In honor of the National Baseball Hall of Fame induction festivities taking place in Cooperstown, New York, each team wore a retro-style hat with a Hall of Fame patch on the side. For Cincinnati and Tampa Bay, they donned their hats on July 26. The Reds' hat was blue was a wishbone "C" larger than what they typically wear.

Elly De La Cruz hit a two-run single in the seventh inning to break open a tie game and the Cincinnati Reds went on to beat the Tampa Bay Rays 6-2

After four straight quality starts, Baz gave up eight runs on eight hits over four innings in his last outing, an 8-3 loss to the visiting Chicago White Sox on July 21. He is 0-1 with a 9.72 ERA in 8 1/3 innings over two career starts against the Reds.

Elly De La Cruz certainly looks well-equipped for a playoff race. In fact, the Cincinnati Reds all do when they're rolling like they are right now. But it was De La Cruz, as fans chanted his name, who came up big and brought a crowd of 39,

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Elly De La Cruz broke a tie with a two-run RBI single in the seventh inning to help the Cincinnati Reds to a 6-2 win against the visiting Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday.

The managers became close when Cash played for the Red Sox, and they keep trying to one-up each other with pregame hijinks.

Cincinnati Reds pitcher Scott Barlow (58) throws a pitch in the sixth inning of a MLB game between the Cincinnati Reds and Colorado Rockies, Sunday, July 13, 2025, at Great American Ball Park in Downtown Cincinnati. Reds won 4-2. / Frank Bowen IV/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images