Andrew McCutchen

Marcelo Mayer goes deep twice for the first time, Andrew McCutchen makes some Pirates history, Byron Buxton outdoes Aaron Judge and more from Wednesday's MLB action.

Andrew McCutchen moved past Hall of Famer Roberto Clemente into third place on the Pirates' all-time home run list on Wednesday when he blasted his 241st long ball in 12 seasons with the franchise.

It was a nice outing for Quantrill until Andrew McCutchen's three-run homer in the fifth. He averaged a season-high 94.0 mph with his fastball to help him procure the six punchouts. Aside from the homer, all five hits he allowed were singles, four of which left the bat at less than 88 mph. Quantrill dropped to 3-7 with a 5.61 ERA. He's due to face the Phillies next.

McCutchen turned a 2-1 deficit into a 4-2 lead with a three-run blast off Cal Quantrill. He's gone deep six times, and that roundtripper pushes his slugging percentage to .405 with an on-base percentage of .354 to go with it. Obviously this version of McCutchen doesn't come close to his spectacular work a decade ago, but it's fun to see some reminders of that player every once in a while.

Perez looked virtually unhittable in the early stages of his season debut, retiring six of the seven batters he faced to open the contest. The proverbial wheels came off in the ensuring frame when Andrew McCutchen connected for a run-scoring single before Bryan Reynolds scalded a bases-clearing, three-run triple. He managed to escape the frame without any further damage, but his night was over after just 70 pitches (43 strikes). He finished with five strikeouts and handed out two free passes. The positive news is that he averaged 98.5 mph on his fastball and generated nine swinging strikes in the abbreviated outing. He'll close out a two-start week on Sunday with a road matchup against the division-rival Nationals.