Reds 10 Marlins 3
What a night for Elly De La Cruz! The 22-year old put on a show, reaching base five times, with four extra base hits, two homers, two doubles, three runs and three driven in.
Noelvi Marte and Ty France joined the long ball fun as the Reds beat up on the beleaguered Marlins.
Nick Martinez started and tossed five shutout innings.
The Reds led 7-0 into the 6th, before Jakob Junis got knocked around for six hits and three runs in 1.2 innings.
Elly: 4 H, 2 HR. 2 2B, 3 R, 3 RBI. Four ropes at 108+ mph. HR's went 411 and 428 feet. Snapped 0 for 13. Snapped streak off 8 straight games w/o a run. Hit tapper back to the mound/wound up on 3rd thanks to two errors/scored on sac fly. He's at 20 HR/57 SB, with 50 games left. Per Sarah Langs, MLB.com: It's the 20th 4-XBH game by a Reds player since at least 1901. At 22 years & 207 days old, he’s the youngest Reds player to do it in that span. Best advice: Enjoy him. Stop worrying about people that wanted to send him to AAA.
Offense: 15 H, 3 BB, 4 K. 8 players recorded a hit. 7 scored.. Reds hit nine balls off the bat at 102+ mph. Gotta be a season high. They scored two runs in the 1st-3rd-4th-9th.
Noelvi Marte: HR, 2 RBI. Lined into an out. His bat might be stirring. Nice D play. Reds 17–11 when he starts 😂
Ty France: 3 H, 2B, HR (413 feet)
Jonathan India: 2 H, 2 R, BB
TJ Friedl: H, BB, RBI
Jake Fraley: 2 H, 2 RBI, R
Spencer Steer: BB, SB (18), only Reds w/o hit.
Martinez: 5 IN, 4 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K, 70 pitches/49 strikes. On his 34th birthday.
Bullpen
Junis: 1.2 IN, 3 R, HR, 480-feet to Jesus Sanchez (longest MLB ‘24). Left bat at 116.4 mph. Faced 11 batters. 6 hits. 3 runs. HR.
Farmer: 1.1 IN
Wilson: 1.0 IN
How they scored:
1st Elly 2-R HR (19), 2-0 Reds
3rd India scores on Elly grounder/double error, 3-0 Reds
3rd Friedl sac fly scores Elly, 4-0 Reds
4th Marte 2-R opposite field HR (6), 6-0 Reds
5th France HR (9), 7-0 Reds
8th Elly HR (20), 8-3 Reds
9th Fraley 2-R 2B, 10-3