Albert Pujols moved into second on the all-time total bases

Albert Pujols went 4-for-4 and smacked two long homers, and Paul DeJong hit a grand slam to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 16-7 victory over the host Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday night in Phoenix.
reuters : He passed Cardinals legend Stan Musial (6,134) and only trails Hank Aaron (6,856).

Lars Nootbaar reached base five times on three hits and two walks and drove in three runs on a two-run triple and an RBI single as the Cardinals won their sixth straight game and 17th of their last 21. Nootbaar scored on the triple due to an Arizona error.

Carson Kelly drove in three runs and Jake McCarthy homered for the Diamondbacks. Arizona starter Madison Bumgarner (6-13) gave up five runs and seven hits over 5 1/3 innings while dropping to 0-4 over his last five starts. He struck out three and walked two.

Albert Pujols CRUSHES His 692nd Career Home Run!

‘I’m still going to retire’: Albert Pujols making charge at 700 home runs in final days of career

We sat down for 20 minutes Saturday afternoon, and Albert Pujols insisted he wouldn’t change his mind about retiring after this season, no matter how close he was to the glorious 700-home run club.

usatoday : Well, as it turns out, it may be a moot point.

The St. Louis Cardinals icon promptly went out and hit two home runs into the Phoenix night at Chase Field – just missing a third – as part of a 4-for-4 night that saw him pass Hall of Famer Stan Musial for the second-most total bases in baseball history.

It no longer may be whether Pujols can possibly reach 700 home runs, but rather: how soon will he do it?

“Yes,’’ Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol said, “he’ll do it.’’

Albert Pujols showing this is more than just a farewell tour

When the St. Louis Cardinals inked Albert Pujols to a one-year, $2.5 million contract before the start of the season, it was largely thought to be a move that would provide a proper ending to a career that began and flourished in St. Louis while also giving the Cardinals a possible weapon against left-handers.

calltothepen : You can strike the “possible” from that sentence because, in the last few weeks of the last regular season of his illustrious 22-year career, Pujols is showing the St. Louis Cardinals and the rest of Major League Baseball that there is still plenty of power left in his bat.

Albert Pujols is showing the year that was supposed to be a farewell tour could also be a historic one

On Saturday night in Phoenix, Pujols launched two home runs, reaching 692 for his career and putting him within range of the 700-homer plateau with 44 games left for the Cardinals. We did the math on what it would take for Pujols to reach 700 in this article after he pounded a pinch-hit grand slam on Thursday against the Colorado Rockies, and it’s certainly becoming more and more possible with nights like Pujols had on Saturday.

who is Albert Pujols

José Alberto Pujols Alcántara is a Dominican–American professional baseball first baseman and designated hitter for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB).

Nicknamed “The Machine“, he played his first 11 seasons in MLB for the Cardinals, then played with the Los Angeles Angels for more than nine seasons before joining the Los Angeles Dodgers for half a season. With St.

Louis, Pujols was a three-time National League (NL) Most Valuable Player (MVP) (2005, 2008, 2009) and nine-time All-Star (2001, 2003–2010). After joining the Angels in 2012, he made one All-Star appearance, in 2015. After returning to the St Louis Cardinals in 2022, he was chosen for the All-Star game as a legacy selection by the MLB Commissioner in honor of his career achievements.

Pujols was born in the Dominican Republic and moved to the United States in 1996. After one season of college baseball, he was selected by the Cardinals in the 13th round of the 1999 MLB draft.

As a rookie for the Cardinals in 2001, he was unanimously voted the NL Rookie of the Year. Pujols played consistently for the Cardinals, contributing to two World Series championships in 2006 and 2011. After the 2011 season, Pujols became a free agent and signed a 10-year contract with the Angels. Early in the 2021 season, Pujols was designated for assignment by the Angels.

Shortly thereafter, he was signed by the Dodgers. On March 28, 2022, Pujols signed with the Cardinals on a one-year contract for his final season in his major league career.