As ESPNChicago’s Jesse Rogers said if their $184 Million dollar man starts delivering like he did on Sunday, watch out.
After dropping a well-struck ball by Hunter Pence, leading to the game’s first run, Heyward recovered. He singled in Anthony Rizzo in the fourth to tie the game. Jason then retied the game at two with a liner in the ninth before hitting a walk-off single.
Heyward now has five multi-hit games in his last eight starts.
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“It’s huge because we have a good team,” Heyward said of his recent uptick, “and when you add that to it, it just makes us that much better.