The Reds’ Elly De La Cruz came to the rescue of a bird struggling to get off the field and brought it to safety during the fourth inning of Cincinnati’s series-concluding win against the Milwaukee Brewers at Great American Ball Park.
“Elly De La Cruz: full-time baseball player, part-time bird whisperer,” the Reds tweeted with video.
When De La Cruz homered in the bottom half of the same inning, the Reds tweeted, “Bye bye birdie.”
“How about that? He does it all,” manager Terry Francona said of De La Cruz’s rescue.
Social media reactions with video, including the funny one from the Reds after De La Cruz homered:
Elly De La Cruz: full-time baseball player, part-time bird whisperer @ellylacocoa18pic.twitter.com/KNde0iVi6v
— Cincinnati Reds (@Reds) September 6, 2026
Bye bye birdie @ellylacocoa18pic.twitter.com/iqGBPGRcIs
— Cincinnati Reds (@Reds) September 6, 2026
Elly De La Cruz to the rescue!
Enjoying this article? Support our work with a small crypto donation.He helped a bird having trouble getting off the field and brought it to safety 🥹 pic.twitter.com/XYepP985qQ
— MLB (@MLB) September 6, 2026
Elly De La Cruz saved an injured bird that couldn’t fly off the field pic.twitter.com/PFaN9Ug6bP
— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) September 6, 2026
Elly de la Cruz: Bird Man. 🦹 pic.twitter.com/PXXroiKAS4
— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) September 6, 2026
This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Elly De La Cruz turns ‘part-time bird whisperer’ during Reds’ win
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