‘Right’ fit? Schebler robs HR in position shift

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CINCINNATI — Scott Schebler on Wednesday was still trying to absorb the past couple of days — from the time he was called up from Triple-A Louisville to take the roster spot of Jay Bruce after Bruce was traded to the Mets, to when he hit a three-run, walk-off home run Tuesday night in a 7-5 win against the Cardinals.

And yet, one day later, when the Reds opted to shift him from left field to right field in the second game of the series against the Cardinals, in an effort to find ways to keep him in the lineup, he again impressed.

He first threw out Matt Holliday at second base when he tried to stretch a single into a double during the third inning before making a leaping catch at the wall to rob Jedd Gyorko of a home run in the fifth.

Schebler — ranked by MLBPipeline.com as the Reds’ No. 18 prospect — …

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