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Cincinnati Reds All-Star shortstop Elly De La Cruz was forced to exit Sunday’s matchup with the Atlanta Braves after sustaining a right hamstring injury while attempting to stretch a hit into extra bases.<\/p>

De La Cruz has been in the starting lineup for every one of the Reds’ 58 games this season, though that consecutive games streak now appears uncertain following the team’s confirmation that he was pulled due to right hamstring tightness.<\/p>

During the fifth inning, De La Cruz connected on a ball that bounced twice before reaching the wall in right-center field. However, as he approached the turn at first base, De La Cruz visibly slowed his pace and took several cautious steps toward second base before returning to first.<\/p>

Following an examination by the team’s trainer, De La Cruz was substituted with pinch runner Matt McLain.<\/p>

The 24-year-old player has put together an impressive campaign that earned him his third straight All-Star Game selection. With his 2-for-2 performance on Sunday that included a walk and stolen base, De La Cruz is batting .280\/.346\/.509 with 12 home runs, 37 RBIs and 10 stolen bases this season.<\/p>

De La Cruz appeared in all 162 games during the 2025 season and 160 games in 2024.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cincinnati Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz was forced to leave Sunday’s game against the Atlanta Braves due to right hamstring tightness. The All-Star player injured himself while attempting to stretch a hit into extra bases during the fifth inning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":74570,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[836],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/news-1780258994225.jpg?fit=450%2C300&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-joL","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":45963,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/cy-young-winner-skenes-bounces-back-strong-in-pirates-victory-over-reds\/","url_meta":{"origin":74571,"position":0},"title":"Cy Young Winner Skenes Bounces Back Strong in Pirates Victory Over Reds","author":"Admin","date":"April 1, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Pittsburgh Pirates ace Paul Skenes shook off a rough opening day performance to dominate the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday. 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