MIAMI — Rennie Stennett has been checking box scores for four decades, waiting for another member of his small club. Stennett always received texts from friends when a player reached five or six hits, but it wasn’t until Tuesday morning that he got the news he’s been waiting for.
Stennett stopped watching a Giants-Marlins marathon in the 10th, but he woke up to texts saying that Brandon Crawford had picked up his seventh hit in the 14th inning. As luck would have it, Stennett lives nearby. Two of the six players to notch seven hits in a game met before Wednesday’s game.