Elly De La Cruz homers after recent death of sister, then points to sky and makes heart gesture ❤️
[Music] it’s a man on for Ellie De La Cruz who has singled to right he has flyed to right well in that at bat alone by Espenol Jameus Tyion threwing innings worth of pitches at least what he’s been doing here today to one [Applause] banner highest workload of the game average lead for Espanol david Cruz playing with a heavy heart today just got word of a jammed right ring finger for Kyle Tucker the reason he was lifted And he jammed that ring finger before he hit that ringing double off the right field wall or into the ivy at the wall 2-1 [Applause] major hitters count here fouled away [Applause] runner goes high in the air down the right field line fair ball home run Ellie de la Cruz well that must have been a missile cuz it stayed just barely fair down that right field line his team best 12th of the year the shut out spoiled reds are on the board it’s five to2 and that has to be a homer with major meaning for the Reds shorts stop and it looks like we’re going to get a challenge here [Applause] [Music] [Applause] called a home run by first base umpire by Estabbrook challenged by Chicago [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] they tried to just show it on the big board here and there was no real reaction from the crowd it didn’t appear that Michael Bush the first baseman for the Cubs had any problem with it there was no overreaction immediate reaction one way or the other [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh it’s it’s fair the th confirmed home run but they just showed a great shot of the video board where you can see the ball disappear behind the yellow foul pole it’s all you need so the Red’s on the board and Gavin Lux’s about to stand in caleb Theobbar lefty is now loosening for the Cubs
Elly De La Cruz chose to play today after recently learning about the death of his sister.
He then hit this home run and pointed to the sky and made a heart gesture. 🫶
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