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Cincinnati Reds' Elly De La Cruz's Stolen Base Sequence Made Him the Youngest Player in 60 Years to Accomplish This Feat

Cincinnati Reds rookie Elly De La Cruz stole second base, third base, and home all in the same sequence on Saturday against the Milwaukee Brewers. That feat put him all alone in this category in baseball history.

Brady Farkas

Cincinnati Reds' Elly De La Cruz's Stolen Base Sequence Made Him the Youngest Player in 60 Years to Accomplish This Feat
Cincinnati Reds' Elly De La Cruz's Stolen Base Sequence Made Him the Youngest Player in 60 Years to Accomplish This Feat /
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Cincinnati Reds rookie Elly De La Cruz electrified baseball fans on Saturday when he stole second base, third base and home in the same sequence against the Milwaukee Brewers.

You can watch the sequence here, as De La Cruz takes third base without a throw, and then gets home by capitalizing on some apparent laziness from Milwaukee's defense.

With the feat, De La Cruz joined some - and made some - elite team and baseball history.

Per ESPN Stats & Info:

Elly De La Cruz is the first Reds player to steal three bases in an inning in at least the last 60 years. 

At 21 years old, he's the youngest player on any team to do it over that span as well.

He has been an instant sparkplug for Cincinnati since being called up in early June. The team went from under .500 to 10 games over .500 in the span of that time and now leads the National League East by 2.0 games over Milwaukee.

Since being promoted, he's hitting .328 with four homers, 16 RBI and 16 steals. He's posted an .899 OPS and is a major part of the Reds youth movement that includes Spencer Steer, Will Benson, Matt McLain, Andrew Abbott and Brandon Williamson.

The Reds will finish out the first half of the season on Sunday against the Brewers. First pitch is scheduled for 2:10 p.m. ET as veteran lefty Wade Miley (5-2, 3.36 ERA) gets the ball for Milwaukee.

The Reds haven't named a starter at the time of this posting.

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Brady Farkas
BRADY FARKAS

Brady Farkas is a baseball writer for Fastball on Sports Illustrated/FanNation and the host of 'The Payoff Pitch' podcast which can be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Videos on baseball also posted to YouTube. Brady has spent nearly a decade in sports talk radio and is a graduate of Oswego State University. You can follow him on Twitter @WDEVRadioBrady. 

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