The #Reds have clinched their first winning April since 2013.

#ATOBTTR

Just a masterful performance by Lodolo and Fernando Cruz.

Oh yeah, and a Elly bomb. ⚡️

Win the series tomorrow.

Nick Lodolo had a 47% chase rate against his curveball and 55% on his changeup. Sheesh. #Reds

Nick Lodolo!

18 straight retired. 11 strikeouts. Tied a career high with 22 whiffs. #Reds

What a play by Espinal!

Nick Lodolo, Angry 82mph Breaking Ball. 😤

9th K

10 strikeouts and 19 whiffs through five innings for Lodolo! #Reds

After that first AB I didn’t think Waldron would throw Elly another strike the rest of the night.

He got away with 2-3 over those last two PA.

Two double night by Will Benson!

Nick Lodolo has 15 swings and misses through four innings.

His career best is 22.

This feels like a list that Elly De La Cruz’s name will land on sometime in the future.

10+ HR/SB in a calendar month.

10 whiffs and a 48% whiff rate for Nick Lodolo through two innings. #Reds

Candelario double!

Working on an appreciation piece for Elly.

Think I wrote one of those in 2021. And 2022. And 2023.

Short summary. What happens when an exceptionally talented player who always adjusts to his level of competition and then moves up... When he has no more levels to advance.

Incredible stat.

Elly De La Cruz gets the scoring started with the hardest-hit ball of the season for the Reds (113.4 mph)! He has six of the top eight highest exit velocities for the team.

Elly, 113.4
CES, 113.3
Elly, 112.3
Elly, 112.0
Elly, 111.0
Stephenson, 111.0
Elly, 110.8 (twice)

ELLY DE LA CRUZ!!

443 feet!
113.4 MPH

#Reds

Need an Elly hit to the spacious gaps of Petco tonight.

We should be clamoring for a toolsy, slick-defending top 100 prospect who hit well in ST to be getting playing time right now… not wondering how big the step down is from Santiago Espinal to Hernan Perez & Erik Gonzalez.

That’s just not fair.

In their newest rankings, Baseball America has place Cam Collier back into their top 100 and Alfredo Duno has joined him too giving the #Reds five top 100 guys.