You would have expected more from the Marlins and Reds on Thursday.
More runs.
Alas, in a season without expectation, the two most generous teams in the National League when it comes to giving up runs totaled only six in the first game of the Marlins’ final home series of the season.
Four belonged to the Reds, leading to a 4-2 victory. And all four were produced by Scooter Gennett, who is vying with the Brewers’ Christian Yelich for the league batting title. Gennett drove in a pair with a two-out double in the third off Jeff Brigham and knocked in two more with a two-out homer off Elieser Hernandez in the seventh.