Two unique ages of Reds stars – – Joey Votto and Elly De La Cruz – – joined powers on Friday night for an exceptional game amid an extraordinary series of wins during what has every one of the makings of an exceptional season for Cincinnati.

It took an 11-10 thrill ride before a rowdy sellout horde of 43,086 fans at Extraordinary American Ball Park to overcome the Conquers and stretch out the Reds’ series of wins to 12 games. The 39-year-old Votto hit a game-tying solo homer and a go-on three-run homer.

The 21-year-old new kid on the block De La Cruz figured out how to eclipse Votto’s work by hitting for the cycle – – something not accomplished by a Reds hitter in 34 years.

“That is unique stuff not too far off,” Reds second baseman Jonathan India said. “It’s an exceptional time in Cincinnati and we’re partaking in all aspects of it.”

Votto, Elly stretches the Reds

Atlanta, which has the Public Association’s best record, came into Cincy with an eight-game series of wins. For the Reds to keep their streak alive and end the Overcomes’ triumphant ways, they needed to quickly return from deficiencies of 5-0 and 7-5 and afterward hang on with a death grip in the wake of taking an 11-7 lead in the 6th inning and watching it psychologist to 11-10 by the 10th.

It was the Reds’ fifth consecutive dug-out from a deficit win and their Significant Association driving 27th this season. Their series of wins is the establishment’s longest starting around 1957, and they sit in the lead position in the NL Focal at 41-35.

“I think games like this truly show you what’s conceivable and what we’re prepared to do,” Reds chief David Chime said.

A difficult 43-pitch first inning by Reds starter Luke Weaver detected the Conquers five runs. Weaver was one strike from restricting the harm to one run before Travis d’Arnaud clubbed a three-run homer to right-focus field.

“There’s no frenzy. We’re like, ‘alright, it’s like 0-0 still,'” India said.

Constantly inning, the Reds had a response. De La Cruz smoked a 116.6 mph line drive off the right-focus field wall for a twofold. Jake Fraley followed with a two-run homer to slice the deficiency to three runs.

De La Cruz made it a one-run game when he lifted a two-out, two-run homer to the right handle in the third inning.

Votto, who is four games back from getting back from last season’s left shoulder medical procedure, finished the Reds’ most memorable rebound exertion with his game-binds homer to focus field to begin the lower part of the fourth inning.

“These heavyweight battles, ideally we can gain the appreciation of different heavyweights and swing back,” Votto said.

The Overcomes took a two-run lead back in the highest point of the fifth on Matt Olson’s two-run homer to left handle off reliever Daniel Duarte. It didn’t keep going long.

In the lower part of the fifth inning, De La Cruz’s third hit – – an RBI broken-bat single to focus field – – made it a one-run game. Two players later with two outs, Votto hit a 3-1 Collin McHugh sweeper for a three-run homer to right-focus field.

“This is a truly extraordinary encounter for me,” Votto said. “I could do without losing track of the main issue at hand since it’s June. This has been fun up until this point. I think we have great potential. I think the typical Reds fan at home has a group that they, their grandparents [and] children can live it up watching. Since it’s a tomfoolery brand of baseball.”

In the 6th against Conquers reliever Ben Heller, De La Cruz hit an RBI triple to right field to go full circle – – the primary by a Red since Eric Davis on June 2, 1989 – – and stretch out the Reds’ lead to 11-7.

De La Cruz didn’t feel like he upstaged Votto.

“It doesn’t make any difference who does it in the game, we are in general joined together and that is how we will do this,” De La Cruz said through interpreter Jorge Merlos.

De La Cruz called it a distinction to play with Votto.

“Since he’s simply a legend of the game,” De La Cruz said. “I appreciate him, he respects me back. He lets me know that too. All in all, we simply have these discussions again and again, the amount we regard one another… “

“I didn’t say I respected you back,” Votto shouted from the rear of the question-and-answer session room, drawing chuckles. “However, I do. I do respect you.”

“I heard you say it,” De La Cruz answered, in English.

Votto experienced difficulty thinking about one more player to contrast and De La Cruz.

“Has there been a superior switch-hitting, speed, power fellow? The main comp I can imagine is Mickey Mantle – – a youthful Mickey Mantle,” Votto said. “That is unjustifiable to put on Elly, [comparing him with] perhaps one of the best players ever. Elly has got a lot of opportunities to engage the fans.

“There’s no correlation. I have no one to contrast him with. There’s no point of reference that I’ve found I would say. How fortunate would we say we are in Cincinnati to have him?”