This is not a headline you expected to see today.

Justin Turner has been a favorite Cub to dislike, by some, this year. His production is down, he’s 40, and he doesn’t really play good defense anymore. With the acquisition of Willi Castro, Turner’s place is basically pinch-hitting from time to time.

On yet another gorgeous weather day at Wrigley Field Sunday, Turner turned that into a walkoff home run. One pitch is all he needed, a fastball right down the middle:

... and Wrigley Field exploded, as Turner’s blast gave the Cubs a much-needed 5-3 win over the Orioles.

I’ll get to video of that a bit later, first here are some walk-off facts from BCB’s JohnW53:

This was the Cubs’ sixth walk-off win of the season.

According to my research, it was their 996th walk-off win in the regular se

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