Cincinnati Reds' Elly De La Cruz breaks his bat on an RBI single during the fifth inning of the team's baseball game against the Atlanta Braves in Cincinnati, Friday, June 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Aaron Doster)Cincinnati Reds' Elly De La Cruz hits a double during the second inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves in Cincinnati, Friday, June 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Aaron Doster)Cincinnati Reds' Elly De La Cruz gestures to the crowd as the Atlanta Braves change pitchers during the sixth inning of a baseball game in Cincinnati, Friday, June 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Aaron Doster)
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Cincinnati Reds' Elly De La Cruz breaks his bat on an RBI single during the fifth inning of the team's baseball game against the Atlanta Braves in Cincinnati, Friday, June 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Aaron Doster)
CINCINNATI – Rookie sensation Elly De La Cruz became the first Cincinnati Reds player in 34 years to hit for the cycle when he accomplished the feat on Friday against the Atlanta Braves.
De La Cruz doubled to open the second inning, had a two-run homer in the third, a run-scoring single to center in the fifth and tripled in the sixth for his fourth RBI of the night. The last hit increased the Reds' lead to 11-7.
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The cycle is the franchise’s seventh overall — fifth since 1900 — and first since Eric Davis did it against San on June 2, 1989.
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