Cincinnati Reds SS Elly De La Cruz upstaged Aaron Judge and the Yankees for the second year in a row, going 3-for-4 with a HR, 3B in Monday's opener.

Cincinnati Reds SS Elly De La Cruz upstaged Aaron Judge and the Yankees for the second year in a row, going 3-for-4 with a HR, 3B in Monday's opener.

Cincinnati Reds SS Elly De La Cruz upstaged Aaron Judge and the Yankees for the second year in a row, going 3-for-4 with a HR, 3B in Monday's opener.

The game was still in progress. De La Cruz appeared to have forgotten what the situation was. He eventually retreated safely to second base but doing so only mitigated the damage for the time being.

Making his season debut, Yankees starter Allan Winans was knocked out of the game two batters prior to De La Cruz's RBI single. Winans went 4 1/3 innings and allowed four earned runs on five hits.

By night's end, Judge had been upstaged by Elly De La Cruz, who ended the night a double shy of a cycle with three hits, three RBI, two runs scored and no strikeouts. Dating back to a three-game sweep ...

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