Elly De La Cruz singled to give the Cincinnati Reds a lead in a game they trailed in early (and often), and promptly stole 2B, 3B, and home - yes, home - to give the Reds a 7-5 lead they’d hold onto with a vice grip. Said lead ballooned to 8-5, and that’s how the game wrapped against the Brewers in Milwaukee in the second game of the three-game set they’ll contest against their NL Central rivals with first place in the division on the line.
Elly’s night was 2 for 5 with 2 runs scored and a ribbie, technically, but that fails to even scratch the surface of the kind of evening tonight’s Joe Nuxhall Memorial Honorary Star of the Game had on the whole.