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.
It's never too early to set batting records.
Here are marks that the Cubs can shoot for on Opening Day, based on analysis of box scores from each of their first games of the Modern Era, 1901-2022.
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Cubs batters have hit 344 grand slams in regular-season games since 1876.
Only 1 of them came on Opening Day.
It happened in the 77th of their 147 season debuts, on Tuesday, April 15, 1952, in.