Albert Pujols pinch-hit a stunning grand slam for his 690th career home run, and MLB fans were amazed
Sometime in the next few months, the Cardinals’ Albert Pujols will cap an illustrious 22-year career. But as he starts to round home on his pending retirement, the St. Louis baseball legend still has a few shows to put on.
On Thursday afternoon, as the Cardinals hosted the Rockies (+192), Pujols had a perfect chance in front of him. With the bases loaded at the bottom of the third inning, and St. Louis already leading 6-0, Pujols came on to pinch-hit and see what magic could create with his bat.
Let’s just say the 42-year-old future Hall of Famer fully maximized the opportunity:
Holy cow, Pujols destroyed that ball! That’s one heck of a way to notch your 690th career home run — your first career pinch-hit grand slam. No wonder the home crowd at Busch Stadium went absolutely bananas for the all-time great. (Note: The Cardinals went on to win 13-0.)
For additional context, that’s now 16 career grand slams for Pujols as he puts himself within earshot of 700 career homers in his final MLB season. With 45 games remaining, it’s not out of the realm of possibility that Pujols becomes the fourth member of the 700-home run club behind Barry Bonds, Hank Aaron, and Babe Ruth.
Oh, and Pujols is heating up at the right time, too:
With all this said, we’ll cross that milestone bridge if/when we get to it.
For now, take a bow, Sir Albert.