pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
Oli's wit is one of many traits that I like about him........Supposedly really close to the players and I guess he better be to get away with quote....
Tongue-in-cheek message right there....
St. Louis Cardinals 2022
Tongue-in-cheek message right there....
In the earliest days of base ball, that's how you recorded an out.
Goldy needs to snap out of this funk. He was batting like .340 and running away with the batting title week and a half ago. Now he's at .326 and on the verge of Freddie Freeman passing him. Could happen tonight. It'd be a shame if he didn't win the batting title after the season he's had.
Welp, with Freeman hitting in his first at bat and Goldy at 0-3 so far tonight, Freeman is the new NL batting average leader at .326 to Goldy's .325.
Ryllini
- Lombard
Amazing!
I could see Oli not playing Albert tomorrow to allow him to pass A-Rod in front of the home fans when the next homestand starts Tuesday vs. Milwaukee.
Ryllini
- Lombard
I’m guessing the home run comes next saturday off of Mike minor. Wednesday is a candidate depending on who the Brewers throw, they are undecided right now. Going to be a historic day anyways, might as well throw 697 on top of it.
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
On a historic night with Albert tying a-rod for 4th place all time in home runs , the Cardinals beat the pirates 7-5.....
They maintain an 8 game lead on the brewers with 22 games remaining ( I think )................................
Flaherty gave up a solo shot in the 1st and a 2 run homer in the 2nd inning...........................
Arenado came through with a bases loaded double and all 3 runners scored..........
I am nervous about Goldie and his cooling off big time at the plate........i want to see him still have a chance at the Triple Crown and also win the NL MVP.........
What a day !!!!!!!!......It really really is ...........................
Carbon Unit's sports entertainment is exciting.............It really really is..........................................
They maintain an 8 game lead on the brewers with 22 games remaining ( I think )................................
Flaherty gave up a solo shot in the 1st and a 2 run homer in the 2nd inning...........................
Arenado came through with a bases loaded double and all 3 runners scored..........
I am nervous about Goldie and his cooling off big time at the plate........i want to see him still have a chance at the Triple Crown and also win the NL MVP.........
What a day !!!!!!!!......It really really is ...........................
Carbon Unit's sports entertainment is exciting.............It really really is..........................................
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
Quick hits: Pujols clouts 696th homer to tie for fourth all-time as Cardinals rally to win
Slugger twice ties game with Pirates before Arenado clears bases in ninth for 7-5 victory.
Rick Hummel
PITTSBURGH — Albert Pujols continued his trek toward to 700 home runs Saturday night but he stopped by Alex Rodriguez’s house first.
The Cardinals’ first baseman ripped his 696th career homer, a first-pitch, 418-foot rocket to left field in the sixth inning to spark a rally which eventually led to a 7-5 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. The drive off a slider from Pittsburgh right-hander JT Brubaker enabled Pujols to catch former American League slugger Rodriguez for fourth place on the most majestic of baseball’s offensive lists.
Barry Bonds had 762 home runs. Henry Aaron had 755. Babe Ruth had 714. Pujols has 22 games to hit four.
His 17th home run of the season erased a 3-1 Pittsburgh lead. An eighth-inning single, his third hit of the game, erased another Pittsburgh lead built after Pirates star rookie Oneil Cruz homered off JoJo Romero in the seventh.
Cruz has hit for the cycle in the first two games of this series.
The Cardinals took their first and only lead in the ninth when Molina singled and Paul DeJong, who had been nothing for 26, blooped a single to right, sending pinch runner Lars Nootbaar to third.
The next two ground balls did not plate a run but designated hitter Paul Goldschmidt barely fouled off two full-count pitches before drawing a walk. Nolan Arenado, who had been hitless in four at-bats, lined a bases-loaded double off Wil Crowe to send home three runners and the Cardinals’ modest losing streak had ended at two.
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
Cardinals' Pujols was punchless, hitting .198 in July — but just take a look at him now
He has returned for one last run at a championship and it's been a blast from the past. Home run No. 696 ties him for fourth place all-time.
Rick Hummel
PITTSBURGH—Through the first 87 games of the season, several games past the halfway point, Albert Pujols was hitting .198 and had four home runs.
Now, having made history on Saturday night, tying Alex Rodriguez for fourth all-time in home runs at 696, he is on the cusp of more. If he hits four homers in the next 22 games — and he is getting another start at first base on Sunday— Albert Pujols will have 700 for his career.
On July 9, this hardly seemed possible.
“I don’t think anybody could have predicted this magical experience,” said president of baseball operations John Mozeliak, who signed the 42-year-old Pujols to a $2.5 million one-year contract late in spring training.
“But for all of us who get to experience it, it’s incredible.”
Since July 10, Pujols has hit .326 with 13 homers. After not hitting any home runs in June and none in the first nine days in July, he is harassing National League pitchers as he did a decade ago when he was the marquee player in the league.
“You sit there and watch it and ... you’re so glad it happened. You’re happy for him. It’s amazing," said Mozeliak.
Mozeliak and the Cardinals famously lost Pujols in a bidding war to the American League and the Angels after the Cardinals' World Series championship in 2011. Who knew he would ever come back?
“You never burn bridges,” Mozeliak said. “There probably are a few little things you should take away from this, right?
“It was great that we stayed close enough where it was able to happen. But, for him to have the kind of season that he’s having is just remarkable.”
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
Cardinals notebook: Corey Dickerson has top MLB average since All-Star break
Veteran has hit his way into a larger role after sitting much of first half.
Rick Hummel
PITTSBURGH — Baseball’s top hitter for average since the All-Star break? Why, Corey Dickerson, of course.
The Cardinals’ outfielder, an old-school type who guides the ball wherever it’s pitched and sometimes when it’s not even a strike, was hitting an even .400 at 38 for 95 since late July. He has been an integral part of the Cardinals’ lineup, especially against right-handed pitching, and has had a lot to do with the Cardinals winning 29 of their first 40 games since July 27.
“He does it differently than anybody I’ve seen,” said manager Oliver Marmol before Saturday night’s game with the Pittsburgh Pirates. “It’s just his ability to take a pitch that’s nowhere close to the zone and get (a) barrel on it. He’ll do it to all fields.
“Once he gets going, you can see how he hits for average (.290),” Marmol said. The prime example was Dickerson collecting 10 hits in succession in a recent series in Chicago.
Dickerson, 33, has kept himself in the lineup when he infrequently played in the first half because of a nagging calf injury and other players were performing better. He found himself in the prime spot of hitting in front of Paul Goldschmidt and Nolan Arenado when he was moved to the No. 2 spot on Saturday.
President of baseball operations John Mozeliak signed Dickerson for $5 million, mostly to serve as a designated hitter. But Harrison Bader was hurt and then traded and both Tyler O’Neill and Dylan Carlson have been hurt.
“In an era where strikeouts are king,” said Mozeliak, “it’s nice to have somebody on your lineup who has the ability to put the ball in play.
IlliniFan85
- Colorado Springs, CO
Baseball is so funny. DeJong actually looked good last night. He hit the ball hard 2 or 3 times but it was right at somebody each time. And of course when he hits the ball softly, he got a hit.
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
I've been trying to spot any hitches in PDJ's hitting and he does get off balance most of the time on sliders down and away....then challenge with up and in
with 4 seamers and he's got another K besides his name.....His D is solid but his hitting will bring him a new address for next year .....JMHO
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
Top of the 9th started with the pirates leading the Cardinals 2-0.............
Edman led off the 9th with a double...........
Dickerson with an RBI double.......................pirates lead 2-1...................
Pujols with a 2 run homer..............................Cardinals now lead 3-2.......................
O'Neill with a solo blast.....................................Cardinals now up 4-2.........................
Cardinals now lead 4-2 in the top of the 9th.....................wow........................
Edman led off the 9th with a double...........
Dickerson with an RBI double.......................pirates lead 2-1...................
Pujols with a 2 run homer..............................Cardinals now lead 3-2.......................
O'Neill with a solo blast.....................................Cardinals now up 4-2.........................
Cardinals now lead 4-2 in the top of the 9th.....................wow........................
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pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
The Cardinals with a 4 run outburst in the top of the 9th end up beating the pirates 4-3..........................
Lars Nootbaar with 2 excellent defensive plays in the bottom of the 8th kept the Cardinals in the game and then the bats finally came alive in the top of the 9th..............................
Albert is truly an amazing baseball great...............What he has done this year has exceeded all expectations and I sincerely hope he reaches the 700 club in front of the hometown fans..............................
THAT'S A WINNER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lars Nootbaar with 2 excellent defensive plays in the bottom of the 8th kept the Cardinals in the game and then the bats finally came alive in the top of the 9th..............................
Albert is truly an amazing baseball great...............What he has done this year has exceeded all expectations and I sincerely hope he reaches the 700 club in front of the hometown fans..............................
THAT'S A WINNER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NEIlliniFan
- No longer in New England
Albert