Pat Burrell Wants It Badly: Giants Beat Cubs, 5-4

Barry Zito expressed it best: "He has that young fire in a veteran type of mentality. It's a great mix. He wants it really bad. That's what we need right now, some guys stepping up and having that hunger to get to October."

Last Friday against the Atlanta Braves, Pat Burrell drove in the winning run with a sacrifice fly. On Monday, against the Chicago Cubs, Burrell drove in the winning run with a sacrifice fly.

Yesterday night, in the third game of the four game set against the Cubs, Burrell hit an eighth inning home run to win the game. The count was 1-2 when rookie Justin Berg delivered the pitch that Burrell hit for his 10th home run.

An amazing statistic is the Burrell sees 4.19 pitches per plate appearance. He is nothing like the free-swinger who has a...

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