That's what made the moment when his 2,000th hit - a sharp single to left leading off the bottom of the first in a 2-1 win over New York on Sunday - so sweet. He vowed to appreciate his second stint in his adopted hometown more than he did his first. Peace arrived in January when McCutchen returned to Pittsburgh on a one-year deal. He bounced around from city to city and position to position. The magic he once summoned so regularly waned. Then, well, “baseball happened." Pitchers adjusted. PITTSBURGH - If he's being honest, Andrew McCutchen thought he'd have gotten to 2,000 hits long ago.ĭuring the Pittsburgh Pirates star's run as one of the best players in the game in the early 2010s - a stretch in which electric centerfielder won an MVP and was an All-Star five times - the hits came so easily it seemed as if they'd never stop. McCutchen gets 2,000th hit, Pirates ride Keller to 2-1 victory over struggling Mets
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