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‘I’m fine,’ Andrew McCutchen eases concern over Monday’s early exit

By Danny Demili, Sports Now Group
Pirates Cardinals Baseball Pittsburgh Pirates' Andrew McCutchen celebrates a 4-2 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals with teammates Ke'Bryan Hayes (13) and Connor Joe (2) following a baseball game Friday, Sept. 1, 2023, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) (Jeff Roberson/AP)
By Danny Demili, Sports Now Group

There was some serious cause for concern for the Pittsburgh Pirates surrounding Andrew McCutchen in their win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday night at PNC Park.

After an RBI double from McCutchen in the fifth extended the Pirates to 4-2, he came up hobbling in between second and third on a Connor Joe inning-ending flyout.

McCutchen bent down and reached for his lower left leg and walked gingerly alongside the club’s medical staff to the Pirates’ dugout before he was pinch hit for by Joshua Palacios a couple innings later.

McCutchen’s exit was deemed a precaution due to left Achilles tendon tightness, and he was being examined by the Pirates’ medical staff.

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