Homers will be a bit harder for Cubs, Cardinals to hit in London

Workers transform the soccer pitch at London Stadium to a baseball field at London Stadium for next weekend’s Cubs-Cardinals series. (Lucy North/PA via AP)

Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals hitters will have to work a little harder to match the Yankees-Red Sox slugfests from 2019 when they play in London because the fences are being pushed back.

The center field wall will be 392 feet from home plate, seven feet deeper than four years ago, as part of changes that Major League Baseball said came about because of some seat restructuring at London Stadium and not because of the high scores in New York’s two wins over Boston.