De La Cruz went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Wednesday's 2-0 win over the Tigers.
De La Cruz crushed a two-run, 422-foot homer off Casey Mize in the first inning Wednesday for the only runs scored in the Marlins' shutout victory. De La Cruz has gone just 4-for-24 in his last six games, though he's already up to nine home runs on the season, nearly halfway to the career-high 19 he hit last year. Overall, the 27-year-old outfielder is slashing .256/.304/.456 with 25 runs scored and 24 RBI, both team highs, through his first 194 plate appearances in 2024.
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Marlins' Bryan De La Cruz: Goes deep again
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De La Cruz went 2-for-4 with a solo home run during Wednesday's 3-1 loss to the Dodgers.
De La Cruz produced the only run for the Marlins, tagging Gavin Stone for a solo shot in the fourth inning. The DH has gone yard in three of his last five games, bringing his season total to eight. With Wednesday's homer, De La Cruz's ISO sits at .205, up from .154 last season.
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Marlins' Bryan De La Cruz: Homers in blowout loss
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De La Cruz went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Tuesday's 8-2 loss to the Dodgers.
De La Cruz got a hold of one against Yoshinobu Yamamoto in the sixth, but the game was already well out of reach. De La Cruz has been producing well as of late, tallying nine hits, six RBI and eight runs over his last eight games. He's been one of the Marlins' most productive hitters all year thus far, slashing .263/.311/.454 with seven homers, 20 RBI, 21 runs and an 11:41 BB:K in 164 plate appearances.
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Marlins' Bryan De La Cruz: Crosses plate twice in loss
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De La Cruz went 2-for-4 with a walk, a double and two runs scored in Sunday's loss to the Nationals.
It was the 27-year-old's first multi-hit performance since April 17. De La Cruz has cooled down significantly, batting .205 (8-for-39) over the last 10 games, but he remains entrenched as the No. 2 hitter for a Miami team struggling to find consistent offense. On the season, he's slashing .261/.294/.437 with five homers, a steal, 13 runs and 14 RBI in 29 contests.
De La Cruz went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Friday's loss to the Cubs.
Getting the start at DH and batting second, the 27-year-old took Jameson Taillon deep in the fourth inning for the Marlins' first run of the night. Unfortunately, they were already in a 7-0 hole at that point. De La Cruz has a seven-game hitting streak going, a stretch in which he's gone 10-for-29 (.345) with three of his four doubles on the season, three of his four homers and 10 of his 11 RBI. The power surge has boosted his slash line to .286/.294/.476 through 85 plate appearances.
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Marlins' Bryan De La Cruz: Swats third homer
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De La Cruz went 2-for-4 with a solo home run in Wednesday's loss to the Giants.
The 27-year-old outfielder accounted for the Marlins' only run of the game with his sixth-inning shot off Keaton Winn. De La Cruz has been one of the few bright spots for Miami in the early going, slashing .288/.296/.450 through 19 games with three homers, a steal, eight runs and 10 RBI, and he currently sports a six-game hitting streak and a five-game RBI streak.
De La Cruz went 1-for-4 with an RBI double, a run scored and a stolen base in Tuesday's 6-3 win over San Francisco.
De La Cruz got Miami on the board in the fourth inning with an RBI double off Jordan Hicks. The outfielder would then swipe third base, his first steal of the year, before scoring on a Jesus Sanchez groundout. De La Cruz isn't likely to offer much in terms of stolen bases -- he had just four steals in each of his previous two campaigns. Still, De La Cruz has been swinging a hot bat, hitting safely in five straight games, going 7-for-21 with a homer and eight RBI in that span.
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Marlins' Bryan De La Cruz: Two hits, including homer, in loss
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De La Cruz went 2-for-4 with a solo home run and two RBI in Sunday's 9-7 loss to Atlanta.
De La Cruz opened the scoring for Miami on Sunday, launching a solo shot off Charlie Morton in bottom second inning to knot the game up at 1-1. He later added an RBI single in the fourth inning, notching his second straight multi-hit performance. The outfielder finished the three-game series against Atlanta with at least one hit in each contest, going 5-for-12 with the solo home run and five RBI.
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Marlins' Bryan De La Cruz: Three hits in Sunday's win
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De La Cruz went 3-for-5 with a run scored in Sunday's win over the Cardinals.
Getting the start at DH and batting seventh, De La Cruz helped fuel a 10-run outburst by Miami as the team collected its first win of 2024. The 27-year-old has had a solid start to the season, hitting safely in nine of 10 games and batting .273 (12-for-44) with a double, a solo home run and five total runs scored, but his 0:11 BB:K is a little jarring after he produced a 40:142 mark over 153 games in 2023.
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Marlins' Bryan De La Cruz: Homers late in loss
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De La Cruz went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Tuesday's loss to the Angels.
De La Cruz finally got the Marlins on the scoreboard with a solo home run off Luis Garcia in the ninth but was otherwise held in check during a quiet offensive night. He's now recorded at least a hit in all six games to open up the season and Tuesday was his second straight with an extra-base knock.
Marlins' Bryan De La Cruz: Searching for rhythm at plate
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De La Cruz is batting .208 (5-for-24) through nine Grapefruit League games with two doubles and a 0:3 BB:K.
The 27-year-old outfielder has made some hard contact, but overall he hasn't quite locked things in at the plate this spring. De La Cruz set career highs with 19 homers and 78 RBI last season over 153 games while slashing .257/.304/.411, and he's expected to hold down a starting role in left field again for the Marlins in 2024.
De La Cruz (ankle) is back in the lineup Tuesday versus the Mets.
De La Cruz will start in right field and bat fifth against the Mets and left-hander Joey Lucchesi after missing three straight games due to right ankle soreness. Jon Berti is patrolling left field for Miami and Jazz Chisholm is in center.
