#22 ANDREW
San Francisco Giants newly acquired right fielder Andrew McCutchen, the former Pittsburgh Pirate, hit a two run walk off home run in the bottom of the 14th inning to give the home team the win. McCutchen had his best game as a Giant producing 6 Hits on the night with 4 RBI and 2 Runs.
You could see his frustration of a 2-24 at bat season melt away with each successful hit of the night. Then came his twelve pitch at bat that ended in a walk off home run. Afterwards McCutchen was pumped up like any game winning hero would be as new teammates and home fans showed him all the love that San Francisco baseball is capable of.
As a Pirate he was a 5-time All Star, NL MVP, Silver Slugger (4x) and Golden Glove Awards winner as well as a Roberto Clemente Award winner.
Seeing McCutchen in tonight's game swing, celebrate with class and gusto and round the bases in a Giants #22 jersey brought back shades of Will "The Thrill" Clark. The Thrill had some big moments as a Giant against the Dodgers in his playing days. Let's hope this is just a small sample size of bigger things to come for McCutchen this season.
Final Score (14 innings)
Dodgers 5
Giants 7
Clutch adjective
- 1.(in sport) denoting or occurring in a critical situation in which the outcome of a game or competition is at stake.
"they both are hard-nosed players who seem to thrive in clutch situations"
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