De La Cruz flashes speed, sparks Reds past Cards 4-3
A day after Elly De La Cruz jokingly dubbed himself “the fastest man in the world,” the rookie backed it up in the series finale Sunday with St. Louis. De La Cruz flashed his speed, getting two hits, reaching base four times and scoring the go-ahead run with a headfirst slide on an eighth-inning grounder that sparked the Cincinnati Reds past the Cardinals 4-3.