Kurt Suzuki hit his 12th home run of the season on August 6th, in a 5-3 win in San Francisco, CA’s Oracle Park, matching his total from 105 games and 388 plate appearances last season in Atlanta in his 65th game and 233rd plate appearance of 2019.
Washington’s second-year manager, Davey Martinez, talked after that game about how big an addition the 35-year-old, 13-year veteran has been for the Nationals, who signed Suzuki to a 2-year/$10M deal this winter after two impressive seasons behind and at the plate in Atlanta.
“He’s been awesome,” Martinez said, “he really has.