Reds' Gennett Belts Four Homers In Rare MLB Feat

WASHINGTON, June 7, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 07th Jun, 2017 ) - Cincinnati's Scooter Gennett joined a select club featuring some of the greatest hitters in Major League Baseball history on Tuesday when he belted four home runs in a 13-1 win over the St.

Louis Cardinals. Gennett's feat marked just the 17th time in major league history that a player homered four times in a game. The Cincinnati native is the first Reds player to do it. "It's surreal, man, it really is," said Gennett, who went 5-for-5 and tied a Reds club record with 10 runs batted in.

"I'm truly blessed. Being from here, born here, watching all those guys when I was little, to do something that's never been done is.

.. I can't put words on it. It's an honor for sure." Gennett hit an RBI single in the first inning, a grand slam in the third, a two-run shot in the fourth, a solo homer in the sixth and a two-run home run in the eighth.

The 27-year-old left fielder began the game with three homers on the season. Before Gennett, the last major-leaguer to homer four times in a game was the Texas Rangers' Josh Hamilton on May 8, 2012, against the Baltimore Orioles.

The first major league player to accomplish the feat was the Boston Beaneaters' Bobby Lowe on May 30, 1894, against the Reds. Gennett's grand slam in the third inning came off Cardinals starting pitcher Adam Wainwright.