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Gennett hopes 2-run single leads to hot streak
- Updated: June 5, 2016
PHILADELPHIA — Scooter Gennett insisted he would have been just as happy Saturday with a two-run error as he was after his two-run hit, a single in the ninth that provided some breathing room for the Brewers in their 6-3 win over the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park.
“All the personal stuff goes aside,” Gennett said. “It’s all about the team and getting the job done.”
Personally, though, it has been a battle for the 26-year-old second baseman of late, even as the team has won eight of its last 12 games. He was 0-for-4 on Saturday and 2-for-11 in the series before connecting with two outs in the ninth against the Phillies’ Andrew Bailey for the critical insurance hit to center field.
Gennett is batting .197 with a .250 on-base percentage in 19 games since a stint on the disabled list for a strained oblique. That represents a precipitous drop from his headline-grabbing April, when the previously free-swinger hit .258/.361/.516 with 10 walks in 72 plate appearances — two walks shy of his total in 391 plate appearances the year before.
“For the most part, I’m swinging at good pitches, but I’m not getting results,” Gennett said before Saturday’s game. “But now I have a …
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