CINCINNATI (Interstat) — Elly De La Cruz homered and drove in four runs and Chase Burns reached a milestone as the Cincinnati Reds defeated the Colorado Rockies 7-2 on Tuesday night at Great American Ball Park.

De La Cruz singled in a run in the first inning, then added another RBI single in the third and capped his night with a two-run homer in the eighth. He finished 3 for 4 with two stolen bases. Spencer Steer also homered, a two-run shot in the first.

Burns (3-1) struck out nine over six innings, allowing two earned runs on seven hits, and became the fastest Reds pitcher to reach 100 strikeouts in a season, doing so in 72 1/3 innings.

Edouard Julien homered and singled for Colorado, driving in both runs. Kyle Freeland (1-2) took the loss, surrendering four earned runs in five innings.

Cincinnati improved to 19-10, while Colorado fell to 13-17. Attendance was 24,152, and the game lasted 2 hours, 26 minutes.