Overview

• Seiya Suzuki homered for the fourth straight game in a 2-0 finale, finishing the regular season with 32 home runs and a team-best 103 RBIs.
• Javier Assad worked 5 1/3 scoreless innings with six strikeouts to earn the win, and Jordan Wicks recorded his first major league save with three shutout innings.
• Chicago closed at 92-70 to secure the top National League wild-card spot and the right to open the postseason at home.
• Suzuki joined Shohei Ohtani and Hideki Matsui as one of the few Japanese-born players to post a 30-homer, 100-RBI season in MLB.
• St. Louis ended 78-84 in fourth place in the NL Central, missing the playoffs for the third consecutive year.