Luis Severino

Another day, another home run for Tucker. This time he took Luis Severino deep for a solo shot in the third inning. It was his fourth consecutive game leaving the yard. The 28-year-old superstar is 12-for-39 (.353) with four homers, five doubles, 11 RBI, and a stolen base through eight contests.

A throwing error and a walk put two runners on for Seiya Suzuki, who took Severino deep for a three-run shot to continue the Cubs offensive barrage early in this one. After a clean second inning, the Cubs brought two more runs in to score in the third, including a solo shot by Kyle Tucker. After letting up a sixth run in the fourth, Severino gave the Athletics two more frames to save the bullpen. The 31-year-old right-hander will look to bounce back when he takes on the Padres in Sacramento on Monday.

Suzuki got the scoring started for the Cubs, taking Luis Severino deep for a three-run blast to open the game, his second home run of the season. He added a base hit in the third. The 30-year-old outfielder is heating up at the plate with three straight multi-hit efforts.

A heck of a debut for Severino. The 31-year-old did walk four, but he gave up just three hits and kept the Mariner offense for every really mounting a challenge. His final pitch was a perfectly-located offering to strike out Rowdy Tellez on the outside corner with runners on second and third. He generated 12 swing-and-miss, and his fastball was routinely in the mid-to-high 90s. Severino will get a chance to show off his stuff against the Cubs next week.

The 30-year-old non-roster invitee earned his way onto the Opening Day roster with a strong showing in Cactus League play and now it appears as though he may end up having a very real role against right-handed pitching. We have seen him get hot and hit home runs in bunches before, so he's a player that those in deep leagues should at least keep an eye on.