Elly De La Cruz stumps Cleveland Guardians with his surprise double home stunner

Elly De La Cruz raises the bar for the season with his stunning performance in a Spring Training opener. The young shortstop seems to be on fire with his flawless, breath-stopping hits. He scored his first home run quite early in the match and didn’t make the crowd wait much longer for the second one. Experts call his performance ‘explosive’ and consider him one of the invincible walls of the Cincinnati Reds.Elly De La Cruz set the tone for the 2025 season in style. The Cincinnati Reds shortstop converted both his at-bats into homers - the first one from the left side of the plate. And, he didn’t stop at that. The second was more killing than the previous one, a 409-foot homer, this time from the right side. Watch the man in sizzling action against Cleveland Guardians:While the crowd enjoyed thoroughly what Elly De La Cruz served them, experts heaped praises calling him truly ‘explosive’. Such a stellar start from this promising shortstop right in his first Spring Training match hints at an action-filled season.Cincinnati Reds seem all geared up to serve difficult contests to the opponent teams this season. They started the Spring Training on a dominating note crushing the Guardians in a 6-3 haul. Speaking to MLB Network after the game, Cruz happily shared:“We’re ready to go. Left side, right side, it always feels good (to homer).”Reds have a lot of ‘baseball to offer’ to their fans as they are cruising through their Cactus League schedule. Their lineup pits them against younger blood, which will empower them more before entering the 2025 MLB season duels.The game between Cincinnati Reds and Cleveland Guardians took place at the lively Goodyear Ballpark in Arizona where a double homer from Elly De La Cruz formed the highlight of the event. It was Cruz’s first appearance in the Spring Training opener and he displayed exemplary fire to put up a classy entertainer and mature stance when under pressure.Also Read: “Best shortstop”: Elly De La Cruz to beat Mookie Betts and Francisco Lindor in MLB's top-three shortstop list”