The Chicago Cubs may have won the war with fellow NL Central franchise Cincinnati this weekend, but Reds 3B Eugenio Suarez was definitely winning some battles along the way. With a composite stat line of 6-11, 5 R, 2 HR, 2 RBI, 3 BB, 2 K, the Venezuelan at Cincy's hot corner slapped two solo shots out of Great American Ball Park Saturday and bookended that feat with a double each on Friday and Sunday. He's got a monstrous average of .371 that's tied for fourth league-wide with White Sox OF Avisail Garcia, and his OPS of 1.200 ranks fifth in MLB. Suarez is already well on his way to outpacing the 17 HRs Steamer projected for him this year, as he already has five of them while enjoying a career-high 40% hard contact right now.
Let’s take a look at what else happened hitting-wise around the league:
