Seiya Suzuki sprinted across the bases at American Family Field.
He deliberate to maintain operating till advised in any other case.
Chicago Cubs third base coach Willie Harris didn’t hesitate, emphatically waving him residence. Suzuki dodged the Milwaukee Brewers’ relay throw and tag try by catcher Victor Caratini as his hand swiped the plate whereas eluding Caratini’s mitt.
The inside-the-park residence run within the ninth inning Monday marked an exhilarating return to the lineup for Suzuki, who was activated from the injured record earlier than the 5-2, 10-inning loss to the Brewers.
Suzuki had not performed since struggling a sprained left ring finger May 26. So as he sprinted through the ninth, he had one thought.
“Stop me,” Suzuki joked by way of interpreter Toy Matsushita. “My legs were getting pretty tired. I was getting ready for somebody to say, ‘Stop.’”
The Cubs, nonetheless, wasted Suzuki’s hustle. They had been on the verge of pulling out a late victory because of the go-ahead inside-the-park homer with one out within the ninth.
Ahead 2-0 within the rely in opposition to powerful Brewers lefty Josh Hader, Suzuki sliced a 95 mph fastball off the left-center-field wall. The ball rocketed previous middle fielder Jonathan Davis, permitting Suzuki to scamper across the bases and put the Cubs forward 2-1.
It’s probably the most thrilling and rarest offensive performs in baseball: Suzuki’s inside-the-park homer marked the Cubs’ first since Javier Báez on Aug. 7, 2017, and solely their eighth since 2000. It was additionally solely the second sport in 28 appearances this season that Hader has given up a house run. The different two homers off Hader got here in the identical June 7 sport.
But Cubs reliever David Robertson couldn’t lock down the underside of the ninth. He struck out three however was damage by two hits, a success by pitch and a four-pitch, bases-loaded stroll to Christian Yelich to deliver residence the tying run.
Robertson struck out Wily Adames to pressure additional innings, however the Cubs didn’t make the most of loading the bases within the tenth. Willson Contreras and Ian Happ struck out to strand the runners. Contreras got here out of the sport after his at-bat due to left hamstring tightness.
Former Cubs catcher Caratini ended the sport with a three-run homer in opposition to right-hander Scott Effross.
Left-hander Justin Steele delivered a standout efficiency that noticed him tire close to the top of his career-high 108 pitches. He held the Brewers hitless by way of 4 innings. They lastly tallied a success on Luis Urias’ well-placed grounder down the first-base line to steer off the fifth.
Steele was one strike from ending the seventh when the Brewers scored their lone run in opposition to him on Pedro Severino’s double that knotted the sport at 1. Two walks by Steele sandwiched the tying hit.
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