Angels pitcher Tyler Anderson throws home during the first inning of their game against the Cincinnati Reds on Friday night in Cincinnati. Anderson got off to another good start, but the Reds scored five runs in the eighth to win 7-1. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

CINCINNATI – Cincinnati Reds’ budding star Elly De La Cruz became the first opposing player in Angels history to record three stolen bases and three RBIs in the same game, leading the hosts to a 7-1 victory Friday night before a crowd of 22,539 at Great American Ball Park.

De La Cruz stole two bases in the second inning and scored on a throwing error by catcher Logan O’Hoppe. The 22-year-old Dominican added a third stolen base in the fourth before breaking open a tight game in the bottom of the eighth with a three-run opposite-field homer off reliever Jose Cisnero.

“He had a really good game,” Angels manager Ron Washington said. “Even though he did all that, if we had done what we were supposed to do in this game, it wouldn’t have mattered.”

Taylor Ward ran out of the box on a deep drive to center field and finished with just a double instead of a triple after Cincinnati center fielder Stuard Fairchild had trouble locating the ball after it hit the wall and his body.

One pitch later, Ward took a line-out double from Miguel Sanó to shortstop.

Jo Adell went 2 for 3 with an RBI, but was thrown out at home trying to score from second base on Anthony Rendon’s infield single deep in the shortstop hole. Reds first baseman Spencer Steer’s throw reached the plate well before Adell.

“With the backhand there, we were trying to push the issue and get them to make a perfect play, and obviously I got beat for a good amount of steps there,” Adell said.

Adell was also the first batter to face Cincinnati reliever Fernando Cruz after the Angels chased Reds starter Nick Lodolo (2-0) in the top of the seventh inning with runners on second and third and one out and the hosts clinging to a 2-1 lead. lead.

Washington decided to keep Adell in the game to face right-hander Cruz, and Adell and Zach Neto each struck out looking to end the threat.

“He was hitting well,” Washington said of his decision to keep Adell to face a right-hander. “It was the seventh inning, he was hitting well, the infield was in. I thought he was the perfect guy to get the ball into the outfield. “It just didn’t work.”

The same could be said for Washington’s decision to turn to Adam Cimber after Tyler Anderson (2-2) pitched seven solid innings for the third time in four starts this season.

Cimber allowed two walks and a hit to load the bases before hitting Nick Martini to force in a run, making the score 3-1.

José Cisneros came in and threw a wild pitch to make the score 4-1 before allowing De La Cruz’s sixth home run of the year on the next pitch.

“The pitching was good tonight until the eighth inning, then it got away from us,” Washington said.

Anderson allowed only two runs, one earned, struck out two and walked three.