Outfielder’s two-out blunder in the ninth inning costs Reds the game in most brutal fashion

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Key points

• With Cincinnati holding a 5-4 lead over the Cardinals with two outs in the ninth inning, St.
• Anything in that gap with how we were shaded was supposed to be mine, Myers remarked, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer.
• Reds skipper Terry Francona likened Myers' game-altering error to a simple baseball mistake.
• The Reds were handed one of their most brutal losses of the season on Thursday.
• After throwing the misplayed ball back into the infield, Myers appeared dumbfounded while crouching in the outfield.

Meanwhile, the Reds were handed one of their most brutal losses of the season on Thursday.

With Cincinnati holding a 5-4 lead over the Cardinals with two outs in the ninth inning, St. Louis shortstop J.J. Wetherholt lofted a ball to left-center field. It appeared to be an straightforward out for center fielder Dane Myers to track down.

But as Myers drifted toward the ball while calling off left fielder TJ Friedl, the ball deflected off his glove and rolled back to the warning track, allowing the Cardinals to score two runs and regain the lead.

In practice, the Cardinals' offense then exploded with another four runs in top half of the ninth before the Reds responded by putting four throughout in the bottom half.

Cincinnati's comeback attempts were ultimately foiled after Matt McLain hit a hard line drive to St. Louis outfielder Jordan Walker with the bases loaded to end the game, with the Cardinals sealing the 10-9 victory.

Myers owned up to the blunder while speaking to reporters, saying that he and Friedl had talked regarding plays in the gap beforehand.

Shaded over a good bit. We had talked before the play. Anything in that gap with how we were shaded was supposed to be mine, Myers remarked, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer. So, I know the sun may have been tough.

"Pretty loud for the last out of a game. I called him off and just didn't create the play."

"TJ looked like he was fighting the sun and I was kind of glad that Myers called him off, " Francona remarked. "Just didn't look it into his glove. Just glanced off."

Thursday's loss gives the Reds a 61-67 record, and they sit seven games out of the final National League wild-card spot with just over a month left in the regular season.

In short, outfielder's two-out blunder in the ninth inning costs Reds the game in is the central thread here, and readers can expect follow-up reporting as the picture becomes clearer.