Cincinnati Reds: Most unbreakable feats in team history

2. Scooter Gennett’s four home runs in one game (6/6/2017)

In the long history of the Cincinnati Reds, with primetime sluggers such as George Foster, Joey Votto, Frank Robinson and Ted Kluszewski, no one had ever hit four home runs in a single game. On May 6, 2017, Cincinnati-native Scooter Gennett became the first Reds player to ever accomplish such a feat.

To put what Gennett did into perspective; we’ve seen 23 perfect games in the history of Major League Baseball, but only 17 times has a player hit four round trippers in a single game. Gennett’s first long ball was a no-doubt grand slam to right-center field off Adam Wainwright that put the Reds up 5-0.

Scooter’s second homer came off reliever Jon Gant. Gennett deposited his second home run into center field. Gennett then took Gant deep again in the sixth inning, but this time it was an opposite field shot that put the Reds on top of the St. Louis Cardinals 11-0.

Gennett’s final home run came in the bottom of the eighth inning with one on and two outs. Owning an 11-1 lead, this would be Scooter’s final at-bat of the night. As he walked up to the dish with GABP crowd offering him a standing ovation, Gennett slugged an 0-2 pitch over the right field wall and became the first Reds player to ever hit four home runs in one game.