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Cincinnati Reds: Scooter Gennett wakes up bats in win

By Drew Koch

NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 07: Scooter Gennett #3 of the Cincinnati Reds hits a single bringing Jose Peraza #9 of the Cincinnati Reds home in the first inning against the New York Mets at Citi Field on August 7, 2018 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Michael Owens/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 07: Scooter Gennett #3 of the Cincinnati Reds hits a single bringing Jose Peraza #9 of the Cincinnati Reds home in the first inning against the New York Mets at Citi Field on August 7, 2018 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Michael Owens/Getty Images) /
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Scooter Gennett broke out of a recent slump on Tuesday night. The Cincinnati Reds All-Star second baseman went 3-for-4 in a win over the New York Mets.

The Cincinnati Reds have been struggling to score runs during their road trip. Over the last seven games, Cincinnati has been outscored 34-23. During that stretch, the Reds have only won one game. Scooter Gennett helped change all of that on Tuesday night, going 3-of-4 at the plate with 3 singles and an RBI.

Gennett had been struggling on the Reds’ road trip. Outside of one game in the previous four-game series against the Washington Nationals, Gennett had not had a multi-hit game since July 29th against the Phillies. Over the last seven road games, Gennett was 4-for-24 (.167) at the plate with a .231 on-base percentage. He had only one extra-base hit during that span and stuck out eight times.

Fast-forward to last night in New York City and we saw the old Scooter Gennett at the plate. Gennett got the party started with a 1-out single to plate Jose Peraza. He would later score himself on a sacrifice fly from outfielder Phillip Ervin.

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Gennett lined a single to left on a 0-2 count in the top of the third inning and reached base one more time with a ground ball through the right side of the infield. Scooter finished his night with a long fly out that backed right fielder Jose Bautista to the warning track in the seventh inning, but still finished with three hits.

This was a sight for sore eyes, especially with Joey Votto sidelined with a sore knee. Reds fans had been waiting since the All-Star break to see the old Scooter Gennett back. Since the Midsummer Classic, Gennett had been slashing .211/.286/.316 with only 1 homer and 4 RBIs through 17 games.

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Scooter had been moved up in the batting order by interim manager Jim Riggleman in an attempt to get Gennett going again. It finally seemed to pay off in Tuesday’s 6-1 victory over the Mets. We’ll see if Gennett’s success at the dish carries over to Wednesday afternoon’s rubber match against New York. Gennett and all the other Reds’ hitters will have a tough task at the plate with Mets’ ace Jacob deGrom taking the mound.

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