Breakout game helps Gennett get NL honor
Buoyed by his historic fourhome run game, Cincinnati Reds second baseman Scooter Gennett was named the National League Player of the Week on Monday.
It’s the first career NL Player of the Week award for Gennett, who on June 6 became the first Reds player — and the 17th in MLB history — to hit four home runs in a game. For the week, Gennett batted .500 (10-for-20) with six runs scored, two doubles, four home runs, 13 RBIs and a stolen base.
Among NL weekly leaders, Gennett finished the week first in total bases (24), slugging percentage (1.200) and RBIs; tied for first in batting average and home runs; tied for second in extra-base hits (six); tied for fifthin hits; and sixth in on-base percentage (.500).
The Lebanon native is the first Red to win the weekly award since Todd Frazier on May 31, 2015.
Cozart tops All-Star Game fan voting:
Reds shortstop Zack Cozart has moved ahead of Cory Seager of Los Angeles to take the lead in fan voting for the All-Star Game. Cozart has 997,966 votes to 804,788 for Seager, a 2016 AllStar and the 2016 Rookie of the Year. Fan voting ends June 29.
Cozart, seeking to become an All-Star for the first time, would become the first Reds shortstop to win fan voting since Barry Lar- kin in 1999 and 2000.
Cozart ranks fifth in National League hitting at .329. He leads NL shortstops with 68 hits, a .416 on-base percentage and a .580 slugging percentage.
Joey Votto (fifth place, first base) and Adam Duvall (10th, outfield) of the Reds also rank in the top 10 at their positions in fan voting.
The All-Star Game is July 11 at Marlins Park in Miami.
Bailey to make start in Dayton:
Reds right-hander Homer Bailey will make a rehab start for the Dayton Dragons against Great Lakes on Wednesday night at Fifth Third Field.
Bailey, who has been on the disabled list all season after elbow surgery in February, was impressive in a rehab start last week for Double-A Pensacola. He pitched five shutout innings and allowed just three hits vs. the Mississippi Braves. Bailey, 31, is expected to pitch five innings or throw about 80 pitches Wednesday.
Since August 2014, Bailey has made just eight starts. He is 60-54 with a 4.24 ERA in 10 seasons with the Reds.