In the big leagues, Seiya Suzuki of the Cubs and Kodai Senga of the Mets faced each other for the first time in the big leagues, and Suzuki hit a timely two-base hit.
The game between the Cubs and the Mets was held in Chicago, home of the Cubs, on the 24th, and Suzuki, who hit the sixth home run on the 23rd, started at No. 6 and right, facing Mets starting pitcher Chiga for the first time in the big leagues.
In the first confrontation, after a full count in the second inning, Suzuki fouled out, and in the end, he spotted the forkball, which Senga is good at, and went to base with a foreball.
In the second inning, chasing one run, Suzuki caught the fork on the second pitch and hit the left field fence with a timely two-base hit to tie the game at 5-2.
Suzuki hit the next batter to take home the winning run.
The final game was a no-out first base in the fifth inning, where pitcher Chiga hit a foul fly to the catcher with a cut ball.
In his fourth at-bat in the sixth inning, Suzuki was struck out by the Mets' second pitcher with two outs and a chance at third base, and in this game, he went 2-for-1 with one hit and one RBI and one foreball to raise his batting average to 3.2.2.
On the other hand, pitcher Chiga, who pitched in the sixth inning, struggled to control the pitch and walked off the mound giving up three runs in five innings, including a foreball from the start.
He threw 2 pitches, allowing six hits, five foreballs, six strikeouts and a 2.5 ERA.
The Cubs won the game, 6-4, and Senga lost the game, improving their record to 2-2 this season.