Budding Cincinnati Reds star Elly De La Cruz homered from both sides of the plate in a Saturday spring-training game.

Elly De La Cruz is picking up right where he left off. The Cincinnati Reds phenom got his spring training off to the best start possible Saturday, as he crushed a high-flying solo home run in the first inning of an exhibition matchup against the Cleveland Guardians.

In the Cincinnati Reds ' Cactus League opener against the Cleveland Guardians at Goodyear Ballpark, De La Cruz homered in his first two at-bats. Both were solo shots to approximately the same spot on the grass berm in left-center field.