Schebler working on hitting to opposite field

PHOENIX — When Reds right fielder Scott Schebler hit his second home run of the game in the second inning of Saturday’s 13-0 win over the D-backs, it didn’t just mark the first multihomer game of his big league career. It was also the first time this season he cleared the fence hitting to the opposite field.

Like other clubs, Arizona presented the left-handed-hitting Schebler with a heavy right side infield shift.

“I got that one pretty good,” said Schebler, who entered Sunday with six homers this season. “That’s one of the things we’ve been working on, going the other way because of the way they’ve been shifting me. So for it to show up in the game was kind of nice.”

According to spray charts over his brief big league career, the vast majority of Schebler’s hits — and his outs — are to the right side.

Reds manager Bryan Price saw Schebler working to go the other way during Spring Training.

“That’s what he does when he’s swinging the bat well,” Price said. “We saw that in the reports when he was in Triple-A. His power wasn’t simply pull power. It wasn’t all pull homers. There were balls from left-center field to …

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