Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Albert Pujols hits 500th Career HR

The Angels infielder became the primary big leaguer to hit his 499th and five hundredth homers within the same game, driving in 5 runs to assist la beat the Washington Nationals 7-2 Tues night.

The three-time NL player connected double off Taylor Jordan (0-3) -- a three-run homer within the initial period of play and two-run drive within the fifth -- to become the twenty sixth player in league history to achieve the milestone.

"It tastes higher with a win," Pujols same. "I knew this year, it had been attending to happen, whether or not it had been tonight, tomorrow, 2 months from currently. thus my goal was simply to organize myself on a daily basis to do to assist this organization win."

Pujols is that the initial player to gather his 499th and five hundredth homers within the same game, per STATS. regarding 3 months past his thirty fourth birthday, he is additionally the third-youngest to induce to 500; Alex Rodriguez and Jimmie Foxx were each thirty two.



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