CINCINNATI • The type of game that baseball calls "perfect" has happened 21 times since 1900 from an assortment of pitchers that include here today gone tomorrow extra, solid stars, and Hall of Famers.
On Tuesday, the Cardinals saw a rare feat, one done so few times it doesn't have a catch nickname. It's not a cycle. It's not a hat trick. It's not a no-no or a CG or a six-pack.
It's just four home runs.
And now it's been done 17 times.
Scooter Gennett became the first player ever to hit four home runs against the Cardinals in a single game as Cincinnati crushed the Cardinals, 13-1, at Great American Ball Park.