to turn a tie game into their latest triumph on the climb back to contention.
It took the Reds only one.
Cincinnati’s Nick Senzel, a swatsmith enough for a little situational hitting, skied a fly ball to right field that was deep enough to score teammate Spencer Steer on a sacrifice fly that sent the Reds to a 6-5 victory in the 10th inning at Great American Ball Park. Steer started the inning on second base, per Major League Baseball’s extra-inning speed-up rule, and took third on a wild pitch to be a 90-foot run from a walk-off win. The inning found Senzel with no outs, and he gave it the first one – and that was enough.
