Cruz leads the American League in batting average at .358 and his game-winning RBI put him into a tie for the AL lead in that category as well with 30. The big man has done it all for the Mariners in the early going, and he delivered again in dramatic fashion with a two-out drive to the gap against reliever Junichi Tazawa that scored Brad Miller from second base for the eighth walk-off hit of his career.
Cruz is happy to call Seattle his new home and he's quickly earning hero status at Safeco Field, where the crowd erupted as his teammates mobbed him at first base after the winning hit.