PHOENIX (AP) — JJ Bleday hit for the cycle in his first 4 at-bats, Elly De La Cruz additionally had 4 hits and the Cincinnati Reds routed the Arizona Diamondbacks 11-5 on Saturday night time.
Bleday doubled in a run off Arizona starter Michael Soroka within the first inning, tripled to attain one other within the third and greeted reliever Zach Littell with a single within the fourth. He led off the sixth with a line drive over the fence in proper area for the fourth cycle of the season and the eighth in Reds historical past relationship to 1890.
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Bleday additionally hit a deep drive that Arizona middle fielder Ryan Waldschmidt ran down on the wall within the seventh and struck out within the ninth The 28-year-old left fielder topped his profession excessive with the homer, his twenty first of the season. He hit 20 for the Athletics in 2024.
De La Cruz wanted a triple to hitch Bleday with a cycle, however settled for a four-hit recreation that included a 450-foot residence run to proper area within the fifth inning, his twenty first of the season.
De La Cruz had the earlier Cincinnati cycle, towards Atlanta in 2023. Pete Crow-Armstrong of the Cubs, the Phillies’ Bryce Harper and Tristan Peters of the White Sox even have cycles this season.
Rookie Héctor Rodríguez added his first profession homer within the seventh for the Reds, who completed with 16 hits to again starter Rhett Lowder (5-8), who gave up 4 runs in six innings. Matt McLain additionally homered for Cincinnati, his thirteenth.
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Nolan Arenado hit his twenty first homer and Tim Tawa his eighth for the Diamondbacks. Soroka (8-4) gave up six hits and 6 runs in 3 1/3 innings.
Arizona catcher Gabriel Moreno prolonged his hitting streak to fifteen video games with a ninth-inning double.
Up subsequent
Cincinnati’s Andrew Abbott (6-8, 4.07 ERA) faces fellow left-hander Mitch Bratt (1-2, 4.17) of Arizona on Sunday within the collection finale.
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