A routine fly ball turned into a nightmare for Seiya Suzuki and the Chicago Cubs at Truist Park — and with it a heartbreaking blow to their postseason hopes.
The Cubs went down in the ninth to seal a devastating 7-6 loss Tuesday night in a game they led 6-0 entering the bottom of the sixth. The Milwaukee Brewers clinched the division title in the process while the Cubs try to hold onto to the final National League wild card position. They sit 1/2 game ahead of the Miami Marlins, who own the tiebreaker and play a doubleheader Wednesday at the New York Mets.
“Seiya has been carrying us for over a month and a half offensively, he’s put us on his back,” manager David Ross said after the game. “A lot of guys have been scuffling and he’s been the guy swinging the bat the best so we’re not going to highlight one mistake. There’s other areas — we could have scored more runs, get guys in from third less than two outs, we could have made some pitches earlier in the game but we didn’t. Got to pick our heads up and go back out tomorrow.
Kevin Pillar’s solo home run off Steele to open the frame marked the Braves’ 300th home run of the season, making them the third team in MLB history to hit that milestone, joining the 2019 Minnesota Twins and New York Yankees. Steele recovered to retire Ronald Acuña Jr., but Ross saw enough from Ozzie Albies , Austin Riley and Matt Olson to pull his ace. Steele paced around the mound as he watched Ross begin the trek from the dugout.
Yan Gomes’ infield hit — his 15th of the year and fifth-most on the team — followed by Miles Mastrobuoni’s single, as part of a three-hit game, produced back-to-back two-out RBIs put the Cubs ahead of the Braves 2-0 in the second. The Cubs added two more runs off Braves starter Bryce Elder when Suzuki hit a third-inning triple.
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