The Cubs' ninth-inning meltdown at Houston on Wednesday night overshadowed an exceedingly rare performance at the plate by Seiya Suzuki.
Suzuki hit a solo homer in the first inning, then a 2-run.
Christopher Morel homered in his first game after rejoining the Cubs last week.
105 different Cubs have homered in their season debut, a total of 135 times.
But if Morel can hit a home run in his.
The Cubs have played 19,054 games since the start of the Modern Era in 1901.
1,831 of them have gone into extra innings, a little less than 10 percent.
The Cubs tied 352 of those 1,831 games in.
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A previous post examined Cubs batters who made at least 3 hits in a game, including players with the most such games.
Billy Williams leads the way, with 184, followed by Ryne Sandberg (179), Stan.