A pink-warm debut season for Reds star Elly De La Cruz continued in a key way on Friday as the 21-12 months-previous manufactured historical past a small about two months into his career.
De La Cruz punctuated one more standout demonstrating in the Reds’ 11–10 win over the Braves by hitting for the cycle, astonishingly reaching the feat by the sixth inning in just his 15th significant league match.
The rookie slugger reached the mark after he doubled to heart subject in the 2nd inning, blasted a 368-foot household run in the 3rd, singled to middle in the fifth and, finally, crushed a sixth-inning triple to correct-centre that drove in 1 run.
De La Cruz’s significant night etched his name in Cincinnati’s history books as he turned the seventh Pink to hit for the cycle and the 1st to do so because All-Star Eric Davis in 1989. He is also the youngest participant in 51 years–Astros star César Cedeño in 1972–to strike for the cycle, for each ESPN.
Additionally, De La Cruz turned the very first participant in the Earth Collection Period (due to the fact 1903) to file 20 hits, 5 stolen bases and 3 homers in his initially 15 occupation online games, setting a mark not seen in the majors in additional than a century. On the year, he has logged 23 hits and 3 HRs in 61 at-bats alongside with seven stolen bases.
116.6 mph off the bat! 😱😱😱 pic.twitter.com/1BcAIzAHON
— Cincinnati Reds (@Reds) June 23, 2023
ELLY DE LA CRUZ THAT IS ALL pic.twitter.com/JYXLDvJw06
— Cincinnati Reds (@Reds) June 23, 2023
ELLY DE LA CRUZ COMPLETES THE CYCLE 🔥
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— Sporting activities Illustrated (@SInow) June 24, 2023
Because he joined Cincinnati’s lineup on June 6, De La Cruz has promptly become a enthusiast preferred, with games like Friday’s outing adding to the young star’s solid commence.
With the Reds (41–35) in the midst of an 12-recreation earn streak, De La Cruz figures to be a driving drive for the resurgent club as “Elly-Mania” proceeds to operate wild.
