Reds' Elly De La Cruz named to 2024 MLB All-Star Game

EVERY SINGLE GAME THIS YEAR. AND IT JUST KEEPS GETTING BETTER. AND IT’S EXTREMELY WELL DESERVED. WHEN TO CONGRATULATE ELLIE ON. HEY ELLIE, YOU ARE NOW AN ALL STAR. THIS WAS THE MOMENT 22 YEAR OLD DE LA CRUZ FOUND OUT HE WOULD BE REPRESENTING THE REDS IN ARLINGTON, TEXAS, AMONG THE BEST PLAYERS IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE. DE LA CRUZ BECOMES THE YOUNGEST CINCINNATI STAR ALL STAR THAT IS, SINCE JOHNNY BENCH BACK IN 1969. HE SAID HE’S MOST LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING DEREK JETER AND HE REVEALED THAT HE’S ACTUALLY LEARNING JAPANESE NOW JUST SO HE CAN CHAT WITH SHOHEI OHTANI AT THE MIDSUMMER CLASSIC. ELLIE IS THE LONE ALL STAR SELECTION FROM CINCINNATI, AS THE REDS CONTINUE ON THEIR INCONSISTENT PATH. A SWEEP OF THE YANKEES DURING THIS WEEK FOLLOWED UP WITH GETTING SWEPT BY AN AMERICAN LEAGUE BOTTOM FEEDER THIS WEEKEND. GAME THREE HERE SERIES FINALE SCORELESS BALL GAME FOR GRAHAM ASHCROFT. BOBBLEHEAD DAY INTO THE FOURTH INNING, THE TIGERS STRING TOGETHER A FEW SINGLES. ZACH MCKINSTRY COMES TO THE PLATE WITH MEN ON THE CORNERS. A BLOOPER TO THE GRASS IN LEFT PUTS THE TIGERS ON THE BOARD. ASHCROFT ONLY ALLOWED ONE RUN, BUT ALSO ONLY HAD TWO K’S ON THE DAY. BOTTOM OF SEVEN REDS TRAILED BY TWO TWO IN SCORING POSITION FOR NOELVI MARTE. HE GETS ONE BACK WITH A GROUNDER UP THE MIDDLE, BUT TIGERS ACE TARIK SKUBAL WAS OUTSTANDING OVERALL. HE TALLIED A CAREER HIGH 13 STRIKEOUTS. HE’S ALSO HEADING TO THE ALL STAR GAME, AND DETROIT COMPLETES THE SWEEP OVER CINCINNATI. THE REDS FALL 5 TO 1 TO THE TIGERS. WE’RE FINE. YOU KNOW WE WE KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO DO. WE JUST GOT TO KEEP GRINDING AND JUST WE JUST NEED EVERYBODY TO KEEP PLAYING HARD LIKE THEY HAVE BEEN I MEAN IT’S STUFF’S GOING TO PUT ITSELF TOGETHER. WE JUST CAN’T LET THIS SERIES DEFINE IT. I MEAN, Y’ALL KNOW WHO WE ARE. I MEAN, IT’S IT’S NOTHING NEW. WE’RE JUST GOING TO GO OUT THIS NEXT SERIES AND GET RIGHT ON, GET RIGHT BACK ON THE SADDLE. TOMORROW. THE REDS HOP BACK INTO THE SADDLE AGAINST THE NL WEST LAST PLACE ROCKIES. THEY ARE NOW SIX GAMES BELOW 500 WITH SEVEN GAMES TO GO BEFORE THE ALL STAR BREAK. PLUS, THEIR LINEUP TOOK ANOTHER HIT TODAY. NICK MARTINI IS HEADED TO THE I.L. HE COU