In late May, Elly De La Cruz hit the seventh-longest home run of the Cincinnati Reds season while facing the Kansas City Royals.
The video
The statistics behind the explosion
This home run came in the top of the 4th inning of the game and tied things up.
Distance statistics
Distance: 436 feet
Reds ranks: 7th
Major League Baseball Rankings: 279th (tied)
Elly De La Cruz Rank: 3
Other statistics
Launch angle: 22°
Output speed: 111.1 mph
Bat Speed: 79.3 mph
Reds Exit Velocity Rank (home runs only): 8th (out of 167)
Reds Bat Speed Rank (home runs only): 11th (of 157)
MLB Exit Velocity Rank (home runs only): 318th (out of 5544)
MLB Bat Speed Rank (home runs only): 730th (out of 5288)
The story behind the explosion
The Reds took an early lead in the top of the second inning on a solo home run by Tyler Stephenson, but the Royals took a 2-1 lead in the bottom of that inning. That’s where the score stayed until the 4th inning when Elly De La Cruz crushed this home run that tied things up. It was his first home run of the day, but it wouldn’t be his last. The other home run he hit that day will also appear on this list, but you’ll have to wait a while before you can read more about that. This was the second and final multi-homer game of the year for De La Cruz.
Cincinnati kept the Royals off the board for the rest of the game, but they would add five more runs to pick up a win and get back to the .500 mark on the season with the win.
The home run in the 4th inning game De La Cruz 10 on the year in the Reds 56th game of the season. It would be another 30 games before another player on the team reached double figures in home runs (Spencer Steer).
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