What a headline that would have been, right? Seiya Suzuki comes off the injured list and hits a ninth-inning, game-winning, inside-the-park home run!
But... as you know, it didn’t happen that way. David Robertson couldn’t hold the 2-1 lead Suzuki’s blast gave him, and the Cubs eventually lost 5-2 when ex-Cub Victor Caratini smashed a three-run homer in the 10th inning off Scott Effross.
Sigh.
I was going to lead this with Suzuki’s home run, as noted, and what the heck, that’s what you want to see, so here goes.
There’s one out in the top of the ninth and Suzuki comes to bat off Josh Hader — a pitcher he’s never faced before, after playing just two rehab games over the last six weeks, plus three previous at-bats in which he had one hit Monday afternoon.