Seiya Suzuki of the Chicago Cubs hits his 31st home run of the season during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals at Wrigley Field in Chicago on Sept. 27, 2025. (Kyodo)
CHICAGO (Kyodo) — Seiya Suzuki continued his hot streak with home run No. 31 for the Chicago Cubs in Saturday’s 7-3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals, a day after becoming the third Japanese player with 30 homers in a Major League Baseball season.
The 31-year-old put the Cubs up 4-1 as he led off the sixth inning with a high fly ball to left center at Wrigley Field, going deep for the fourth time in three games.
Suzuki, back starting in right field after spending most of the season as designated hitter, went 1-for-2 with two runs scored and two walks.
“If I’m playing right field all the time, I can get into the flow of the game and switch gears without thinking too deeply about hitting,” Suzuki said.
“Even at DH, there’s no pressure. There are a lot of good hitters and if they’re not hitting, I’m probably not either.”
Michael Busch homered twice and drove in four runs in a 4-for-4 outing to lead the Cubs lineup.
At Yankee Stadium, Tomoyuki Sugano (10-10) was charged with the Baltimore Orioles’ 6-1 loss to the New York Yankees after giving up four runs on five hits over 4-1/3 innings.
Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani was rested for his team’s 5-3 win against the Seattle Mariners at T-Mobile Park.