Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz hit a grand slam in the seventh inning to help his team beat the Twins and set a new franchise record for the most home runs by a switch hitter in a single season.
Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz stepped up to the plate in the top of the seventh inning with the bases loaded, setting the stage for Sadak.
"Elly De La Cruz does not yet have a grand slam in his career," Sadak said as Twins relief pitcher Jorge Alcala delivered the first pitch of the at-bat to the Reds star. In a perfect sequence of events, De La Cruz swung and drilled a hanging slider over the right field wall, prompting aSeptember 14, 2024
In terms of announcer jinxes, it doesn't get much better than this. And in terms of seasons by a Reds switch-hitter, it doesn't get any better than De La Cruz's, as the Reds star set a new franchise record for the most home runs by a switch hitter in a single season, with 24.Tim Capurso is a staff writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated.
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