Seiya Suzuki has picked a fine time to start flexing his muscles again.

Suzuki followed up a seven-week homerless drought by going deep five times over the Chicago Cubs' final four games of the regular season.

Suzuki will look to continue his recent torrid run on Tuesday afternoon as the fourth-seeded Cubs host the fifth-seeded San Diego Padres in Game 1 of their best-of-three National League wild-card series.

San Diego right-hander Nick Pivetta (13-5, 2.87 ERA) will be tasked with keeping Suzuki in check in the series opener.

Chicago has yet to announce its Game 1 starter. However, left-handers Matthew Boyd (14-8, 3.21) and Shota Imanaga (9-8, 3.73) figure to be the top candidates.

But let's get back to Suzuki, who belted a solo homer in the Cubs' 2-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardi

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