Gennett's soft hit carries weight in victory

July 27th, 2016

MILWAUKEE -- Following a 9-4 win over the Diamondbacks on Tuesday night at Miller Park, wondered aloud: Whose game-changing single was hit weaker, his go-ahead two-run single in the eighth or 's an inning before?
 "I don't know who hit their ball better, but it would be interesting to see what Statcast™ had on those balls," Gennett said.
The answer was Gennett's, which at 55.5 mph exit velocity was the softest-hit ball of the game, but the Brewers second baseman didn't mind as it had left the largest imprint on the game.
Gennett also added a two-out RBI single in the sixth that temporarily gave the Brewers a 4-3 lead before Goldschmidt's 62.6 mph check swing turned itself into an RBI single off the glove of first baseman to tie the game.

"It's a crazy game," Gennett said. "Sometimes you can do everything right and fail. Sometimes you can get jammed by 97 and everything works out. It's a crazy game and it's about time that things start working in our favor though."
With the game tied at 4 and the bases loaded with one out, Gennett found himself down in the count against reliever . The right-hander ran a 1-2 fastball in on the hands of Gennett, who managed to loft the ball gently toward second base. D-backs second baseman nicked the ball with his glove as he laid out on the infield dirt, but it escaped to center field, plating and .
"I think if I didn't have my Wheaties today, I might have hit that ball a little shorter, it might have been caught," Gennett quipped. "It's important to get a good breakfast in."
The single gave the Brewers a 6-4 lead, which they would increase to 9-4 with a bases loaded walk drawn by and a two-run single hit nearly twice as hard as Gennett's by .
"There were some soft, soft hits looking like they were going to decide the game: Goldschmidt's check swing and Scooter's jam shot," Brewers manager Craig Counsell said. "We did a nice job tonight with two outs just keeping the line moving. We had good at-bats with two outs."