Albert Pujols is just two home runs away from the mythical 700 for life in the Major Leagues and in the house of that achievement, visited the San Diego Padres at Petco Park, where he embittered left-hander Blake Snell’s performance with a single. The starting pitcher flirted with a no-hitter, no-run game until the seventh inning.
Snell gave up two hits, one of them to Pujols with seven outs remaining and the lefty’s great effort led the Padres to their fifth consecutive victory. Also, in his outing he had a 117-pitch night and struck out 13 to tie his career high.
Albert Pujols broke up Blake Snell’s no-hitter in the seventh inning
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The 42-year-old Dominican of the St. Louis Cardinals visited the batter’s box in the top of the seventh inning and with two outs, hit a line drive that went into right field, signifying that connection his unstoppable 73 of 2022 and 3,374 of his legendary career.
The Padres have beaten the Cardinals by shutout in the first two games of this three-game series, holding “The Machine” to 698 career home runs.
On the other hand, the left-hander Snell had controlled Pujols before the hit, retiring the slugger twice, including a first-inning strikeout.
After that meeting last night, the legendary born Santo Domingo records in 2022 a line of .262/.448/.851, 73 hits, 19 home runs, 53 RBIs and 32 runs scored.