Using a torpedo bat for the first time, Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz had a career night Monday against the Texas Rangers, hitting a pair of long home runs and driving in seven in a 14-3 blowout.

Normally, that wouldn't be such a difficult task except that Elly De La Cruz stole the show in a way that only he can. The Reds hammered the Rangers, 14-3, with De La Cruz supplying half of the ...

Like it or not, the Cincinnati Reds' Elly De La Cruz just dumped a ton of fuel on the torpedo-style bat conversation that's engulfed MLB. Playing against the Texas Rangers Monday at Great American ...

April 1 (UPI) --Elly De La Cruz became the latest MLB star to put the torpedo bat to good use, swatting two home runs and collecting seven RBIs in a lopsided Cincinnati Reds win over the Texas ...

It didn’t take long for Elly De La Cruz to find his way with the much-talked-about “torpedo” bat. The Cincinnati Reds star had a performance for the ages while using the new style of bat for ...

Elly De La Cruz had a single, double and two home runs for a career-high seven RBIs, Brady Singer pitched seven scoreless innings in his Cincinnati debut, and the Reds routed the Texas Rangers 14 ...

It took all of four games into the new season for Elly De La Cruz to yet again do something that he’s never done before. And along the way set another Cincinnati Reds club record. This time he ...

Elly De La Cruz saw the buzz and decided to try one of the bats out in batting practice on Monday. "I tried it today and I felt comfortable with it," De La Cruz told Jim Day postgame. "It felt ...

The Reds destroyed the Texas Rangers on Monday, 14-3. In the beat-down, Elly De La Cruz accomplished a feat faster than any in history. I took Elly De La Cruz no time at all to burst onto the scene.

There is one thing I am wholeheartedly buying from the early Cincinnati Reds spring training performances, though, and that is Elly De La Cruz. I want to clarify this by saying: I do not believe ...