{"id":483601,"date":"2025-09-19T23:10:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T03:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/elly-de-la-cruz-breaks-43-game-drought-and-hits-key-home-run-for-the-reds\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T23:10:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T03:10:07","slug":"elly-de-la-cruz-breaks-43-game-drought-and-hits-key-home-run-for-the-reds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/sports\/baseball\/elly-de-la-cruz-breaks-43-game-drought-and-hits-key-home-run-for-the-reds\/","title":{"rendered":"Elly De La Cruz breaks 43-game drought and hits key home run for the Reds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h3>\n\n\n<strong>Cincinnati<\/strong>. The <strong>Cincinnati Reds<\/strong> keep their postseason aspirations alive after defeating the <strong>Chicago Cubs<\/strong> 7-4 this Friday at Great American Ball Park, in a game where <strong>Elly De La Cruz<\/strong> and <strong>Spencer Steer<\/strong> shone with consecutive home runs.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You may be interested in:<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/Juan Soto establece marca personal con su jonr\u00f3n 42 de la temporada\">Juan Soto establece marca personal con su jonr\u00f3n 42 de la temporada<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nSteer, with two home runs on the night, put the Reds ahead in the sixth inning, immediately before De La Cruz ended a 43-game streak without hitting a home run, both adding their twentieth hit of the season. In total, Cincinnati hit five home runs, their highest figure in a game this season, with contributions also from &#8220;Miguel And\u00fajar&#8221; and &#8220;Matt McLain&#8221;.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Elly De La Cruz blasts his first homer since July 31st! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/a8zWxoXD96\">pic.twitter.com\/a8zWxoXD96<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Talkin&#39; Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TalkinBaseball_\/status\/1969198335199219853?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 20, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\nThe victory was the third in a row for the Reds (78-76), who began the day tied with the Diamondbacks and two games behind the Mets in the fight for the last Wild Card in the National League.\n\nStarting pitcher <strong>Nick Lodolo<\/strong> pitched 4.2 innings with four earned runs, while the bullpen secured the victory after Steer and De La Cruz&#8217;s offensive plays.\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cincinnati. 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