Elly De La Cruz injury update: What happened to the Reds star?

The Cincinnati Reds are trying to keep pace in a highly competitive NL Central, and Sunday's injury scare wasn't what they needed at all.

>With the Reds up a run on the Braves in the fifth inning, Elly De La Cruz looked to give Cincinnati an easy extra-base hit when he split the gap on Spencer Strider's fastball. With De La Cruz's elite speed, he easily should have cruised in for a triple.

>So, there were immediate concerns when the Reds star stopped running at first base and settled for a single. It turned out that something happened as he was making his way up the first-base line.

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Elly De La Cruz injured himself running to first and has been pulled from the game pic.twitter.com/WTEsMgTwtR

— Talkin' Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) May 31, 2026It was tough to see exactly what happened as De La Cruz didn't reach towards his hamstring. But the Reds shortstop did apparently feel something tighten in that right hamstring. De La Cruz was removed from the game, and the team called the injury hamstring tightness.

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#Reds SS Elly De La Cruz left today's game with right hamstring tightness.

— Cincinnati Reds (@Reds) May 31, 2026We'll have to see what manager Terry Francona says about a potential Injury List trip for De La Cruz. But either way, it wasn't what the Reds wanted to see happen.

>This article originally appeared on For The Win: Elly De La Cruz injury update: The latest on the Reds star's status