De La Cruz blasts no-doubter after being robbed, trolled

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Published 24.07.2023
De La Cruz blasts no-doubter after being robbed, trolled
Elly De La Cruz blasts lengthy dwelling run vs. Brewers

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MILWAUKEE — After Joey Wiemer robbed Elly De La Cruz of a leadoff dwelling run Monday, the American Family Field scoreboard operators determined to have some enjoyable on the Reds rookie sensation’s expense.

When De La Cruz got here as much as hit two innings later, the scoreboard displayed some tongue-in-cheek trivia about him. It learn, “ALMOST HIT A HOME RUN IN THE FIRST INNING … BUT DIDN’T.”

You can see the place that is going.

De La Cruz crushed a 456-foot, two-run homer in that plate look, a 113.7 mph blast that flew over the white Toyota Sequoia in right-center discipline and out of the ballpark all collectively, by the open window panels.

The homer, which gave the Reds a 2-1 lead, was De La Cruz’s sixth as a Major Leaguer, however solely his second longest — simply the newest instance of the unbelievable instruments he’s displayed since Cincinnati promoted him to the massive leagues final month.

His first profession dwelling run — a 458-foot blast off Noah Syndergaard in his second large league recreation — stands as his longest, for now, a minimum of.

De La Cruz additionally got here up large defensively within the early innings Monday. The Brewers, with runners on the corners within the third, tried a double steal, making an attempt to bait Reds catcher Tyler Stephenson with a throw to second base so William Contreras may rating from third.

Stephenson threw to De La Cruz, protecting second base, and De La Cruz fired a strike dwelling to throw out Contreras.