Elly De La Cruz saves injured bird before homering against the Brewers

Cincinnati Reds shortstop Elly De la Cruz saved an injured bird who was stuck in the diamond during a game against the Milwaukee Brewers at Great American Ball Park. The bird parked on the infield grass in Reds starting pitcher Brady Singer's line of vision.

Timeout was called, and the injured animal was surrounded by Singer, umpire Chris Guccione and a Reds bat boy, but the bird struggled to take flight.

The bat boy made an ill-fated attempt to shoo the bird off the field with his helmet. Fortunately for the bird's safety, he whiffed. Singer was also about to try to rid of the bird with his glove.

Suddenly, De La Cruz emerged from the dugout and like the shortstop he is, took command of the situation like on a routine pop-up. He called off Singer and the bat boy before he managed to scoop up the bird in his batting glove-covered hands and took it off the field.