Andrew McCutchen belted a 438-foot home run for the Pittsburgh Pirates against the Minnesota Twins on Saturday at Target Field.
On Tuesday night against the St. Louis Cardinals, he again connected on a home run. His two-run shot off of Adam Wainwright capped off a 6-3 win for the Pirates at PNC Park.
Prior to those two round-trippers, it had been since June 30 that McCutchen last homered in a game.
In between home runs, it was a struggle at the plate for McCutchen. In 27 games from June 30-Aug. 18, McCutchen hit just .158 with a .190 slugging percentage. He still was getting on base and posted a 17.8% walk rate, but he didn’t look like himself.
Perhaps we now know why.
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