Seiya Suzuki of the MLB Cubs hit a three-base hit against the Diamondbacks on the 7th to extend his hitting streak to eight. The game was lost and the streak stopped at 8, widening the gap between the team and the leaders in contention for the district championship to 4.
In September, Suzuki, whose batting average exceeded 9% and led the batting line with three home runs, started the first game of a four-game series against the Diamondbacks in Chicago as the No. 4 right.
In his first at-bat, he struck out and the Cubs threw a no-hitter in the fifth inning of a 3-4 game, hitting a high straight to extend the team's hit streak to eight with a three-base hit to right-center, the team's first hit.
The ball stretched out and hit the ivy-covered outfield fence at Wrigley Field, a traditional ballpark, and Suzuki homered on a sacrifice fly by the next batter, giving the Cubs a one-run lead.
In the third at-bat of the seventh inning, he struck out, and in the fourth at-bat, he took the lead in the ninth inning, where the team scored four runs and was the last batter to finish with a two-out first base and third base.
Suzuki is 1-for-6 with a batting average of 0.3.5.
The Cubs were limited to five hits, including Suzuki's three-base walk, and lost 8-1, ending their winning streak at four. The National League Central-ranked Brewers had no games and their gap to the second-place Cubs widened to two.
In the wild-card race, they remain in the playoff spot.
Nootbar Entered as a pinch hitter, picked up a foreball and reached base
Cardinals' Lars Nootvar entered the game against the Braves in Atlanta as a pinch hitter and picked a foreball.
Trailing by five runs, Nootvar came to bat as a pinch hitter in the ninth inning with one out and a chance at second base and loaded the bases.
The Cardinals then scored two timely runs to tie the game, but they couldn't reach it and lost 5-9, ending their winning streak at 1.
Nootvar has one foreball in this game, and his batting average remains unchanged at 2/5/8.