Elly De La Cruz homered, scored three times and drove in three runs as the Cincinnati Reds rallied to beat the Detroit Tigers 8-4.

The Reds took two of three against the Tigers over the weekend outscoring Detroit 19-5 in the two wins. Elly De La Cruz drove in three and scored three in Sunday’s 8-4 win in Motown. The Twins were swept by the Astros and have now lost four in a row. Sunday, Minnesota gave up single runs in the ninth and tenth innings and lost, 2-1.

Elly De La Cruz homered, scored three times and drove in three runs as the Cincinnati Reds rallied to beat the Detroit Tigers 8-4 on Sunday. De La Cruz singled and scored in the fourth, had an RBI single before scoring in a four-run eighth and hit a two-run homer in the

Tyler Stephenson hit a grand slam in a six-run fifth inning and the Cincinnati Reds went on to an 11-1 win over the Detroit Tigers on Saturday afternoon.Elly De La Cruz, Spencer Steer and Matt McLain also homered for the Reds,

Cincinnati Reds LHP Wade Miley pitched five strong innings in the Reds' series-clinching win over the MLB-best Detroit Tigers Sunday.

The Cincinnati Reds view this weekend as a measuring stick to see just how much they have improved. The Reds pushed their record above .500 with a five-game winning streak that was snapped Wednesday.

"It's a good check to see where we're at. It's gonna show what areas we need to work on, what areas we excel at," Nick Martinez said.

The Reds did tack on three too-little, too-late runs in the ninth when De La Cruz doubled home Santiago Espinal to make it 11-3, then Tyler Stephenson doubled in two more runs to make it 11-5. De La Cruz was 3-for-4, raising his average to .267.