Suzuki homers twice and knocks in 5 as Cubs rout A's 10-2 for 3-game
sweep
[April 03, 2025]
By JANIE McCAULEY
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Seiya Suzuki homered
twice and drove in five runs as the Chicago Cubs beat the Athletics 10-2
on Wednesday to complete a three-game sweep.
Matt Shaw added two RBI singles for the Cubs, who outscored the A’s 35-9
in the first major league series played at Sutter Health Park, the
club’s planned home for the next three years before a proposed
relocation to Las Vegas.
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Chicago Cubs' Seiya Suzuki (27) hits a three-run home run during the
second inning inning of a baseball game against the Athletics,
Wednesday, April 2, 2025, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Scott
Marshall) |
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Suzuki hit an early three-run homer for the
second consecutive game when he connected in the second inning
off Jeffrey Springs (1-1). Suzuki went deep again leading off
the fourth before adding a late RBI single.
It was Suzuki's fourth career multi-homer game. He has at least
two hits in each of his last four games, with four home runs and
11 RBIs during that span.
Jacob Wilson had three of the A's five hits and Brent Rooker hit
a two-run homer against Jameson Taillon (1-1) as the hosts lost
their fourth straight game. Taillon struck out seven over six
innings.
The 35 runs scored by Chicago marked the most the A's have
allowed in their first three home games of a season, topping the
31 they yielded in 1922. The previous team to give up 35 runs
over its first three home games was the 2009 New York Yankees,
who permitted 37 and then went on to win the World Series. The
1951 St. Louis Browns allowed 42 runs in their first three at
home.
The series finale drew a crowd of 9,342. Total announced
attendance for the initial three-game set at Sutter Health Park
in West Sacramento was 31,556 after the opener Monday had a
sellout of 12,119.
Key moment
Rooker's two-run homer in the third was all the offense the A's
could muster.
Key stat
Chicago has five straight multi-homer games and the club's 13
home runs during that stretch are most in the National League.
Up next
Both teams are off Thursday, with the Cubs finally heading home
to host San Diego on Friday after starting the season in Japan
and then going to Arizona and Sacramento. RHP Osvaldo Bido (1-0,
1.80 ERA) pitches for the A's at Colorado on Friday.
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