The Cincinnati Reds can't be stopped.
It was the first cycle by any Reds player since 1989, when Eric Davis did so against the San Diego Padres, and just the seventh in franchise history.in Major League Baseball history, too. Only Gary Ward, who did so in 14 games in 1980, and Cliff Heathcote, who got it in six in 1918, accomplished the feat faster. He's also the youngest to hit for a cycle since 1972.
Though De La Cruz was caught stealing home that inning, it didn’t matter. He had already made history and stretched Cincinnati’s lead to four runs. While the Braves hit three solo homers in the eighth inning to bring them back within one, the Reds held on to take the one-run win. The Braves were on a run entering Friday’s game, the first of three against the Reds in Cincinnati. Atlanta had won eight straight games before Friday’s loss and 16 of its last 19. The Braves held a 6.5 game lead over the Miami Marlins in the NL East coming into Friday’s game, too.
The Reds are an incredible 13-2 since De La Cruz was called up on June 7 and hold the lead in the NL Central. They haven’t won their division since 2012, and have only seen the postseason once in the past decade. While De La Cruz is only part of the reason why the Reds are on this historic run, he’s more than doing his part to keep it going.
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