Gennett laments double play that wasn’t

MILWAUKEE — It looked to the naked eye like a routine double play, just like the 50,000 or so others Brewers second baseman Scooter Gennett figured he’s turned in practices and games since boyhood.

Thanks to the modern rules instituted by instant replay, this one had a uniquely painful outcome. Gennett’s foot lost contact with the bag just long enough to turn an inning-ending double play into a go-ahead run for the Reds in the ninth inning of Milwaukee’s 7-6 loss at Miller Park.

“That one, the type of double play that was, it’s just kind of one of those where you’re like, ‘Dang, that’s kind of stupid,'” Gennett said. “But that’s how it goes. That’s the rule, and they reviewed it.”

With the bases loaded and one out in the ninth, the game was settled in a matchup of Brewers closer Jeremy Jeffress, who was unscored upon in 20 of his first 23 appearances, and Reds left fielder Adam Duvall, whose three-run home run in the seventh off Michael Blazek capped a five-run rally and forged a 6-6 tie.

Jeffress appeared to win the battle when Duvall hit a grounder to shortstop Jonathan Villar, who shoveled the ball to Gennett for what looked like an easy turn. Both runners were out by a …

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