Baseball: Cubs’ Suzuki ties Jojima’s MLB home run mark

Seiya Suzuki reached a minor plateau among Japanese hitters in Major League Baseball with a tie-breaking solo home run only for his Chicago Cubs to blow the lead in a 3-2 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday. Suzuki’s homer broke a 1-1 third-inning tie at Chicago’s Wrigley Field. It was his 14th home run of the season and 48th as a Cub. The homer tied Suzuki with former Seattle Mariners catcher Kenji Jojima for the most by a right-handed-hitting Japanese in MLB. “I think it was more difficult for Jojima-san since he was a catcher,” said Suzuki, who went 2-for-4 with a double and scored b…

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