Cincinnati Reds<\/a> shortstop made franchise history yet again Tuesday night at Kauffman Stadium, pulling off a feat that put him on a list of two \u2013 with Pete Rose \u2013 in the team’s power-hitting annals.<\/p>\nDe La Cruz hit 887 feet of home runs leading off the fourth and sixth innings Tuesday for his fifth career multi-homer game (second of the season).<\/p>\n
That ties him with Rose for most multi-homer games in franchise history by a switch-hitter. And De La Cruz has done it in 314 games flat, having debuted less than two years ago.<\/p>\n
The shortstop hit his first home run 436 feet to straightaway centerfield to tie the game, and his 451-foot rocket shot to right-center hit high into the stadium’s famous fountains.<\/p>\n
He’s the first Reds player in the 11th-season of the Statcast era to hit two home runs of at least 435 feet in one game.<\/p>\n
And just for good measure, here’s one more place in Reds history the young shortstop found himself Tuesday with his 10th and 11th home runs of the season:<\/p>\n
He’s now one of just four players with at least 10 homers and 17 steals in the team’s first 56 games, joining a list that includes Hall of Famer Joe Morgan (1976) and Reds legend Eric Davis (1987). Chris Sabo also did it during the Reds’ 1990 championship season.<\/p>\n
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