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Welcome-back party: Schebler rescues Reds
- Updated: August 3, 2016
CINCINNATI — The atmosphere in the Reds’ clubhouse before Tuesday’s game against the Cardinals was more like that of a funeral than a baseball game.
Faced with the business side of baseball following the trade of Jay Bruce, one of the team’s undoubted leaders on and off the field, the players solemnly talked about what it meant to have played with Bruce and reminisced on what it would mean now that he’s gone.
“It should be that way,” said outfielder Scott Schebler, who was called up on Tuesday to take Bruce’s spot in the lineup. “A guy like Jay? He made an impact on my career, and I was only around him for a month. A guy like that, it should be like that for him around here because he’s done everything for this organization.”
Tuesday quickly turned from reading Bruce’s eulogy to singing the praises of Schebler, after he delivered a walk-off, three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth off of Seung Hwan Oh to give the Reds a 7-5 win. It was Schebler’s second career homer and second walk-off hit. He went 3-for-5.
“I didn’t know if it was going to stay fair, so I kind of stood there longer than I wanted to, but it stayed fair,” said Schebler, ranked by MLBPipeline.com as the Reds’ No. 18 prospect. “Got a good pitch to hit. That guy’s tough. I didn’t really see the …
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