MILWOWKY – Victor Caratini made an unforgettable performance with the swing of a bat one of the most memorable moments of his career.
Its first four plates
“It’s a really tough game,” Keratini said through an interpreter. “You know you’re going to fail. [It’s] Immediately [a matter of] Be confident, go to the next bat, know you have another bat, you have to be able to fight it, help the team win and move on. ”
Homer and Milwaukee’s Christian Yelich hit a big blow in a park at Seya Suzuki in Chicago after a constitutional ninth inning involving a two-out, base-loaded walk.
Brewers officials said Caratini was the fifth major league player since 1900 to strike in the first four plates of a game before hitting a walk-off homer for the fifth time. The others were Mike Schmidt in 1983, Ray Knight in 1986, David Justice in 2001 and Derek Norris in 2015.
Chicago’s only second run came when rookie Nelson Velazquez hit the first homer of his career in the third inning. According to statistics, this was the first time in Major-League history that a player had hit the first homer of his career, another had hit a homer in the park, and another had made a walk-off homer.
Keratini, who has played with the Cubs since 2017-20, hit a 2-1 sinker from the Ephros (1-4) on the midfield for the second walk-off homer of his career. He also played for San Diego on June 17, 2021 against Amir Garrett of Cincinnati.
“I called,” said Brewers catcher Pedro Severino. “Because usually when your day is hard, that big moment comes for you.”
Milwaukee’s Brad Boxberger (3-1) came out of the base-load jam to beat 10th-ranked Wilson Contreras and Ian Happ 3-1.
“No matter what happens, it doesn’t bother him and he keeps building the pitch,” said Craig Counsel, manager of the Brewers. “He always has his wit.”
The game, which began as a pitcher duel between Chicago’s Justin Steele and Milwaukee’s Eric Lower, soured in the ninth inning.
Suzuki, who was active from the injured list the day before, hit a drive by Josh Header, who hit the corner in the corner of the center-field wall, overtaking center fielder Jonathan Davis and turning it along the warning track. Back to the right field.
Davis eventually chased the ball, and as Suzuki spun around the bottom, he threw it to second baseman Luis Urias. After being thrown into the urea plate, the Suzuki slipped around in an attempt to tag the keratin in the plate.
“One of those plays you will see in this park once every five years,” the council said.
Suzuki was playing for the first time since May 26 with a sprain in his left finger. He had been active on the list of injured the day before.
“Obviously my injury took my time away from this team,” Suzuki said through an interpreter. “I was very disappointed. So this game was very important to me.”
Haider, who entered the game with a 1.05 ERA, was working for the second day in a row after throwing 33 pitches in a 2-0 win over Pittsburgh on Sunday. He allowed Nico Horner a one-sided double, but dropped him to third.
Cubs close to David Robertson could not defend the lead.
Urias led with a single and an out, Kesten Hiura hit a ground-rule double that hit a wall in the left field.
Robertson dismissed Jess Peterson but Colton Wong loaded the base. After the Cubs made a conference call on the mound, Robertson stayed in the game and brought Yelich to four pitches to get home.
“I got a chance to get out of it and I didn’t find the strike zone and just let a win go away from us. … We had a chance to win that game and I just went there and blew it up,” Robertson said.
Willie Adams had a chance to win the game in the ninth but was knocked out against Robertson.
Steele kept Milwaukee hitless in the first four innings, and Severino gave the Cubs a 1-0 lead in seventh place after a two-out double-draw.
Lower scored nine runs, two runs and took two hits and one run in six innings. Steele also scored nine runs and threw 108 career-high pitches, while his 6⅔ innings included four moves, two hits and a run.
The Associated Press contributed to the story.