In mid-June, Elly De La Cruz made his 13th homerun of the season. His home run in Cleveland went a long, long way as the Reds took on the Guardians.
The video
The statistics behind the explosion
Distance statistics
Distance: 441 feet
Reds ranks: 4th
Major League Baseball Rankings: 188th (tied)
Elly De La Cruz Rank: 2
Other statistics
Launch angle: 32°
Output speed: 108.6 mph
Bat Speed: 78.4 mph
Reds Exit Velocity Rank (home runs only): 19th (out of 167)
Reds Bat Speed Rank (home runs only): 20th (of 157)
MLB Exit Velocity Rank (home runs only): 972nd (out of 5544)
MLB Bat Speed Rank (home runs only): 1026th (out of 5288)
The story behind the explosion
Cincinnati had just given up four runs in the bottom of the third inning and trailed 5-0. They would get one of those runs back in the top of the 4th inning. Elly De La Cruz came to the plate with one out and the bases were empty. In a 1-1 battle, Reds shortstop Logan Allen saw him try to get a cutter to him, but Allen’s throw was needed at the top of the zone in the inside corner…. but it landed right in the middle and De La Cruz turned it on and almost put it in Lake Erie. Okay, it took him another mile to get to the lake, but you get my point.
Elly De La Cruz also picked up a single in the game to finish the day at 2-4. The rest of the team had just three hits and Cleveland just kept crushing the ball in what turned out to be an 11-2 loss to the Reds.
The home run for De La Cruz was his longest of the season as a right-handed hitter. It also came on a hot streak. From June 7 through June 15, he went 13-33 with four home runs and hit .394/.459/.848.
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