Albert Pujols ties A-Rod by hitting home run 696

With his 17th home run of the season, the Dominican is in fourth place on the historical list

at 418 feet Albert Pujols he hit a slider off pitcher JT Brubaker for his 696th career homer and 17th of the season on his third chance at the plate in Saturday night’s game against the Pittsburgh Pirates.

With the historic hit, Pujols is tied for fourth place all time with his compatriot Alex Rodríguez and to date he is only surpassed by Barry Bonds (762), Henry Aaron (755) and Babe Ruth (714).

The hit was his 33rd at PNC Park and Brubaker became the 452nd pitcher the Dominican hit with a home run.

In addition to matching A-Rod as the Latinos with the most home runs in the history of the Major Leagues, Pujols is only 4 away from reaching the mythical mark of 700 home runs.

Pujols’ homer tied the game for the Cardinals who trailed 1-3, and Pujols took advantage of finding outfielder Tyler O’Neill on base.

The good night for “The Machine” continued as in the top of the eighth inning, thanks to an RBI single to center field, he was able to level the game again after his compatriot Oneil Cruz restored the Pirates’ lead with a home run. proper to right field.

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By the eighth inning, Pujols had connected three hits in four at-bats and drove in three of his team’s four runs.

In recent days, Rodríguez posted a joke on social networks about whether he should return to baseball and in the process challenge Pujols on who would reach 700 first.

In the past, Alex Rodríguez has spoken of the respect and esteem he feels for Pujols, indicating that, for him, “The Machine” is a true representative of the Dominicans in professional MLB baseball.