Home runs missing from Albert Pujols for the 700

About three hours before the first pitch of Tuesday’s game between St. Louis Cardinals and Kansas City Royals, Albert Pujols he told his manager, Oliver Mármol, that he was seeing the ball well and that he was about to swing at opposing pitchers’ first pitches.

Pujols did just that, drilling the first pitch he saw from Kansas City starter Daniel Lynch, a Statcast-projected 368 feet into the left field seats for the 680th career home run. With this home run, the Dominican slugger He was 20 more homers from reaching 700 for life in Major League Baseball.

Pujols’ home run, combined with a two-run homer by Nolan Arenado and a three-run homer by Andrew Knizner, allowed the Cardinals to beat the Royals 6-5 and improve to 3-1.

“You know, when you’re 680 [jonrones], sometimes you can make those calls,” Pujols said of predicting his first-inning home run. “I think he was one of those where I felt good. I had a good feeling about the approach I was going to take tonight, and sometimes you get lucky and it happens.”

Ishmael Hernandez

Since I was a child, I have always been passionate about baseball and other sports, such as football, American football, boxing and basketball. My favorite MLB teams are the Dodgers and the Red Sox. My big dream is to one day attend a game at the legendary Fenway Park.

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