Elly De La Cruz has his sights set on a more productive performance after a hitless showing in his last game (0-for-5). He and the Cincinnati Reds face the Texas Rangers on Sunday, who will send out Dane Dunning to start, at 2:35 PM ET on BSSW.
De La Cruz paces the Reds with seven home runs and has a team-best batting average of .283. Among all batters in baseball, De La Cruz’s home run total ranks sixth and his RBI tally ranks 19th.
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Elly De La Cruz prop lines and game time
- Matchup: Cincinnati Reds vs. Texas Rangers
- Time: 2:35 PM ET
- Date: Sunday, April 28, 2024
- TV Channel: BSSW
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- Hits Prop: 0.5 hits (Over odds: -200)
- Home Runs Prop: 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +425)
- RBI Prop: 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +200)
- Runs Prop: 0.5 runs (Over odds: -110)
- Total Bases Prop: 1.5 total bases (Over odds: +135)
- Stolen Bases Prop: 0.5 stolen bases (Over odds: +170)
Elly De La Cruz prop bet insights
- De La Cruz has reached base with a hit 18 times this year in 27 games played (66.7%), including multiple hits in 22.2% of them (six times).
- He has hit a home run in 22.2% of his games this season (27 contests), going deep in 6.4% of his trips to home plate.
- In 15 of 27 games this season (55.6%), De La Cruz has scored, and six of those games (22.2%) included an effort that produced more than one run scored.
- In 40.7% of his games this year (11 of 27), he has driven in at least one run. In five of those games (18.5%) he recorded more than one RBI, while accounting for three or more of his team’s runs in two contests.
- De La Cruz has gone down on strikes in 20 of 27 games this year, with multiple strikeouts in 12 of them.
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Elly De La Cruz stats against the Rangers
| Date |
Opp. SP |
H/AB |
XBH |
HR |
RBI |
R |
K/BB |
SB |
| 4/27/2024 |
Michael Lorenzen |
0-for-5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3/0 |
0 |
| 4/26/2024 |
Nathan Eovaldi |
0-for-2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1/2 |
2 |
Rangers starter: Dane Dunning
- Dunning (2-2) takes the hill for the Rangers in his sixth start of the season. He has produced a 4.61 ERA in 27 1/3 innings pitched, with 29 Ks.
- When he last took the hill on Wednesday versus the Seattle Mariners, the righty threw 4 1/3 innings, allowing four earned runs while surrendering four hits.
- The 29-year-old has posted a 4.61 ERA and 9.5 Ks per nine innings in five games this season, while giving up a batting average of .196 to opposing hitters.
- Dunning is looking to notch his third quality start in this game.
