CINCINNATI (WXIX) - The Cincinnati Reds were getting blown out on Saturday night against the Diamondbacks, and Terry Francona started pulling several regulars from the game to give them a few innings off. Elly De La Cruz asked for an extra at-bat and crushed a double before he got pinch-run for.

De La Cruz’s timing looks better than it did a few weeks ago, and he’s having a good week. Still, in August, he’s hitting .229 with a .586 OPS and doesn’t have a single homer.

“I don’t worry too much about him — if he’s healthy, run him out there and let him go,” Francona said. “I don’t get too caught up in that (homerless streak). You want to see good at-bats. He’s an ultra-aggressive kid to begin with. Sometimes, he starts chasing on the breaking ball out of the zone. When he gets pitches in he

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