Going into the second game of three with the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday night, Kurt Suzuki was (8 for 29) in his previous nine games, with a .276/.400/.276 line, five walks, and just two strikeouts over that period, which left him with a .266/.327/.458 line, seven doubles, 10 home runs, 16 walks, and 22 runs scored in his 52 starts this season, and hits in 14 of his last 20 starting assignments.
Suzuki went 3 for 3 the first three times up against the Giants in Oracle Park, singling, then hitting a home run, and connecting for another base hit off lefty Conner Menez, before he lined out the last time up in the Nationals’ 5-3 win.