Albert Pujols makes history on the afternoon of this Sunday, September 11, by hitting his 697th career home run and sneaking into the historical Top 3 of this important offensive department, three short of the mythical figure of 700.
“La Maquina”, for many the best Latino hitter of all time in the Majors and a sure member of the Hall of Fame of Cooperstown, materialized the feat during the game of his team, the St. Louis Cardinals against the Pittsburgh Pirates, duel of the Central Division of the American League, based at PNC Park in Pennsylvania.
Albert Pujols’ connection came in the top of the ninth inning and decided the match, as the Cardinals were down 2×1 against the Pirates.
With a runner on second base and no outs, a two-ball count with no strikes, Pujols unleashed all his might on a 93 mph fastball thrown by reliever De Jong and sent the ball flying over the right-field fences to flip the 3×2 board in your favor. The game finally concluded 4×3 with victory for San Luis).
the dominican Albert Pujols He tied this Saturday with Álex Rodríguez in the fourth historical position of the batters with the most home runs connected in the Big leagues, adding a total of 696 homers and placing himself 18 shy of the next on the list, New York Yankees legend Babe Ruth.
The figures speak for themselves in the case of Pujols.
This Saturday’s is the 17th home run this season for the Dominican and, in his entire career, this was the 452nd pitcher to receive at least one home run from Pujols, a record that only the Dominican can boast of.
It was his third turn in the game, already in the sixth inning, and, as always for some time now, everyone present stood up with their cell phones ready to record a historic moment.
In the Pirates, the Dominicans Oneil Cruz and Rodolfo Castro signed a home run each.
