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MVP Cutch returns for the Pirates…we hope

Found September 05, 2012 on The Sports Jags: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Andrew McCutchen,  Jordan Lyles,  Garrett Jones,  Pedro Alvarez,  Brock Holt,  Neil Walker,  Kevin Correia,  Fernando Abad
TEAMS: Pittsburgh Pirates,  Houston Astros
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It was only the worst team in baseball but at this point we’ll take whatever we can get and when the MVP version of Andrew McCutchen showed up last night, it got our glasses looking half full…if the Pirates can build on it (how many times have we dropped that line over the last month though?). Since the start of August, we’ve seen Cutch’s numbers from .373/.432/.632 to .358/.419/.606 half way through the month to .341/.405/.559 heading into last night’s game against the Astros. Going a perfect 4 for 4 with 3 RBI and a run scored helped boost those numbers a bit and helped the Buccos beat the Astros 6-2 after getting embarrassed by Houston on Labor Day. Cutch finally got some balls to go his way last night. He ripped an RBI double down the third base line in his first at bat to get the Pirates on the board, then he got a groundball to see its way up the middle to drive in the Bucs’ second run, and drove in the Bucs’ fourth run with another single in his third trip to the plate. He w...
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