Rather than a triple, De La Cruz launched a 436-foot homer, his second of the night, that left the bat at more than 110 mph. No, that does not count as a cycle, but a night with two homers, a double and a single (and a stolen base, for good measure) for a career-high seven RBIs is objectively better than a cycle.

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 the first time,