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Elly De La Cruz Hits 10th HR, Reds Lead Central

4/29/2026

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De La Cruz 10th

Elly De La Cruz hit 10th home run on Tuesday, joining Tony Perez as the team with 10 homers before May.
The homer that came in the eighth inning off Tanner Gordon was hit while De La Cruz entered with a .274/.349/.558 line and nine homers.
The Reds, leading Cubs by two games in Central, hope De La Cruz can replicate Perez’s 1970 success while building on their 2025 run.

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Steer Homers

Chase Burns (3-1) allowed two runs in innings, struck out nine and walked one while Spencer Steer’s fifth two-run homer helped Cincinnati claim eighth win in ten games.
Kyle Freeland (1-2) returned from the injured list April 12, surrendering four runs on five hits.
De La Cruz backed up Ke’Bryan Hayes on a grounder and later started a seventh-inning double play.

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De La Cruz Hits

Elly De La Cruz (Cincinnati Reds) has hits odds of -238 and runs odds of -105 for the April 28 game.
He struck out in 21 of his first 28 games (75% rate) and Kyle Freeland posted a 2.30 ERA with 13 strikeouts in 15 2/3 innings.
Elly De La Cruz is 3-for-6 against Kyle Freeland, went 2-for-3, and had a 2-for-4 line with an RBI on April 27, 2025.

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De La Cruz 10th

Elly De La Cruz hit 10th home run on Tuesday, joining Tony Perez as the team with 10 homers before May.
The homer that came in the eighth inning off Tanner Gordon was hit while De La Cruz entered with a .274/.349/.558 line and nine homers.
The Reds, leading Cubs by two games in Central, hope De La Cruz can replicate Perez’s 1970 success while building on their 2025 run.

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