Seventeen home runs.
Chicago Cubs outfielder Seiya Suzuki (29) hits his 17th home run of the season. He batted sixth and hit a three-run shot against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field in Denver, Colorado, on July 13.
Trailing 2-4 in the top of the sixth inning. On a 2B1S pitch from Colorado right-hander Jake Bird, he drove a 95-mile-per-hour sinker over the right-field fence. A home run to tie the game 4-4.
He hit 14 in 111 games last year, 17 in his 123rd.
Earlier, in his first at-bat in the second inning, he singled up the middle with the bases loaded. He lined a 147-mile-per-hour fastball up the middle from Colorado starter Chris Flixen for a single.
In the fourth inning, he took a fastball from Flixen and lined it up the middle. This time, a 150 mph fastball was in the middle of the strike zone. In his final at-bat in the eighth, he flied out to center field.
He went 3-for-3 with two runs scored. It was his third three-hit game of the season. Despite Suzuki’s big game, the Cubs lost 4-6.
His bat danced in September.메이저놀이터
In 13 games, he’s 21-for-51 with four doubles, four home runs, 14 RBIs and nine runs scored. His bat gets better in the second half. He hit 1-for-9 in June, 2-for-5 in July, and 3-for-5 in August.
In 123 games this season, he batted .458 (128-for-128) with 62 RBIs and an OPS of .822. He surpassed his hits, home runs, and RBIs from last year. In his first year in the majors, he batted 20-for-62 with 104 hits, 14 home runs, 42 RBIs, and a 0.769 OPS.