Cincinnati second baseman Scooter Gennett bit the hand which once fed him by belting a two-out homer in the ninth inning of the Reds’ 9-7 win over Milwaukee Tuesday. The left-handed batter once played for the Brewers. Gennett connected off lefty Dan Jennings the inning after the Brewers had tied the game on Jonathan Schoop’s pinch-hit home run and Ryan Braun’s double. Manager Craig Counsell is hoping this successful pinch hitting performance will be a catalyst to help Schoop turn things around.
Travis Shaw also had a homer for Milwaukee. There was one run scored by the Reds, after the second base umpire was unable to get out of the way of a hit ball. The bases were loaded, with two outs, and the hit would have been easily handled by Shaw for the third out.
That was a part of a very strange 4th inning, where the Reds had three infield hits, that the Brewers could do nothing about.
Even though he gave up 7 hits, Counsell said his starting pitcher Junior Guerra did what he was supposed to, and deserved better.
The Crew failed to gain ground on the Chicago Cubs in the National League Central Division standings – despite a Cubs loss to Detroit. The Brewers still trail by three games and they fell a half-game behind second-place St. Louis. Rookie Freddy Peralta starts this afternoon’s home game against the Reds.
–NL Central Division
St. Louis Cardinals 5, Los Angeles Dodgers 2
Atlanta Braves 6, Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Detroit Tigers 2 Chicago Cubs 1
