There was a time during the regular season when the Chicago Cubs looked like the most complete team in baseball. Their pitching staff certainly got the job done, but it was their hard-hitting lineup that had fans feeling ecstatic about their possible World Series chances. The bats froze in the second half of the campaign, however, and the Milwaukee Brewers overtook the North Siders and the rest of the NL. But October offers everyone a fresh start, and the Cubbies are taking advantage.

Seiya Suzuki, who is slugging like his first-half self this postseason, belted a solo home run off Brewers rookie right-handed pitcher Jacob Misiorowski in the second inning. That 390-foot blast tied the score at 1-1 in Game 5 of the National League Division Series. The 101.4 mph four-seam fastball is t

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