Eugenio Suarez has been the lone, true rock in the middle of the struggling Cincinnati Reds lineup, and that came to the forefront yet again against the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday night.
Trailing by a pair in the Bottom of the 8th, Joe Maddon went to righty Carl Edwards, Jr. as he played knifey-spooney against the Cincinnati lineup, and Suarez promptly rocked the socks off a meatball, crushing it over the RF fence for a 2-run dong that tied the game late, 5-5. Considering he added a prior RBI double, that was hands down the biggest game-changing performance the Reds had on a night where a loss would’ve left them 9.