Postgame Takeaways: Reds Beat Guardians 13-2 Behind Elly De La Cruz's Big Day at the Plate

The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Cleveland Guardians 13-2 in their spring training finale on Sunday afternoon at Goodyear Ballpark.

Here are our postgame takeaways:

De La Cruz's Big Day

Elly De La Cruz reached base in all three plate appearances on Sunday to finish off an outstanding spring. In the first, the 23-year-old doubled home TJ Friedl to give the Reds a 1-0 lead.

In his next at-bat, De La Cruz singled home Jose Trevino to extend the Reds' lead to two.

He walked in his final at-bat.

De La Cruz posted a .409/.519/.773 slash line with four home runs, 12 RBI and a 1.292 OPS in 18 games this spring. He also drew 10 walks and had 12 strikeouts in 44 at-bats.

Lodolo's Strong Start

Nick Lodolo ended the spring with his longest start of the season. The left-hander tossed six innings, allowing just one run on three hits. He did not walk a batter and struck out seven.

Lodolo ended the spring with a 2.45 ERA.

Offensive Explosion

Cincinnati got off to a fast start on Sunday. De La Cruz hit an RBI double and came around to score on a wild pitch.

In the third, the Reds would score seven runs. De La Cruz singled home Jose Trevino to start the scoring. Austin Hays continued his strong spring with a double that scored De La Cruz and Friedl.

Later in the inning, Gavin Lux hit his second home run of the spring, and Jake Fraley hit a two-run double that scored Jeimer Candelario and Christian Encarnacion-Strand.

Encarnacion-Strand added a two-run triple in the sixth.

The Reds scored 13 runs on 11 hits.

News and Notes

Elly De La Cruz hit .409 this spring and reached base all three times today.
Austin Hays hit. 310 this spring.
Gavin Lux went 2-3 today and hit .300 this spring.
Jose Trevino went 0-3 today and hit .139 this spring.
Ian Gibaut and Sam Moll pitched scoreless innings.
The Reds were 5-for-14 with runners in scoring position.

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The Reds will play the Dayton Dragons in Dayton, Ohio at Day Air Ballpark on Tuesday at 6:10 ET.

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