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Elly De La Cruz Makes Reds History, Joining Joey Votto and Johnny Bench on Exclusive List
Mark DeRosa and Chris Young take a look at the impressive star power of Elly De La Cruz during his 17-game on-base streak
Elly De La Cruz has gone to another level in 2026. Here are three stats showing how much better Elly has been this year than in 2025.
Elly De La Cruz went 2-for-4 with a two-run homer against the Dodgers on Tuesday. De La Cruz provided all of the offense for the Reds on Tuesday with one swing of the bat as he took Tarik Skubal deep for a two-run blast in the third inning.
Mark DeRosa and Chris Young take a look at the impressive star power of Elly De La Cruz during his 17-game on-base streak
The entire mission was to retrieve the ball and get it to De La Cruz who was some 200 feet away from the plate. It didn't matter that Hernández was rounding third. De La Cruz unleashed a 102 mph throw to get Hernández out with ease. The throw was initially registered at 105.3 mph before Statcast modified it to 102.
In addition to hitting for average, hitting for power, fielding, running and throwing, toss ornithology into the Cincinnati star's toolbox.
Dodgers challenged (pitch result), call on the field was overturned: Elly De La Cruz called out on strikes.